Top things to see and do as a family at the Museum
Top things to do - introduction
Coming to visit London Transport Museum? Kids and adults alike will enjoy discovering 220 years of London’s transport history as you explore our galleries - from the bright poster displays to interactive exhibits.
Make the most of your visit with our top picks for the best things to do while you’re here!
Top 10 things to do
Jump on the flying posters
Visit our London by Design gallery on the ground floor and jump on the moving pictures on the floor!
Build a tunnel ring
See if you can build a tunnel ring from the blocks outside our Digging Deeper gallery on the ground floor.
Find where you live
We’ve got a huge map of London in the middle of the Museum. Can you spot where you live?
Play in All Aboard
Explore All Aboard, the Museum’s dedicated play zone for families with children aged 0 to 7 years.
Be a future engineer!
Are you an engineer of the future? Try your hand at driving or fixing a modern tube train, scan your palm with the latest ticket technology and plan a happy city in our Future Engineers gallery on the ground floor.
See the horses
Listen to their chatter and grumbles. Uh oh… what have they done on the ground? See them on the top floor.
Eye spy the mannequins
Can you find all the mannequins in the Museum? See if you can spot them in our old vehicles dressed up in old outfits.
Drive the half bus
Jump on board to drive our bus—it’s been cut in half! You’ll find it on Level 1 in the All Aboard area.
Learn about people and transport during the war
Visit our newly refurbished London’s transport at war gallery to find out how transport helped people during the First and Second World Wars and experience a what sheltering was like.
Interactive train challenge
Test your reactions against a train computer in the Smooth Operator game. Can you press the correct buttons along the route as well as open and close the doors quickly enough for all the passengers on board?