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  1. Blog category
    •  Shop

    Christmas has landed at London Transport Museum Shop

    , 1 minute read

    Discover what the Christmas elves in our Retail team have got in store for you for the festive season.

    Image of a kid size light blue jumper with knitted red buses and an adult size dark blue jumper with santa claus riding a red bus
  2. Blog category
    •  Learning Programmes

    Exploring London's signs and symbols

    , 3 minute read

    We’ve got something very special planned for February Half Term 2020: we are sending you and your family on a mission to explore our galleries and discover the signs and symbols that make London’s transport system the most recognisable in the world. Find out more!

    Poster with green background and drawings of station signs, a red bus and a tube train
  3. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions
    •  Collections

    Untangling the Tracks: communicating change

    , 2 minute read

    Senior Curator Laura Sleath looks at Transport for London's long history of producing posters to keep passengers informed about upgrades to the network. This theme is further explored in our exhibition Untangling the Tracks,

    A young woman looks at posters
  4. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Exhibitions

    Thameslink: A history through the city

    By Laura Sleath, , 3 minute read

    Our latest exhibition Untangling the Tracks takes a closer look at the Thameslink Programme, a major project to increase capacity, improve connections and provide greater reliability on the Thameslink route. Senior Curator Laura Sleath tells us the history behind the only north-south mainline railway to cross London.

    Print of works on a railway
  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
    •  Exhibitions
    •  Collections

    Poster Girls - Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964)

    , 1 minute read

    David Bownes, co-curator of our Poster Girls exhibition, talks about one of the illustrators featured in the exhibition, Mabel Lucie Attwell.

    detail of a poster showing a girl and boy surrounded by toys
  7. Blog category
    •  Exhibitions

    Poster Girls - Dorrit Dekk: The Travel Queen

    , 1 minute read

    David Bownes, Co-Curator of our exhibition Poster Girls, talks about the 'Travel Queen', 1960s designer Dorrit Dekk.

    Illustrations of a various figures in different uniform and costume seen within various roles in London life
  8. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Exhibitions

    C&RE - A modern couple who brought a new aesthetic to 1930s poster art

    , 2 minute read

    Find out about Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, the husband and wife designer duo who shared artistic and marital equality.

    A green, brown, black and red poster illustration of a woman, along with the words "come out to play"