London Transport Museum

Goodbye Piccadilly presents London Transport Museum’s unique perspective on the First World War, exploring how the conflict accelerated social change, how it impacted on the lives of Londoners. The exhibition also delves deeper into the essential role undertaken by bus service staff and buses in the war effort, both at home and abroad. It looks at the impact of aerial bombardment on life at home, as well as sheltering on the Tube and rationing – both of which were introduced for the first time.

Suitable for

• Any age

Admission

Adult £16 Concession £13.50 Children under 17 Go Free

Website

http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions

The exhibition brings to life the sheer scale of the work being done to deliver Crossrail, the new railway that will bring a 10 per cent increase to the city's rail capacity. Visitors will experience the tunnel environment, learn about the way Crossrail is burrowing under London, play interactive tunnelling games and hear the first hand experiences of those who work underground.
The exhibition will feature a large, five metres high, walk-through installation of a cross-section of a Crossrail tunnel to allow visitors to experience what it might be like to stand in a tunnel which is under construction deep underground. The tunnel will contain a computer simulation of a giant boring machine in action, just like the one being used to dig Crossrail’s tunnels.

Suitable for

• Any age

Admission

Adult £16 Concession £13.50 Children under 17 GO FREE

Come and party after hours and celebrate the emerging jazz age of the 1920s and the dawn of a new kind of London nightlife on Friday 6 February 2015 at London Transport Museum, Covent Garden. Here are just some of the glamorous activities guests can indulge in:

• Join head bar tender Erik Lorincz, from the American Bar at the Savoy for a cocktail presentation. The award winning barman will be talking about the history of the cocktail and the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel and his design genius behind the evening’s speciality 1920s cocktail
• Listen to a 1920s style live jazz band
• Join an Art Deco workshop and make a flapper headband or guys can print their own Art Deco pocket handkerchief to smarten up their jackets
• Travel back through the decades with a talk about sex and scandals, law-breaking nightclubs, risqué cabaret and the rise of drug culture at the end of the First World War
• Bright young things can get in a flap in a friendly pub-style quiz
• Explore the Museum in a scavenger hunt
• Jazz up your look at the luscious hair and beauty parlour with the ladies from Lipstick and Curls
• Join London Transport Museum curator Simon Murphy in an illustrated talk entitled “From depression to boom” which delves deeper into the themes of the Goodbye Piccadilly exhibition, the Museum’s current exhibition about life during and after the First World War

The Farewell Leicester Square Friday Late toasts the new jazz age and the start of modern nightlife in London. As well as music, a bar, and creative make and take mini workshops there will be a talk by author Lucinda Gosling about early 20th century dance venues, life after dark and how sex and scandal was never far from society’s door.

The event also bids a farewell to the Museum’s current Goodbye Piccadilly – from Home to the Western Front exhibition which has been extended and will now finish on 19 April 2015.

Suitable for

• 18+

Admission

Adult £10 Concession £8

By 1918 women were more economically independent, visible and self-assured of their role in a changing society. But was this transformation entirely a result of war, or were women already emerging from the shadows of their domestic role before 1914? Whilst war was undoubtedly a catalyst for change this talk will also reveal how many women were already pushing social and cultural boundaries before war was declared. Whilst the Representation of the People’s Act in 1918 – that gave some women the right to vote – is often placed within the context of women’s contribution to World War I, this talk will uncover how more gradual and subtle changes in society, were equally influential for the passing of the Act.

The talk has been arranged as part of the Museum’s temporary First World War exhibition Goodbye Piccadilly – from Home Front to Western Front exhibition which has been extended by popular demand and will now close on 19 April 2015. The event also forms part of Transport for London’s 100 years of Women in Transport programme and celebrates International Women’s Day 2015.

Suitable for

• 18+

Admission

Adult £10 Concession £8

The Museum Depot in Acton is our working museum store housing over 370,000 objects. Sights include rare road & rail vehicles spanning over 100 years, bus and rail sheds, signs, ceramic tiles, ephemera and ticket machines.

On Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April London Transport Museum will throw open the doors of its 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.

A weekend jam-packed with activities to celebrate the hidden stories of London’s transport system is in store for families, local residents, transport enthusiasts and anybody interested in the secret history of London.

Visitors will be able to take a trip on a moving miniature railway, take part in a guided bus pit tour, watch live demonstrations of how the Emergency Response Team deals with incidents on the transport system, listen to a talk by the editor of the Londonist about secret tunnels and disused stations on the Underground, while film buffs can put their feet up and watch rare films from the Museum’s archives.

Suitable for

• Family friendly

Where

The Museum Depot in Acton
118-120 Gunnersbury Lane
Acton Town
London
W3 9BQ

Admission

Tickets: Adult £10; Concession £8

Children and young people aged 17 and under go free (under 12s must be accompanied by an adult) Tickets can also be purchased from our Ticket Office on +44 (0)20 7565 7298 (open 10.00-17.30 daily)

Website

http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/museum-depot/open-weekends

Be the first to see our new poster exhibition - The Illustration Prize 2015: London Places and Spaces. We'll have plenty of talks and activities to keep you busy, music and bars, plus there's the chance to see the exhibition itself.

Suitable for

• 18+

Admission

Adults £12.00, Concessions (Senior citizens, students and those in receipt of state benefit assistance) £10.00