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  1. Blog category
    •  Museum Lates

    Bus Fare: Stories of The London Bus

    , 2 minute read

    Whet your appetite with a glimpse at the introduction for the 'Bus Fare - Collected Writings on the London Bus' book. Take a look at how transport has changed over the years, yet there is still a familiarity to the journeys today as there was on a Victorian Omnibus.

    An illustration of cream bus ticket on a red background, with the Bus Fare book title across it
  2. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Contemporary Curators

    Does transport shape our experiences?

    In this blog Andy De Santis – Vice Chair of OUTbound , TfL’s LGBT+ Staff Network – shares with us how London transport has shaped his relationships and experiences.

    Andy de Santis standing in front of a large Underground roundel
  3. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators
    •  Collections

    Where are all the women?

    By Ellie Miles, , 3 minute read

    Ellie Miles takes a look at some of the stories that were submitted as part of the Where are all the Women project

    Female Lathe Operators at Acton Works 1942
  4. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Contemporary Curators

    LGBT+ Linking Lives collecting project

    , 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
  5. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes

    School Early Explorer Mornings at London Transport Museum

    Early Explorer mornings at the Museum are a fantastic opportunity for students with a broad range of Special Educational Needs to explore the Museum while it is quieter and less busy.

    A child looking at the train simulator in our Future Engineers gallery
  6. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators

    New LGBT+ collecting

    By Ellie Miles,

    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
  7. Blog category
    •  Contemporary Curators
    •  Museum Lates

    Reclaim the Station

    , 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
  8. Blog category
    •  Museum Lates

    Friday Late: Power, Play and Politics

    , 1 minute read

    In our final Friday Late of the Poster Girls series we're celebrating the essence of the exhibition, with a programme of voices representing a diverse range of talent and female empowerment, through lectures, our makers market, tours and 1980s inspired workshops.

    Photo of multicoloured earrings in the shape of triangles