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Planning your visit to the Museum

Discover over 200 years of London and its transport history and the stories of the people who have travelled and worked in the city with a visit to the London Tourism Awards Visitor Attraction of the Year!

Find out about our Annual Pass options to visit the Museum. Passes are valid for a year, and kids go free!

A draw showing a collection of heritage tickets

Discover our galleries and exhibitions, including Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce and Hidden London, and some of the Museum's must-see objects!

Two people looking out across the Museum

Explore a secret side of the Underground

Imagine going behind the scenes at some of London’s busiest stations, as expert guides reveal the extraordinary infrastructure below your feet. Venture into ‘forgotten’ historical Underground stations such as Aldwych or Down Street, which are usually closed to the public.

Our exclusive, award-winning Hidden London tours are the only way you can discover these incredible places.

Tours this month

More about Hidden London

Object of the month

To tie in with London Fashion Week taking place in February, our Object of the Month is this dress covered with bus tickets.

Many of the companies that made up the London Underground Group had their own social and sporting clubs and events. During the 1920s and 30s, fancy dress parties and themed dances became very popular. There were categories for different types of costume, with prizes for the best outfits.

Mildred Woolf made this novelty fancy dress costume for herself in around 1925. She accessorised it with a matching fan, also decorated with bus tickets and a pink silk ribbon, and a headdress made of bus tickets stitched on to a headband.

We don’t know whether she won a prize. 

Click on the dress to discover more about it, and see her fan and headdress below.

Discover more about the social activities of London Transport staff in our collection

Read more about London Transport’s staff at work and play

Clubs and societies were part of the work culture of many large companies in the days before television, car ownership and holidays abroad. Read more about London’s transport clubs and societies.

 London Transport Music and Drama Society on stage during a performance, by Topical Press, 1924

The workforce of Transport for London (formerly London Transport) is an essential part of London life. Without it the capital would come to a standstill. Learn more in 'Keeping London moving: London’s transport workforce'.

London Underground staff wearing protective masks at Westminster Tube station during the coronavirus pandemic, May 2020

A visual tour through the changes in ticketing and fare collection on London's public transport since the nineteenth century.

Contract ticket issued by LGOC in prepaid booklet form for a 6d bus fare, 1860s

Explore our collections online

Find out about historic posters with our Poster hub, or save your favourites in your own collections with our new My Collections feature.

Discover the stories of poster commissioning and creativity in London Transport's history

Create your very own collection from London Transport Museum's 360,000+ records online.

Cropped images of various collection items

Latest from the blog

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  •  Museum Depot

Discovering our Museum Depot: The Acton Access Project

8 February 2024, 7 minute read

Acton Access is a major new project for London Transport Museum, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. In this blog, Henry Flynn (Senior Curator for Collections Management and curatorial lead on Acton Access) discusses more about the project, what it involves, and what its aims are.

Project Curator Becky is seen measuring an item
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  •  Director's Blog

Next stop…2024!

19 December 2023, 5 minute read

As 2023 draws to a close, Museum CEO, Elizabeth McKay takes us on a tour of her highlights of the year.

Elizabeth stands at the back of a vintage Routemaster bus in London Transport Museum.
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  •  Climate Crossroads

Teaming up with Mastercard to create a greener future

24 July 2023, 2 minute read

This summer, we’re teaming up with Mastercard to offer our visitors the opportunity to take a small action that will help restore some of the world’s forests. Find out how!

Parent watching as child reaches up to stick leaf-shaped magnets onto display shaped like tree