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| Season's greetings! It's time to book your family tickets to enjoy our Christmas activities - and meet Santa. We're spotlighting seasonal shopping tickets from the early 1900s, and giving you some ideas for your last-minute gifts. We also complete our year-long series of unusual London Underground facts by highlighting a line that isn't a Tube line: read on to learn more! |
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| | | Until Thursday 4 January | | Christmas at the Museum | | Families are loving meeting Santa in our twinkling winter wonderland: he'll be here until Saturday 23 December, while our festive family craft activities run through until Thursday 4 January. You can also climb aboard our sleigh, enjoy Christmas stories and follow a story trail through our galleries. As always, kids go free! |  |
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| | | | | Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 December | | Lights & Sights | | This weekend is your last opportunity this year to bring your family to ride through the West End’s dazzling festive light displays and illuminated landmarks on a classic vintage heritage bus. | | | |
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| |  | | Thursday 18 January 2024 | | Skills Late: Talent Transported | | Our annual event for young people interested in transport and infrastructure careers is back! Meet industry-leading companies and find out about upcoming apprenticeships and training opportunities. | | | |
| |  | | Friday 2 February 2024 | | Student Late: London Calling | | Join us for a student-led evening exploring London's history. Dress up as your favourite Tube station for a scavenger hunt, friendship speed dating, engineering challenges, and guided tours. Tickets from £15. | | | |
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| | Give a Hidden London gift voucher | |
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| | Looking for a Christmas present for someone who’s fascinated with London’s history and loves to uncover secret parts of the city?
Why not gift them a unique experience with a Hidden London voucher? They're valid for our in-person and virtual tours, allowing them to join from anywhere in the world. | | | |
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| Train ticket by Central London Railway, Christmas Shopping special season ticket for ladies only, December 1912 |
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| | | | Our Object of the Month is this Christmas shopping season ticket, introduced by the Central London Railway (C.L.R.) in 1912.
Many winter sales tickets and adverts were targeted primarily at women, and aimed to encourage regular off-peak travel during the weeks before Christmas. This particular ticket, which permitted unlimited travel during December between Wood Lane and Liverpool Street after 10am, was never actually used.
Click the buttons below to find out more about this ticket, and the history of ticketing and fare collection on London transport since 1860.
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| Click the images to discover more about Christmas shopping in our Collection online. |
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| | Your collection of the month | |
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| | | | | Our My Collections highlight this month is pidgorna's collection of colourful transport posters that were displayed on London's Tube network between 1924 and 1926 - including this classic design promoting the Ashes cricket series between England and Australia. | |
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| | 15% discount on children's Christmas knitwear | |
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| Get 15% off our warm and cosy Christmas jumpers, scarves and hats for children only through our online shop. Order your gifts by 12:00 this Sunday, 17 December to make sure they arrive in time for Christmas! Every purchase helps to support the Museum. |
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 | | Did you know? Elizabeth line | There are two reasons why the Elizabeth line is not actually a Tube line, although part of it runs through deep Tube tunnels underneath central London.
Firstly, the line, which opened in 2022, goes out to Berkshire and Essex on the National Rail network. Secondly, its trains are much bigger than standard Tube trains, carrying up to 1500 passengers each.
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