London Transport Museum tells the story of London and its transport system over the past 200 years, as lively exhibitions and galleries look at the powerful role that transport has played in the development of London - and how it has helped shape the city’s culture and social history. Visitors can explore 19th century horse-drawn buses, the world’s first underground railway and the early red double-decker buses.
Winner of two Best Museum or Gallery for Groups awards, both domestic and overseas groups will love the internationally recognised icons on display, such as the Tube roundel logo and the diagrammatic Underground map.
Groups can also venture behind locked doors and inconspicuous grilles on the Underground to see a hidden world of disused tunnels and passages by taking an exclusive award-winning Hidden London tour of disused Tube stations or other secret sites. Led by passionate expert guides, your group will hear surprising stories about war-time shelters, feats of engineering and top-secret hideaways across the 11 different locations.
The Museum Depot in Acton, West London, holds the majority of the Museum’s collection of over 320,000 weird and wonderful objects from London’s transport past, including many original works of art, vehicles, signs, models and uniforms. Exclusively for groups, the Museum offers two tours: The Art and Poster store tour and Depot Discovery tour. An exclusive full-day experience for groups of up to 40 people is now offered at the Museum Depot. The new full-day itinerary includes the two exclusive guided tours, giving visitors a unique opportunity to get up close to a huge variety of amazing artefacts and take a deep dive into the stories they tell about the evolution of London’s world-famous transport system. Free coach parking is available for groups.