Blog posts
The Battle Bus project volunteers visited the Imperial War Museum and National Army Museum to see how people interact with their exhibitions, and to start forming their own ideas on what they want to do for their project.
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- Exhibitions
Introducing our new gallery, Digging Deeper
By Simon Murphy, , 1 minute readSimon Murphy introduces our new Digging Deeper gallery, telling the tunnelling story of London's transport over the last 200 years.
Join our volunteers as they begin their journey into the History of the Battle Bus; and uncover stories of transport and transport workers in WWI.
Find out how the Museum's Learning team got involved in working with young people to educate the community on the role of Battle Bus during the war, and how even young children helped out during the war.
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- Collections
- Exhibitions
Digging Deeper - A New Discovery
By Simon Murphy, , 2 minute readDiscover why a small item in our collection became more than just a model to display in our new Digging Deeper gallery, but an important piece of tunnelling history.
Find out who won Bronze, Silver and Gold for the Prize of Illustration 2017.
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- Battle Bus
- Young People's Skills Programme
Battle Bus project 2016: Young Volunteers
, 2 minute readSee how our young volunteers got on with their Battle Bus research, to bring together their own exhibition.
Our Museum Director shares updates of a visit to the Somme to plan out the route for our First World War ‘Battle Bus’ (B2737), which will be revisiting for the centenary of the Battle of the Somme in 2017.