Blog posts
As part of our Battle Bus project, our volunteers have explored the T.O.T magazine for insight into the use of B type buses during the war and the role of transport workers in wartime.
Join our volunteers as they explore the different forms of research they can utilise in their exploration of the B type bus.
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.
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 more about the Zinkeisen sisters and how their portrayal of women in their poster designs could have been deemed 'racy' in the 1930s.
Join us in wishing Carol Barker a Happy 80th Birthday, and find out more about the artist herself.
Find out more about the progressive steps of Frank Pick in commissioning women to produce adverts for the Underground, from the first poster by a woman appearing in 1910 to an increase in female artists to 25% by 1930!
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.