| London Transport Museum announces "transformation" Posted by stuving at 19:55, 30th June 2026 |     |
This is from the Londonist:
Major transformation is afoot at London Transport Museum.
Ahead of celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2030, the Covent Garden museum — which opened inside the Victorian flower market building in March 1980 — has revealed plans for a "once in a generation" glow-up.
These include a 'new' entrance on Covent Garden Piazza (technically the current entrance is already on the Piazza, via the gift shop, but the mock-up above suggests use will be made of an existing adjacent doorway.)
An extra 500 square metres will also be freed up inside the museum "for improved galleries and learning experiences", to include LTM50, an area "celebrating London's journey from Victorian innovation to the capital of tomorrow." What that means in terms of brand new exhibits, we're not yet sure.
The museum will remain open throughout the revamp, which will also include "major environmental upgrades" and "upgraded visitor facilities". It's not yet clear when works will commence.
Ahead of celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2030, the Covent Garden museum — which opened inside the Victorian flower market building in March 1980 — has revealed plans for a "once in a generation" glow-up.
These include a 'new' entrance on Covent Garden Piazza (technically the current entrance is already on the Piazza, via the gift shop, but the mock-up above suggests use will be made of an existing adjacent doorway.)
An extra 500 square metres will also be freed up inside the museum "for improved galleries and learning experiences", to include LTM50, an area "celebrating London's journey from Victorian innovation to the capital of tomorrow." What that means in terms of brand new exhibits, we're not yet sure.
The museum will remain open throughout the revamp, which will also include "major environmental upgrades" and "upgraded visitor facilities". It's not yet clear when works will commence.
The museum's own version is here (only a small screen/large print version).
| Re: London Transport Museum announces "transformation" Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:01, 30th June 2026 | |
Thank you for your post here, stuving.
Instinctively, I had a look around on the Coffee Shop forum, as I was sure there has been some previous discussion about the excellent London Transport Museum. Indeed, there has been.
However, on this occasion, I resisted the temptation to do some of my 'moving and merging' of topics: if any of our readers would like to read more about the London Transport Museum here, please do a forum 'deep search'.
CfN.
