Friday 23 January 2015

London Transport Museum - Outside, Inside and Underground


Exhibition: closing date extended
Our current exhibition Goodbye Piccadilly - from Home Front to Western Front has been extended for a further six weeks and will now close on 19 April 2015. Giving a unique perspective on the First World War the exhibition covers a range of topics including sheltering on the Tube, rationing, aerial bombardment, social change and women's history. Free guided tours of the exhibition run every Wednesday to Sunday.
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Family Fun Weekend: 
Bus Sculptures
Late night Museum: 
Farewell Leicester Square


Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 January
The bus sculptures which appeared in trails across London from last October will be on view this weekend at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The sculptures carry unique designs created by well-known and aspiring artists and this is the only occasion when the entire collection can be seen together before they are auctioned off for charity in February - with London Transport Museum one of the beneficiaries. The free event includes interactive art and music workshops for children and families, face painting and live entertainment from licensed buskers from the London Underground Busking Scheme.
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Friday 6 February
As our Goodbye Piccadilly exhibition draws to a close we are celebrating one of the themes of the exhibition - a new London - with an evening that celebrates the dawn of the jazz age. As well as a bar, pub quiz and scavenger hunt entertainments will include a 1920s style live jazz band, a make and take Art Deco workshop and short illustrated talks including Sex & Scandal; Depression to Boom and The Essence of 1920s Cocktails.
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Display: 
Crossrail's Breakthrough exhibition
Poster Parade: 
A century of creative women


Opens Sunday 1 February
Come and experience what it's like to stand in a giant Crossrail tunnel which is under construction deep underground. Our latest exhibition transports you under the city, with a simulation of a large tunnel boring machine in operation, tunnelling games and video displays so you can learn about Europe's largest transport project.


Opens Friday 30 January
Our forthcoming new Poster Parade will explore the stylistic changes and varied approaches to themes used by female designers, and their individual impact on the design industry. The display will feature both decorative and informative posters which illustrate a variety of themes in unexpected, intelligent and ambitious ways. The selection of theses posters were done with the help of representatives from Graphic BirdWatching and Design Council.
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Acton Depot Open Weekend - Hidden London treasures: On Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April we will be throwing open the doors of our Depot in Acton, west London, giving Londoners and visitors to the capital the chance to peek inside and marvel at treasures from London’s transport past and present.More information.