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  1. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Young People's Blog Series - 5 things I wish I’d known before joining the Young Freelancers programme

    , 2 minute read

    In the last instalment of our Young People's Blog Series, young freelancer Veronica Sarmiento shares useful tips she's learned during her time at London Transport Museum.

    Six young people standing in front of the Hidden London exhibition entrance
  2. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Young People's Blog Series - Reflections on under-represented people in the museum sector

    , 3 minute read

    Young Freelancer Sinead McGeechan shares her reflections about working-class and under-represented people in museums and the transport sector, as well as recounting her personal experience to encourage anyone who might be facing barriers while looking for their dream job.

    Black and white photo of a young woman with long hair wearing a hat
  3. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme

    Young People's Blog Series - Reflecting on the Young Freelancers Experience: One Year On

    , 2 minute read

    Aagya Pradhan, one of the Young Freelancers in our Young People Skills programme, reflects on how the programme has helped her to explore aspects of museum work she wouldn't have considered before.

    A young woman smiles to the camera with a map of London visible in the background
  4. Blog category
    •  Young People's Skills Programme
    •  Learning Programmes

    Young People's Blog Series - How to get the best out of being an apprentice

    , 2 minute read

    We're launching a new series of blogs written by some of the young freelancers and apprentices in our Young People's Skills Programme. In the first installment, Bayley gives useful tips and advice to young people to make the most of an apprenticeship.

    A young Black man with short hair wearing a dark green jumper with a yellow and black locomotive in the background
  5. Blog category
    •  Families

    5 ways to enjoy the Museum from home

    , 2 minute read

    The Museum might be closed for now, but there's still plenty of ways for you to enjoy our collection, programmes and activities from the comfort of your home. Take a look!

    Print of a row of cottages with a mother and child in front of one of the houses
  6. Blog category
    •  Hidden London

    New discoveries at Clapham South's deep level shelter

    By Siddy Holloway, , 3 minute read

    Did 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.

    Black and white photo of an underground tunnel with stairs going up
  7. Blog category
    •  Families

    Santa's got a new sleigh! Christmas at the Museum

    , 3 minute read

    Santa's got a new sleigh! Check out what we have planned for families this Christmas.

    A red double decker bus with a man and child approaching it
  8. Blog category
    •  Director's Blog
    •  Hidden London

    Uncovering Hidden London

    By Sam Mullins, OBE, , 3 minute read

    In 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.

    A section of the Hidden London exhibition showing a disused ticket window and desk