{"id":55387,"date":"2025-11-25T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=55387"},"modified":"2025-11-24T22:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:59:26","slug":"a-short-photo-tour-of-the-london-transport-museum-in-covent-garden-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-short-photo-tour-of-the-london-transport-museum-in-covent-garden-london\/","title":{"rendered":"A short photo tour of the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-01.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the press launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-art-deco-the-golden-age-of-poster-design-exhibition-at-the-london-transport-museum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Golden Age of Poster Design exhibition<\/a> at the London Transport Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing I was already in the building, it seemed rude not to take another look around &#8211; so here&#8217;s 20 photos from my visit.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-02.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a marvellous space to wander about in, with plenty to do for adults and kids.<\/p>\n<p>I first visited the museum some 8 years ago, so<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/trams-trains-tubes-trolleybuses-and-buses-a-look-around-the-london-transport-museum\/\"> click here if you want a more detailed photo report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Covent Garden museum manages to pack an awful lot of interesting stuff into a fairly compact space, but hard core transport enthusiasts are advised to keep an eye out for the occasional open days at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/60-photos-of-trams-trains-buses-a-look-inside-the-london-transport-museum-depot-in-acton\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u00a0London Transport Museum Depot in Acton.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-03.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-04.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-05.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-06.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-07.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-08.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-09.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-10.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-11.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-12.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-13.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-14.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-15.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-16.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-17.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/ltmuseum-nov25-18.jpg\" alt=\"A quick look around the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden, London\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Join the discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/london-art-exhibitions-installations-and-events-photos-and-chat.374789\/page-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London art exhibitions, installations and events \u2013 photos and chat\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>More info<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ltmuseum.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Transport Museum<\/a><br \/>\nCovent Garden Piazza, WC2E 7BB.<\/p>\n<p>The nearest stations to London Transport Museum are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Underground:\u00a0<\/strong>Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Charing Cross, Embankment, Holborn<\/li>\n<li><strong>National Rail:<\/strong>\u00a0Charing Cross and Waterloo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boat:<\/strong>\u00a0Embankment or Westminster pier<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bus:<\/strong>\u00a0Strand or Aldwych<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Tickets for London Transport Museum:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ltmuseum.co.uk\/visit\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy tickets here<\/a><br \/>\nMuseum open daily from 10:00-18:00.<\/li>\n<li>Cheapest tickets available online \u2013 kids go free!<\/li>\n<li>Tickets include unlimited daytime access to the Museum for a whole year \u2013 visit as many times as you like<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2483.0715632617366!2d-0.12416012337964001!3d51.51190307181439!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x487605afd476b1e1%3A0x31039524163a770d!2sLondon%20Transport%20Museum!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1764024737698!5m2!1sen!2suk\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the press launch of the Golden Age of Poster Design exhibition at the London Transport Museum. Seeing I was already &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1765,194,456,17,193,90],"tags":[900,60,10,1779,1195,1200,173,145],"class_list":["post-55387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-london-features","category-news","category-photos","category-places","category-railways","tag-buses","tag-history","tag-london","tag-london-transport-museum","tag-photos","tag-railways","tag-trams","tag-tube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ltmuseum-nov25-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-epl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55390,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55387\/revisions\/55390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}