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    •  Guest blog

    Avoid the Wet: Travel Underground

    20 June 2016, 1 minute read

    The Underground Electric Railway Company (UERL) was a master of identifying its customers' needs and addressing them through publicity on the network. Discover four 1925 posters by Kathleen Stenning promoting travel by Underground against bad weather.

    Poster showing people travelling underground while heavy rains pour down on the surface
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    •  Guest blog

    Neon Tube Roundels At Southwark

    18 June 2016, 2 minute read

    To coincide with the opening of the new Tate Modern extension on 17 June 2016, Art on the Underground and Tate Modern commissioned artist Michael Craig-Martin to design a "reimagined" London Underground roundel at Southwark station. Find out more in this blog by transport historian Tim Dunn.

    A green and pink neon roundel sign at Southwark station
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    •  Guest blog
    •  Collections

    Congratulations! You have unlocked the Museum...

    18 May 2016, 2 minute read

    We've given transport historian Tim Dunn full access to the Museum... See what he found out!

    A man stands by a Beware of the trains sign
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    •  Guest blog
    •  Collections

    Poster Parade - Literary London

    10 March 2016, 2 minute read

    Discover our new Poster Parade and find out about the process behind the selection and display of the posters.

    A display of posters
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    •  Guest blog

    In the Shadow of War

    12 November 2014, 2 minute read

    How can social historians unravel and understand the atmosphere that existed in a massive city like London during the war? Beverley Cook, Curator at the Museum of London, shares her opinion.

    Poster of the Anglo-American Exposition with two women in front of the British and American flag
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    •  Guest blog

    London's First Air War (1915-1918)

    11 November 2014, 2 minute read

    Professor Jerry White talks about the effects of the air raids during the First World War.

    Black and white photo of a bus destroyed by an air raid