Museum Late: Permission to play
What's happening?
Scavenger hunt
18:45 – 22:00
Scan the QR code as you enter the museum, or see the scavenger hunt questions here
Compete in a museum-wide scavenger hunt, with the chance to win a Connecting London board game. Take photos of your favourite posters or objects on your way around the Museum!
Transport games
18:45 – 22:00, drop in
Lower Deck: Ground floor, next to the All Aboard Playzone and the B3727 Battle Bus
Play London-themed retro board games with a transport theme, including London Underground Monopoly, a Mind the Gap card game, a history of the buses Top Trumps game, and Topple Tower. Want to keep playing with your friends and family at home? Stock up on the games at the Museum Shop!
Giant Games
18:45 – 22:00, drop in
Ground Floor, in front of the Connexions Board, close to the red Routemaster bus
Go big or go home with giant Connect 4, giant Jenga and giant snakes and ladders.
Lego Dream City
18:45 – 21:45, drop in
Ground floor, London by Design Gallery (behind the small digital screen)
Get nostalgic with Lego bricks and build a section of a dream city!
Transport Bingo
19:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:30, 21:00, and 21:30
Museum café – upstairs from the Museum shop
Elizabeth Line, 29! Be the first to fill in your transport bingo card.
Make and race balloon-powered buses
18:45 – 22:00, drop in
Ground Floor, Transportorium garden (near the Elizabeth Line display and the Black Cab)
Put your tinkering skills to the test – play around with your design to make the fastest balloon-powered bus.
Full STEAM ahead mini workshop
18:45 – 22:00, drop in
Ground Floor, Transportorium (near the Elizabeth Line display and the Black Cab)
Light up London with snap circuits, build a bridge with blocks and meet our STEM Ambassadors and find out what these playful experiments mean to the real-world experts keeping London moving.
Talks Programme
Cubic Theatre - Lower Ground floor, down the stairs to the right of the museum shop
19:10 – 19:40 The Importance of Play
Yesim Kunter, play expert and futurist, discusses the importance of play for adults.
19:50 – 20:20 Clocking Off
Curator Simon Murphy reveals a snapshot of staff clubs and societies within London Transport in the 1950s through archive film clips from the Museum collection.
20:30 – 21:00 The Importance of Play
Yesim Kunter, play expert and futurist, discusses the importance of play for adults.
21:10 – 21:40 From Kew to the Zoo: Leisure in London
Head Curator Matthew Brosnan delves into the leisure activities of London illustrated with the Museum’s vintage transport posters.
Parachute Game
19:00, 19:30, 20:00, 20:30, 21:00, and 21:30
Cubic Foyer - Lower Ground Floor, down the stairs to the right of the museum shop
Explore physical play with a parachute game – just like you used to play in PE at school!
‘Drive’ our buses and trains
18:45 – 22:00
Throughout the museum
Fancy playing train driver? Hop into the driver’s seat of our Elizabeth line train simulator - and don’t miss this chance to climb on board many of our historic vehicles!
Play dress up
18:45 – 21:45
Ground floor, ‘Digging Deeper’
Dress up and take photos in vintage uniforms and props.
Exhibitions
18:45 – 22:00
Check out the award-winning Hidden London exhibition in the Global Gallery and discover the secrets of London’s disused Underground stations, before it closes this summer. This is also a great chance to explore the Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce exhibition, which looks at the contributions people of Caribbean heritage have made to London and beyond.
Refreshments from the Crafty Caravan Drinks Bar
18:45 – 21:30
Ground floor
Unwind with a cocktail or non-alcoholic drink as you listen to the music curated by Young Freelancer Vaishna Surjid.
Museum shop
18:45 – 21:45
Want to keep playing with your friends and family at home? Stock up on transport games at the Museum shop!
Image gallery
Floor plans
Scavenger hunt
Follow the clues around the museum and submit your response on social media to be in with a chance of winning a Connecting London board game!
1) Visit the Hidden London Exhibition on the 1st Floor. Which station housed the Secret Headquarters for the Railway Executive Committee during World War Two?
2. Can you find the bus going to Clerkenwell Green? What number is it?
3. Find the lost property box (it’s near the red train on the ground floor!). Did you know that The Lost Property Office donate unused, lost toys to The Salvation Army’s Christmas Present Appeal every year? What was the last thing you lost on public transport?
4. Can you find ‘The Tate Gallery by Tube’ poster? It’s a poster of a Tube map where each line has been painted with a different ‘tube’ of paint! Which Tube line is the odd one out in this poster?
HINT: you can find this poster in the London By Design Gallery.
5. Find the Elizabeth Line display outside the Transportorium. Which station is next to Custom House and also on the Jubilee Line?
6. Find the Legacies exhibition. Did you know that Notting Hill Carnival is Europe’s biggest street festival? Which Trinidadian-born activist started Notting Hill Carnival?
7. Can you work out where this mannequin is? When you find him, submit a photo of your best impression of him! To be in with a chance of winning a Connecting London Board Game, post your final photo on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, tagging London Transport Museum (@ltmuseum) and using the hashtags #fridaylate and #permissiontoplay
Competition Ts and Cs
- To enter this competition, post your final photo on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook tagging London Transport Museum (@ltmuseum) and using the hashtags #fridaylate and #permissiontoplay
- The winner will be contacted via a comment from one of London Transport Museum’s verified @ltmuseum social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
- The prize must be sent to a UK address.
Location
London Transport Museum
Covent Garden Piazza
London
WC2E 7BB
United Kingdom