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  1. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Contemporary Curators

    LGBT+ Linking Lives collecting project

    1 February 2019, 1 minute read

    Susanna Cordner reveals what attracted her to to her role as a Documentary Curator at London Transport Museum, and introduces her latest collecting project, LGBT+ Linking Lives.

    A bus, taxi and train with rainbow banners on for the Ride with Pride campaign
  2. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Young People’s Skills Programme

    6 December 2018

    Young Freelancer Aksana Khan talks about her first big project which involved supporting the Young People’s Skills Programme.

    A group of young people sitting at the back of a bus in the Museum
  3. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    New LGBT+ collecting

    By Ellie Miles, 12 November 2018

    Ellie Miles introduces some of the new objects in our collection as part of our LGBT+ collecting project

    Trans pride flag above 55 Broadway, 12 November 2018, photo © Andy De Santis
  4. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators
    •  Museum Lates

    Reclaim the Station

    12 November 2018, 1 minute read

    Our Documentary Curator Susanna Cordner invites to our next Late Debate focusing on the innovative solution to reclaim spaces across the Capital.

    Colour drawing of a crowd on a tube train
  5. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    What is contemporary collecting?

    By Ellie Miles, 12 September 2018

    Our Documentary Curators bring more contemporary material to the Museum to enrich its historic collections. Documenting transport at the Museum means working with all kinds of material, including photographs, objects, stories, artworks, sound works and oral histories.

    A collage of photos laid on a table
  6. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    In memory of Khadija Saye 1992 - 2017

    28 June 2017, 2 minute read

    Reflecting on the life of Khadija Saye (1992-2017) and her time as Young Freelancer with the Museum's Learning team.

    A photo of two women, teaching children on a tour
  7. Blog category
    •  Battle Bus
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Battle Bus project 2016: Young Volunteers

    5 December 2016, 2 minute read

    See how our young volunteers got on with their Battle Bus research, to bring together their own exhibition.

    A photo of a young man giving a presentation in front of two board easels