Name: Christmas at the Museum
Start: 2023-11-24T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-01-04T23:59:00+00:00
Location: London Transport Museum

May Half Term: Routes and Roundels

Fuel your imagination at our Festival of Curiosity this half term as your family enjoy curious and creative problem-solving challenges and meet real-world engineers. Follow our STEAM-inspired family trail, join an interactive workshop or storytelling session, and much more!

Down Street: Churchill's secret station

Experience the Railway Executive Committee’s bomb-proof headquarters during World War II, the warren of tunnels where Churchill sheltered.

Plan your school visit

Find the information you need to plan and book your visit to London Transport Museum in Covent Garden or the London Transport Museum Depot in Acton, west London.

All aboard for festive family fun!

Children will love climbing aboard the Routemaster-inspired sleigh in our twinkling winter wonderland to flash the headlights, ring the bell and set the Christmas cheer-o-meter!

We’re also running a range of exciting family activities right through to the New Year. Cosy up for Christmas stories in the den, get creative with holiday crafts inspired by wintery posters from our collection, and weave through our galleries following a story trail.

All festive family activities are included for free with your tickets - and kids go free!

Santa handing a badge to a child in the Museum's grotto

An adult and a child in the interactive Santa sleigh

Two children playing in the Winter Wonderland area

What's happening?

Twinkling winter garden

(Until 4 January)

Visit our magical winter scene to climb aboard our Routemaster-inspired interactive sleigh to flash the headlights, ring the bell and set the Christmas cheer-o-meter!

Christmas crafts

(Daily until 4 January)
Craft the perfect pop-out holiday card to give to a loved one this festive season, and enjoy Christmassy colouring-in activities inspired by wintery posters from our collection.

Festive story screenings

(Daily until 4 January)

Get cosy in Santa’s hideaway to watch short festive films, including a story about how the ‘Tf-Elves’ help to deliver Santa’s presents.

Family trail

(Daily until 4 January)
Weave your way through our galleries around iconic heritage buses and trains on an immersive digital story trail. Help save Christmas by following a little elf on a quest to find their way back to Santa’s sleigh.

Winter Poster Parade

Enjoy a display of beautiful vintage posters from our collection that celebrate winter in the Capital.

Tasty Christmas treats

Enjoy delicious seasonal delights in Canteen and our Lower Deck café bar, such as brown butter, cranberry and white chocolate cookies; Christmas slices and toffee apple blondies. Don’t miss our savoury specials, and try our warming hot drinks like apple crumble latte and winter-spiced hot chocolate.

Shopping

Discover the amazing range of transport inspired gifts and Christmas knitwear exclusively available in our Shop. From jumpers, hats and scarves featuring London’s red Routemaster buses, Tube trains and the iconic roundel, to classic family board-games with a transport twist, beautiful wooden children’s train sets and the ultimate stocking filler - moquette socks. There’s no better place to shop for gifts for art and design lovers too, with a vast selection of famous vintage Tube poster prints from our collection available to purchase.