London Transport Museum

Last call for voting.✨ The Museum is a finalist a Groups Leisure & Travel Award 2024 in the category of Best Museum or Gallery and we need your vote! Simply visit https://lnkd.in/evx4paQA and choose London Transport Museum in the category Best Museum or Gallery, and remember to click the Submit button at the bottom to ensure your vote is included. Voting closes Sunday 28 April. Together, we can make a difference and ensure that the Museum receives the recognition it deserves. Thank you for your support, let’s make this last call count!

It’s #EarthDay 🌍 – an important reminder for us to come together and take action for a healthier planet and brighter future. This year’s theme is Planet vs. Plastics. Some of the ways we’re reducing our plastic usage at the Museum include: 🖼️ Using eco-friendly, renewable or recyclable materials in our new exhibitions 🛍️ All of our new retail packaging and bags are Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) approved 🪀 We’re reducing the number of plastic toys we sell 🤝 And we’re working with suppliers committed to eco-friendly practices We’re taking things step by step and commissioning research to understand the longer-term action needed to reduce our impact on the planet. We’ll keep sharing our progress as we continue our journey to be greener 💚

Last night we were delighted to host the new season launch of our travel trade partners Evan Evan Tours. We can't wait to see what fantastic work happens in the future as a result of this partnership!

We are thrilled to have been nominated as a finalist in the Group Leisure & Travel Awards 2024 in the category of Best Museum or Gallery! 🤩 The Museum is incredibly proud of this achievement and would like to thank our visitors and group travel organisers for the part they have played in making us a finalist for this award. Now we need your vote to helps us win. To cast your vote, visit https://lnkd.in/evx4paQA and choose London Transport Museum in the category Best Museum or Gallery. Voting closes on Sunday 28 April 2024 with winners being announced on Thursday 27 June. Thank you for your ongoing support! 🤞 #GLTAwards #awardwinning #grouptravel #groups 

Discover how civil engineers are tackling climate change 🔧🌍   We've teamed up with ICE London and South East to display their pop-up exhibition, Time is Running Out. It’s designed to engage and educate the whole family on themes of climate change and environmental sustainability.   Open now until 28 April, and find out more in the blog ⬇️

This Saturday, we will be joining thousands of institutions around the world by taking part in Earth Hour, organised by WWF. 🌍 From 8:30PM, we’ll be turning off our lights for an hour, showing solidarity with the planet and shining a spotlight on nature loss and the climate emergency. To learn more about Earth Hour and how you can get involved, visit https://www.earthhour.org/ 

We were excited to welcome ICE London, East of England & South East England, their partners and sponsor Tony Gee and Partners yesterday for the launch event of their pop-up exhibition, Time is Running Out. With original hand-drawn illustrations and animations, the exhibition is designed to educate and engage families on themes of climate change and environmental sustainability. It shows how civil engineers are innovating and implementing sustainable solutions to reduce carbon emissions. On display at the Museum until 28 April. https://lnkd.in/eQbUQjjj

We’re celebrating opening our doors to even more visitors – with a 29% increase in our visitor numbers compared to last year 🎉   Elizabeth McKay, Director and CEO, London Transport Museum, said: ‘It has been a fantastic year for the Museum, including the opening of our new Global Poster Gallery, unveiling a new Hidden London tour and a whole range of events for adults and families. 2024 is buzzing with opportunity, and we look forward to welcoming even more new and returning visitors soon. Thank you to all of our brilliant colleagues, volunteers, patrons, corporate members, sponsors, Friends, visitors and supporters of our work.’ The statistics we’re celebrating were published today by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. ALVA has released visitor numbers to the UK's most popular attractions, demonstrating a 19% increase in 2023. Check out the full figures here: https://lnkd.in/eBhxd-NG

Volunteer opportunity 📢 Do you enjoy engaging with people and working in a busy, dynamic environment as part of a friendly and supportive team? We are looking for volunteers with commitment, enthusiasm and an interest in engaging with museum collections to support us in delivering our popular Depot Open Days events to the public at our Museum Depot site in Acton. Applications must be submitted by 8 April. Discover more and apply now. https://lnkd.in/e9DV5Y3Z

Volunteer Opportunity 📢 Are you interested in the history and role of London Transport? Would you enjoy being in a customer facing environment, engaging with children and adults, and being part of a team? Would you like to gain more skills and experience in these areas?   London Transport Museum are looking for volunteers to help with object handling. We are looking for volunteers with commitment, enthusiasm and a passion for people and museums to deliver object handling sessions to our visitors. You’ll help to bring the museum’s collection to life, enabling visitors to discover the museum through touching real objects, and exploring themes in the galleries. You’ll also demonstrate how some of our objects work and inspire visitor’s curiosity by giving them the chance to handle objects themselves. Applications must be submitted by 30 March. Discover more and apply now. https://lnkd.in/eqs56wBy