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Introduction

We are an independent heritage and educational charity. We rely on the support of our visitors, customers, companies, trusts, foundations and crucially individuals to care for our collection of over 500,000 objects, deliver special exhibitions, restoration projects and innovative learning programmes.

Discover some of our projects below.

Our projects

Thanks to support from National Lottery Heritage Fund, we’re protecting the vital engineering skills which are part of our transport history and help preserve our collections.

View of three historic trains, one yellow, one red and one white and green

How London Transport Museum has collected objects to help record and share the changes the new Elizabeth line development brings to the Capital.

Four people in orange high vis in front of cutting blades on a circular machine in a tunnel

Read about our How to Make a Poster project as we aim to share the story of the commissioning and design process of London's transport posters, both historic and contemporary.

Three posters featuring people on an escalator, big ben with floating buses and a statue

In partnership with Central Saint Martins, each student group explored how environmental change and technological advances could transform life in London by 2030.

A women with a baby strapped on her chest, in walking across the road. Shop and cafes with people walking along the pavement in front are lining the street

Discover the Museum's partnership with Holborn Community Association, supporting the delivery of their Summer Film Project for young people

Two young people holding a video camera on a tripod

We're restoring a unique piece of the District line's history - the last three 1930s Q stock Underground carriages

Volunteers working in a train car, blending into a black and white image of the train

On Christmas Eve 1868, the Metropolitan District Railway first opened. In 2019, we celebrated 150 years of the District line.

A steam train pulling into a train platform with two women dressed in Victorian outfits

Read about our Battle Bus project and how we restored a heritage B-type bus to operational condition, and converted to a military troop carrier

The battle bus driving through the Somme

All about London's most famous fabric - moquette! Discover the history, how it's made, how to look after it and more.

A red, black green and yellow paid moquette pattern

The Documentary Curator programme brings more contemporary material to the Museum and enriches the Museum’s historic collections.

A collage of photos laid on a table

We are aiming to build up our collection of materials that reflect LGBT+ experiences of transport in London through building new relationships, researching and carrying out new collecting projects.

An illustration of a row of rainbow buses

We're asking you to contribute your stories about women who worked in the transport industry to put them in the spotlight in a male-dominated workforce.

Black and white photo of a group of women stood in front of an early motor bus