| Acton Depot Open Weekend |
 | Friday 1 November to Sunday 3 November 2013
We're opening our Depot in Acton to the public for our bi-annual Open Weekend on 1 to 3 November. We hope you can join us at the Depot for a behind the scenes look at the collection with costumed interpreters, talks, tours, films and a live painting demonstration. Take an up close look at the restored Met Locomotive No. 1 and the Victorian Jubilee Carriage 353 as we start to round off this year’s celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the London Underground. There will also be fun for the family with miniature tram and railway rides, story-telling sessions and drop in sessions to make your own 2D vehicle model and learn how to create stop-frame animation. Tickets are valid for all three days and kids go free.
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| Covent Garden October Half Term |
 | Monday 28 October to Sunday 3 November 2013
Families can explore an imaginary Puppet Zoo by joining in on our story time and make-and-take craft workshops this October half term. In the story families will help Harry Beck - the designer of the iconic London Underground map - connect the stations and discover a hidden Underground zoo. Children can then create their own finger puppets to take home. Kids and adult season ticket holders go free at the Museum. Adult admission costs £15 for an annual pass with unlimited entry.
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| November talks |
 | November 2013
We have two talks taking place in November in the Museum's Cubic Theatre. On Monday 4 November - Frank Pick's London: former Head Curator at London Transport Museum, Oliver Green discusses Frank Pick - who was the managing director of the London Underground in the 1920s - and his role as a patron of the arts particularly through posters, graphics and station architecture. Tuesday 19 November - The Dethroned King of the Underground: Tony Lentin, a senior member of Wolfson College Cambridge, outlines the rise and fall of Edgar Speyer who was described as the 'King of the Underground' because he controlled London's entire transport system. Hear about his downfall, and make up your own mind about his guilt or innocence.
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| Poems on the Underground |
 | Tuesday 5 November - 18.30 to 20.30
Grab your complimentary drink and take a seat in our Cubic Theatre as poets John Hegley and Cicely Herbert read a selection of poems celebrating London and trains. John Hegley will read the full version of his new poem to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Tube. A short version of his poem, which is inspired by the Tube system, is currently up on display in Underground train carriages. Guests will also enjoy The Apollo Chamber Orchestra performing a series of London poems by Betjeman, set to music by Jim Parker.
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| Film Season - Underground: 70 years on film |
 | Sunday 10, 17, 24 November and 1 December
Free entry to Museum annual pass holders
London Transport Museum is hosting screenings of rarely seen films in the Museum’s Cubic theatre on Sundays starting early November until the first weekend of December. Covering 70 years of film featuring London’s Underground, choose from Underground (1928), a silent subterranean tale of love, jealousy and murder on the 1920s Tube,London Transport Cine-Gazette films 1 to 8 (1947-1949) a rare opportunity to see these London Transport staff newsreel films, or learn about the impressive engineering behind the Victoria and Jubilee lines in the Victoria Line Report series, British Transport Films (1962-1969), andJubilee Line Extension Project video reports (1993–1999). Tickets are free to Museum annual pass holders and £5 to non-ticket holders. Booking is required as seats are limited. Call 020 7565 7298 to book.
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