Blog posts
We are launching a new blog series, Welcome Aboard, to keep you updated on how the Museum team are doing during lockdown. In the first instalment, our Director Sam Mullins visits the sleeping Museum for the first time in two months.
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- Hidden London
New discoveries at Clapham South's deep level shelter
By Siddy Holloway, , 3 minute readDid you know that the deep-level shelter at Clapham South was also used as an archive? The recent removal of some of the archive shelving by our Hidden London team revealed something unexpected. Siddy Holloway tells you more about the findings in this blog.
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- Director's Blog
- Hidden London
Uncovering Hidden London
By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 3 minute readIn this blog, our Director talks all things Hidden London, from the new immersive exhibition at the Museum and a brand new illustrated book, to the popular Hidden London tours of disused stations across the transport network.
We take a look back at five years of the Battle Bus project, restoring a vintage bus and a community programme exploring the war
Discover our new installation and meet the artist behind the forget-me-not display in the Museum, commissioned to remember the thousands of transport workers involved in the First World War
In the lead-up to the 70th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush, Siddy Holloway gives a first-hand account of welcoming a very special guest back to Clapham South deep-level shelter for the first time in 70 years.
It's the final session of the Battle Bus volunteer research project. Find out how the B type buses were used during the war, and the close relationship between the drivers and their 'Old Girls'!
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- Battle Bus
Battle Bus Research Volunteer Project - Session Five and Six
, 4 minute readThis blog is part of a mini-series of updates about the Battle Bus Research Volunteer Project. Find out how our volunteers are planning how they want to design their exhibition, with some helpful tips from Sau-Fun Mo, the Museum's Head of Design and Presentation.