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  1. 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
  2. Blog category
    •  Collections
    •  Q Stock Restoration
    •  Museum Depot

    Our Q Stock story: one year on

    , 3 minute read

    An update on our Q Stock restoration project by Project Manager Jullian Urry.

    Volunteers working on the inside of a train car
  3. Blog category
    •  Guest blog

    Farewell, Baker Street - TfL's Lost Properties Office is on the move

    , 2 minute read

    After 86 years, Transport for London's Lost Property Office is moving from its historic location at 200 Baker Street. What better time to explore the building's nooks and crannies, filled with lost treasures from the mundane to the bizarre, before they are moved to new premises.

  4. Blog category
    •  Quiz

    Quiz: What Thameslink station are you?

    Inspired by some of the stations highlighted in our Untangling the Tracks exhibition, you can now find out what Thameslink station you’re most like! Take our personality quiz below and share your results with us using the hashtag #UntanglingTheTracks.

    Untangling the Tracks exhibition
  5. We're celebrating the opening of our Untangling the Tracks exhibition with a special quiz! Test your knowledge and don't forget to share your results with us.

    Aerial shot of London Bridge station
  6. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Posters

    Prize for Illustration Notes from a winner - By Julia Allum

    A note from Julia on the process behind winning the Silver award for her poster design, and what she has been up to since.

    A photo of Julia holding her winning poster, with the three parakeets adorned on roundels
  7. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Museum Lates

    Exploring London Transport Museum with Skanska engineer, Emma Watkins

    , 2 minute read

    London Transport Museum's volunteer Carrie Long talks to Emma Watkins, site engineer at Skanska, about the past, present and future of engineering in London.

    A model showing workers building the first Underground tunnels
  8. Blog category
    •  Guest blog
    •  Museum Lates

    Late Debate: Women of the Future

    , 2 minute read

    As part of our Museum Lates programme, volunteer Carrie Long wrote about her journey of discovery of the history of the Suffragette movement, and how we continue to campaign for equality today.

    An illustration of a woman's head and shoulders on an orange background, advertising a Late Debate Event