Despite being closed for re-development until early-2007, the museum is still running some talks and events. Collections form the most comprehensive record of urban mass transit in the world, and include vehicles, posters, signs, uniforms, photographs, maps and engineering drawings. The museum conserves and explains the capital’s transport heritage and, when re-opened, will encourage visitors to debate about its future. Situated in Covent Garden, it can only display about one per cent of its collection at one time. The rest is housed in a recently built Museum Depot at Acton, west London. The depot is a treasure-trove of more than 370,000 objects and is open to the public while the museum is closed, but on a limited basis through regular, pre-booked guided tours and open weekends – check for details.
Museum Depot: 118-120 Gunnersbury Lane, W3 London’s Transport Museum: 39 Wellington Street, WC2E
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Museum Depot: special open weekends from 11am to 5pm London’s Transport Museum: Closed for refurbishment until early 2007
Museum Depot: adults £6.95; children under 16 free; senior £4.95 (tickets are valid for both days) London’s Transport Museum: currently closed
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