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  1. Blog category
    •  Volunteers

    A trip to the new Battersea Power Station Underground station

    , 1 minute read

    Museum volunteer Thomas James shares a few snaps taken at Battersea Power Station on the opening day of the Northern Line Extension.

    A man in wheelchair poses next to a Tube sign at Battersea Power Station
  2. Blog category
    •  Volunteers

    All of London - Memories of a Museum volunteer inspired by our Connections map

    , 2 minute read

    Welcome Host volunteers Thomas and Bill talk about one of their favourite objects in the Museum, the Connections map on the ground floor.

    A family looks at a giant map of London
  3. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    On the Surface - London by bus and river

    By Nick Gill, , 2 minute read

    Discover posters from our collection promoting travel by bus and river from 1945 to today, with Museum Depot volunteer guide Nick Gill.

    Psotrer depicting a busy river bank
  4. Blog category
    •  Museum Lates

    Walking and Writing London

    , 2 minute read

    In this past year of closures, one thing that we've all been doing more of is walking around our local neighbourhoods. At our Museum After Dark event on 17 June 2021, journalist and writer Erica Buist will be collecting your thoughts and experiences to create a collective piece of writing. Find out more in this blog.

    Poster of three people walking up a hill
  5. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    The Underground’s Steam Survivor

    , 2 minute read

    Rudi Newman, a Doctor of transport history and London Transport Museum volunteer, talks about one of the highlights in our collection, the Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive No. 23.

    Detail of a steam locomotive with the words Metropolitan Railway 23
  6. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    'Music in London' by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze (1964)

    By Nick Gill, , 2 minute read

    Depot volunteer guide Nick Gill explores the 1964 poster 'Music in London' by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze, one of the thousands of iconic posters in our world-renowned collection of transport posters and artworks.

    Poster depicting a bearded man playing a classical piano
  7. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Volunteers

    Along the Right Lines

    , 2 minute read

    Thomas, one of our Volunteer Welcome Hosts, talks about one of his favourite Underground maps in our collection and shares his experience as a wheelchair user travelling on the Underground.

    A diagrammatic map of London Underground's lines
  8. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Museum Lates

    Museum Late: Night on the tiles

    , 2 minute read

    Our Museum Late: Night on the tiles is all about the history of London’s rich nightlife from Victorian music halls and night clubs, to subcultures which have influenced London and the world. The Museum of Youth Culture will also be joining us to talk about their latest collecting project, Grown Up In Britain.

    Poster depicting people dancing on a dance floor with a dj in the background