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01 Prologue – Peter Hendy
02 Director’s summary
04 The Museum at Covent Garden
05 The Covent Garden Project
14 Stakeholder news
16 A Museum for learning
18 Recent acquisitions
19 Museum overview
20 The Friends of London’s Transport Museum
21 The Friends Corporate Members 2005–2006
22 Museum staff 2006
24 The Museum Depot, Acton Town
25 Museum operating accounts 2003–2006
26 Museum programme 2003–2006
28 Outside events 2003–2006
The Museum’s collections are a constant reminder that over
the past two centuries, transport has been key to supporting
London’s position as a world city. Transport has been essential
to both promote and respond to the vitality and viability of
London. Understanding and assimilation of that transport
heritage is a great challenge for a modern, civilised city. Our
Museum enables us to both look back and look forward at
London, to respect the influence of the past and to see the
perennial importance of transport to this great city as it moves
further into the 21st Century.
Peter Hendy
Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL)
By conserving and explaining the capital city’s transport heritage, London’s Transport Museum offers people an understanding of the capital’s past development and engages them in the debate about the future. We adopt the highest standards of curatorship and communication, and aim to be the world’s leading museum of urban transport.
London’s Transport Museum operates two sites, at Covent Garden and Acton, offers online access to information and collections, and manages the Safety and Citizenship Initiative for Transport for London. The Covent Garden site is currently closed for a £20m refurbishment and enlargement, reopening in late summer 2007. The new Museum will:
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Create a theatre for the public understanding of transport in the complex life and identity of London, past, present and future.
Redefine the concept of a narrative history museum as a forum for information and debate about London’s past, present and future.
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The three years April 2003 – March 2006 have been a time of great upheaval as the foundations, both conceptual and physical, have been laid for the refurbished Museum in Covent Garden. Despite the work this has involved, the Museum managed to stay open to visitors until September 2005, achieving high customer satisfaction ratings until it closed its doors.
The old displays, which we had
nurtured for 362 days-a-year
since December 1993 – fixing
technical faults, cleaning in
the small hours after events,
keeping up-to-date – were
demolished with almost undue
haste in autumn 2005. The
low-loader made a regular
appearance in Wellington
Street as historic vehicles
were hauled off to Acton and
van loads of exhibits were
followed by skip loads of
redundant displays.
Then the business of stripping
back the building to a Victorian
market hall began in earnest.
As fittings and fixtures were
removed, the historic building
re-emerged. High scaffolding
allowed us to access areas of
the roof and structure that we
have not been able to reach
before, and to discover and
replace corroded cast-iron and
damaged roof slates.
This once-in-a-lifetime project
has been documented by our
own photographers and by the
artist Bruce Rowling, whose
Decant Sketchbook has given
us a unique perspective on
the transformation process.
We are indebted to him,
sketching patiently and
discreetly in the shadows as
around him turmoil reigned.
This Review features his work.
Meanwhile the Museum has
been a hive of activity. The
detailed designs of the new
structures – mezzanine floor,
the lecture theatre in the
basement, shop, corporate
hire spaces, photo-voltaic
panels on the roof – have
been through many iterations.
The storyline of the new
Museum has been written
and refined endlessly, objects
selected from our collections
and borrowed from others,
ideas tested on focus groups,
and designs developed. Costs
have been reviewed, revised
and questioned to extract
the maximum value from
our spend.
The new Museum will be a
showcase for TfL and everyone
engaged in or using London’s
transport. We have been
successful in promoting our
future vision of the Museum
to supporters, sponsors and
partners across London.
The new Museum will be a
platform for an unprecedented
programme of exhibitions and
events, reflecting the past
and the future of transport
in London.
Although the Museum will not
re-open until the summer of
2007, the key decisions and
much of the design will have
been completed by the time
this Review is published. The
next year will pass very quickly
and we all look forward to
reopening the doors of a
revitalised, popular museum.
Sam Mullins
Director,
London’s Transport Museum
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No museum can stand still – and certainly not a museum devoted
to the dynamic story of London’s transport. The Museum opened
in Covent Garden in 1980, and since then more than 5 million
people have visited us. We had a major redisplay in 1993, opened
the Depot at Acton to the public in 1999, and have developed a
website that 50,000 people and rising visit a month.
The Covent Garden Project is the next chapter in the story. A major part
of the project is creating new displays to attract first-time visitors from
London’s diverse populations, as well as appealing to people who
already know and love London’s Transport Museum. We are also
renovating our Grade II-listed Flower Market building, making it a better
environment for exhibits and visitors alike, while creating more space for
a theatre, larger shop and café.
Key elements:
• construction of a new mezzanine gallery over the existing train table
• creation of a new basement and mezzanines incorporating a 122-seat
theatre and a larger shop and café
• a new exhibition with 3000 square metres of new displays
• radical improvement of the building’s environmental performance.
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Between April 2003 and September 2005 when we closed for
refurbishment, we welcomed almost 600,000 people from
London, the UK and abroad through our doors. Half of these
visitors were female, and a third under 16. More than 25,000
school children visited us each year, while we go out to a
further 90,000 young people as part of our outreach programme.
To achieve all this, the museum opened for seven days a week,
362 days-a-year. We try very hard to be accessible to all our
visitors, from wherever they come.
Our major refurbishment of the Covent Garden site will take
this even further. We hope to attract at least a further 40,000
visitors a year when we reopen. So as well as working with
transport historians, designers, architects, disability and access
consultants and all the other people who go into making a new
museum, we have been talking to our visitors. We are proud to
have consulted more than 10,000 people in the run-up to our
redevelopment, which has helped us to determine how best to
bring the story of London’s transport history alive.
the museumat covent garden
project
No museum can stand still, not
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The Museum has set six objectives
for the Covent Garden Project.
They are:
• to tell the story of London as
an international city, seen
through the development of
its transport, past, present
and future
• to make more imaginative use
of the Museum’s designated
collections
• be physically, intellectually
and culturally accessible to
all visitors
• to promote learning about
London, safety and citizenship
• to create a unique, enjoyable
experience
• to sustain both the Museum
building and organisation.
We need to set objectives so we
know where we are going and how
to measure our progress.
The Museum believes that that
the Covent Garden Project will
help increase our visitors by
40,000 people a year, 10,000 of
them from overseas. It will make
the collections physically and
intellectually easier to access, and
attract new people from
different backgrounds. It lets us
create a lively forum on the past,
present and future roles of public
transport in London, better
reflecting the remit of Transport
For London and make informed
international comparisons.
The Project will increase the
overall floor area of the Museum
by a quarter. We hope to use this
much-needed extra space to
make visiting a more enjoyable
experience not only by improving
our displays but other facilities
such as the shop, café, education
rooms and private dining, thereby
We will use the much-needed extra space to
make a visit a more enjoyable
experience
What we hope to achieve and why
raising our average visitor
satisfaction score by 5 points
to 85.
The Project will also allow us to
improve the internal environment
of the Museum, so we can bring
more of our fragile collections
onto display while saving energy
through passive climate control
systems and alternative fuel
sources.
And finally, we believe it will make
us financially more sustainable.
The Museum has forecast
significant increases in retail
income, admissions and corporate
events as a result of this Project.
It lets us create a lively forum on the past, present and future roles of public transport in London
The Covent Garden Project
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We are mindful of our duty to London’s
environment at a time of
climate change
The new galleries will show how public
transport makes London a vital and viable city
Other displays will allow visitors to encounter the world’s first
underground steam and electric tube railways. It will introduce some
surprising and influential people, as well as presenting an enormous
scale model of London, which visitors can use to explore the city.
The final galleries will look at the future of London transport, and
some future scenarios and visionary proposals.
A better environment for everyone
Improving the environment of the building was a major concern for us.
There are many objects that the Museum cannot show because they are
vulnerable to the large swings in both temperature and humidity we
currently experience in our building. We were also anxious not to drive
up running costs as we added 25 per cent to the floor space of the
Museum. And like all responsible organisations, we are mindful of our
duty to London’s environment at a time of climate change.
The designs will reduce the Museum’s energy consumption and carbon
emissions. This will be achieved by:
• adding insulation to reduce heat loss, and shading the roof to reduce
light levels and heat gain
• creating natural ventilation by putting photo-voltaic panels on the
roof, which will generate up to 17% of our electrical needs.
The Energy Saving Trust (funded by the DTI) has provided a £120,000
grant towards the inclusion of the ‘solar’ panels. The London Climate
Change Agency has approached the Museum to make it a high profile
showcase for the use of photo-voltaic power generation and other low
CO2 emission technology. The Mayor of London has expressed his
support and in March Westminster City Council awarded planning
consent for the photo-voltaic scheme to proceed.
The Covent Garden Project will usher in a new style of narrative history
museum, drawing together collections and mixed media which will
acknowledge that people learn in different ways. The displays will tell
the story of London’s transport through individuals and their
experiences, exploring the influence of the past on both the present and
the future of our city.
The new Museum will include 3000 square metres of displays about the
social history, growth and development of London and its transport over
the past 200 years, as well as comparisons with other ‘world’ cities. The
opening gallery, the World City Gallery, will show how public transport
allows cities such as London, New York, Paris, Delhi, Shanghai and Tokyo
to stay on the move.
The Covent Garden Project
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A grand day out
There’s more to a museum visit than new displays, even if they are the
heart of the experience. Modern museums need good facilities, and
visitors’ expectations of these keep rising.
The Project includes a new shop spread over two floors, with an
expanded range of the Museum’s world-famous gifts, posters, toys,
models and souvenirs. There will be a smart café developed with
Searcy’s, serving coffee, lunches and suppers. The seating for the café,
designed by Lumsden Design Partnership, will feature a reworking of a
favourite old moquette seat fabric design.
The new Cubic Theatre in the basement, is a 122-seat lecture space
for talks and conferences, while our education facilities will be
substantially upgraded.
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You can come to shop and eat as well as visit
the Museum
In autumn 2004, the Museum
selected Wates as the main contractor
The Covent Garden Project
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The state of the building
As work has progressed Wates discovered that vital repairs to the
historic structure were required. These extra works, started in October
2005, have added both time and costs to the Project. Although this is
unwelcome, the works provide a once in a life-time opportunity to repair
the listed structure.
Developing displays
The exhibition has reached final scheme design, and tendering started in
July 2006. Fraser Randall was appointed in July 2005 as the Exhibition
Contracts Manager. The Museum team, working with Ralph Appelbaum
Associates, has been researching, designing and developing content for
the new Museum for three years. Supporters and partners have also
contributed, and extensive public research has informed the new
displays. Outline script and photo research are almost complete and
graphic art-working has commenced.
The opening
The building work will be completed by January 2007. The exhibition fit-
out will take approximately six months, with the Museum reopening to
the public in late summer 2007.
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Museum team
Director
Sam Mullins
Director’s PA
Liz Collins
Project Director/Head of Design
and Displays
Belinda Betts
Project Coordinator
Julie Vince (April 2004)
Project Assistant
Vicki Goodfellow (October 2005)
Head of Business and
Performance
Chris Gilbert (March 2005)
Head of Systems and
Infrastructure
Rob Lansdown
Head Curator
Oliver Green
Head of Learning
Julia Fielding (May 2006)
Head of Marketing
Claire Ingham
Retail Manager/Art Co-ordinator
Michael Walton
Advisors to London’s
Transport Museum
Project Development
Geoffrey Marsh (Adrian Ellis
Associates)
The timetable
The contractor
In autumn 2004, the Museum selected Wates as the main contractor.
Wates went on site in April 2005 to get ready, and formally took
possession on 24 October 2005.
The archaeology
During the excavation of the basement starting in April 2005, the
Museum carried out an archaeological excavation of the site. The Covent
Garden area was part of Middle Saxon London, or Lundenwic, around
600-800AD. For centuries the area remained undeveloped, until it
passed into the estate of the first Earl of Bedford, who had served Henry
VIII. The Bedford family developed the site as an exclusive residential
quarter and promoted the fruit and flower market. The excavation
unearthed 17th and 18th century structures, pots, bottles and a
possible bath house, as well as a number of cremation urns, beads and
two burials from the middle Saxon period. A report on the findings is
due shortly.
The Museum closes
The last public open day for the Museum was 4 September 2005.
The Museum team started a five-week decant of the collections to
the Depot.
The Project Team
The Project is overseen by the Museum’s Director. It is managed by a
Project Director and the extended management team of the Museum,
with advisors and an external consultant team. The team is currently
made up of:
Construction Advice
Jim Evans (Epsilon Management
Services)
Fundraising
Judy Niner (Development
Partners)
Audience Research
Susie Fisher (Susie Fisher
Associates)
Legal Advice
Richard Cooke (Hammonds)
Exhibition Content
Stephen Feber
Design Gallery Curator
David Worthington
(Conran Design Partnership)
Design team
Architects
Avery Associates Architects
Exhibition Designers
Ralph Appelbaum Associates
(London)
Artwork Production
London’s Transport Museum
Design Team
Project Management
Drivers Jonas
Quantity Surveyors
Walfords
Environmental and M&E
Consultants
Max Fordham
Structural Engineers
Buro Happold
Retail and Café Design
Lumsden Design Partnership
Building Contractor
Wates Construction Limited
Specialist consultants
Access
All Clear Designs
Lighting
DHA Design
Acoustic
Sandy Brown Associates
Sound Consultant
Martin Pilton Sound Design
Building Regulations
Approved Inspector Services
Building Conservation
Donald Insall Associates
Café and Shop Designers
Lumsden Design Partnership
Café Contractor
Searcys
Editorial panel
The panel, chaired by Belinda
Betts, is the final decision-making
body on the exhibition content,
style and approach. It includes
many of the Museum team and
the following:
2D Curator
David Bownes
Registrar/Content Coordinator
Martin Harrison-Putnam
Lifelong Learning Manager
John Bull
Education Officer (Schools)
Heather Johnston
Librarian
Caroline Warhurst
Stakeholder Relations Executive
Justine Cooper
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The £20m+ Covent Garden Project would not have been possible
without the support of many partners in the transport industry.
We are very grateful for their help.
In July 2003 the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) awarded the Project
£9.47m in two stages. Transport for London (TfL) immediately
pledged a further £5.1m if the Museum raised an additional £5m
from industry, trusts and foundations.
The Museum has raised a further £3.6m from sponsors, trusts and
foundations. Tube Lines and Metronet Rail, the Museum’s Principal
Sponsors, have given nearly £1m and are our largest commercial
sponsors. Trusts and foundations have pledged a further £700,000.
Viacom Outdoor has sponsored the Museum’s new Viacom Outdoor
Gallery and Cubic Transportation Systems the new 1220-seat Cubic
Theatre. The Luke Rees-Pulley Trust is funding elements aimed at
children. On top of that, the Friends of the Museum, made up of 68
corporate partners, have given £700,000.
Tube Lines, Metronet Rail, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Toyota, Capita, Corus
and EDS have become Future Partners, working with the Museum on a
new 18-month exhibition Visions for London’s Future, which will launch
the Museum in summer 2007.
Network Rail is sponsoring
content in three galleries to
enable the Museum to represent
all areas of public transport
within London, including the
main-line rail story. Many of the
country’s top bus operators and
manufacturers have become
Content Partners, supporting
the development of historic
content and acting as advisors
for the industry in the Museum’s
new contemporary and futures
galleries.
The Museum’s list of supporters is drawn from across the transport
industry. We would like to thank all our partners:
Heritage Lottery Fund
Transport for London
The Friends of London’s
Transport Museum
Tube Lines Ltd
Metronet Rail
Garfield Weston Foundation
Museums and Galleries
Improvement Fund
Viacom Outdoor Ltd
Cubic Transportation Systems Ltd
Network Rail
Luke Rees-Pulley Trust
Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd
SAP UK Ltd
Toyota (GB) plc
Axon Group plc
Capita
Corus
Energy Saving Trust
EDS Ltd
Biffaward Landfill Tax
Credit scheme
EvoBus (UK) Ltd
Peek Traffic Ltd
National Express Group plc
Alexander Dennis Ltd
Arriva London Ltd
Conran Design Group
FirstGroup plc
Hammonds
Hyder Consulting plc
London Central/London General
(Go-Ahead)
McNicholas plc
Metroline-a member of
ComfortDelGro
Ringway Group Ltd
Stagecoach in London
Transdev plc
Volvo Bus Ltd
Wrightbus Ltd
4-Rail
‘Tube Lines is working on the largest upgrade programme ever seen on the Tube. We are delighted to partner with London’s Transport Museum and welcome an involvement with its major project to transform the Covent Garden site. As Principal Sponsor, we are already working closely with the Museum on new displays which will take a fresh and exciting look at what will be happening in the future for transport in the Capital, including our own visions for delivering an outstanding Tube for London.’Terry Morgan, Chief Executive Officer, Tube Lines
Other stakeholder activitiesIn 2004 the Museum worked with Crossrail and Bombardier
Transportation on a design initiative with London schools. Viacom
Outdoor has collaborated with the Museum on three projects funded
by the Arts and Business New Partners scheme. The Copyrighting Goes
Underground competition encouraged 150 young professional
copyrighters to optimise use of cross-track Underground poster sites,
winning an award at Viacom for its best initiative of 2005. In 2006, two
poster design competitions challenged 200 students across London to
create artwork for an advertising campaign launching the new Museum.SAP UK, Axon Group, Peek
Traffic, McNicholas and
Ringway Group have provided
sponsorship that supports the
entire redevelopment project.
Conran Design Group, Hammonds
and 4-Rail have offered in-kind
support to the Project. David
Worthington, the Managing
Director of Conran Design Group,
is the Curator of the new Design
Gallery and his company is
currently designing the Museum’s
World City gallery.
‘Cubic Transportation Systems has been providing ticketing systems to London Transport for 30 years. Through the introduction of the Oyster card system, equipment and gating, Cubic has initiated a change in how people travel around London. We are proud to support the Museum and in particular the Cubic Theatre and the activities it will enable in the future.’Marcus Platts, Finance Director, Cubic Transportation Systems Ltd
In total we have successfully
secured more than £13m for the
Project and TfL’s support has
taken this to £18.1m. A Covent
Garden dinner and auction will be
held on 20 September, at the
Floral Hall at the Royal Opera
House, as part of an ongoing
fundraising programme.
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£9.45 millionHeritage Lottery Fund grant
£5.1 millionTransport for London(pledged on the provision the Museum raises the remainder from industry)
£0.7 millionThe Friends of London’s Transport Museum
£3.03 millionStakeholders and sponsors
£1.72 million
Funds already raisedFunding still required
An important role for London’s Transport Museum is to act as a forum for the transport industry. It is also the place where the public can learn about plans for the future, in galleries that demonstrate the new investment in transport since 2000.
‘London Underground has a great history as borne out by the old museum and we’re here to ensure it has a great future too. Tomorrow’s museum will look forward as well as back at the transport challenges faced by the capital and I’m pleased to see Metronet supporting the project.’Andrew Lezala, Chief Executive, Metronet Rail
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‘The new London’s Transport Museum will be state of the art and,
like much of the transport system itself, something for the world to
look up to. Viacom Outdoor is delighted to sponsor the Museum’s
new Gallery and associate ourselves with the rich design heritage of
the collection as we feel advertising imagery is fundamental to the
whole look and feel of London’s transport system. We are currently
involved in several joint educational initiatives which stimulate young
people’s creativity and interest in advertising, art and design. We look
forward to using the Museum’s new corporate hospitality space to
host regular events and competitions.’
Mike Baker, European Marketing Director, Viacom Outdoor Ltd
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• New sessions at the Museum’s Depot – for Key Stage Two
(7-11 year old) schoolchildren launched in early 2006. These
combine object handling and costumed interpreters, giving
children a unique take on our historic collections.
• In total, 15,016 pupils from 479 schools attended education
sessions at the Museum. The Resource Desk dealt with 6,600
enquiries in the period. The Safety and Citizenship Team worked
directly with an audience of 142,000 children.
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Learning and education are at the heart of London’s Transport Museum. We are conscious
that different people learn in different ways, so we constantly need to develop new ways
to present our collections and knowledge. Recent developments include:
We are constantly developing new ways to present our collections
and knowledge
• The Museum Library – which holds the most comprehensive
collection about transport development in London, including its social
history. It is used by everyone from design students to people
researching their family histories. It had a major revamp in early 2006
making it easier to use and a more pleasant to work in.
• Family sessions in local libraries – families have enjoyed
discovering the history of London’s transport using objects such as
ticket machines, hats, maps and photographs. We have also run craft
sessions, teaching children to build model vehicles similar to those
in our collection. Other activities have included reminiscence sessions
at homes for the elderly using a handling collection as well as books
and photographs.
• TfL Safety and Citizenship – based at London’s Transport Museum,
this TfL scheme promotes safe travel on and around the public
transport network. Children are especially vulnerable to transport
accidents. The team has developed a programme aimed primarily at
11-year-old children to prepare them for independent travel. It also
works with a number of secondary schools to address existing
transport problems. A website has been created (www.tfl.gov.uk
citizenship) to provide activities for children as well as materials for
teachers. From April 2006 the service will work with all 11-year-old
children in Greater London every year (approximately 113,000 children).
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18When the new museum opens in 2007 there will be more than twice as
many objects from the collections on display at Covent Garden.
Acquisitions help us to tell new stories and develop themes that the old
museum was unable to explore in the past.
The Museum is reviewing its collecting policy in 2006 as part of its
submission for the new Accreditation scheme run by the Museums
Libraries and Archives Council.
Among the new pieces that will be on display are:
• A poster proof: Waterloo Station - Peace, by Helen Madeline McKie,
1948 (see below).
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19The senior management team is responsible for strategic planning
and day-to-day operations at the Museum, in line with policies and
plans approved by the TfL Board.
The Museum is Registered and is an active member of the London Museums
Hub, Association of Independent Museums, Museums Association and
British Association of Friends of Museums.
Members of staff are also active within the Covent Garden Area Trust, the
Covent Garden Community Liaison Group, the Transport Trust, the 24 Hour
Museum, the Museum Prize Trust, the Campaign for Museums, the UK
Registrars Group, Museums Computer Group, London Museums Librarians
and Archives Council, International Association of Transport Museums,
Association of British Transport and Engineering Museums, West London
Museums Group, and a number of specialist subject networks, such as the
Special Subject Network for Inland Transport, London Underground Railway
Society and other transport-related associations, societies and trusts.
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has funded a Collaborative
Doctoral Award for a doctoral student to produce a thesis entitled
Negotiating Urban Space: Public Transport, Migrant Strategies and Gender in
London 1950-2005, a partnership between London’s Transport Museum and
the geography department of King’s College London.
• Harry Beck’s 1951 proposal for the redesign of the Paris Metro map,
based on the same principles as his classic London Underground
diagram of 1933.
• A 1930s Tri-ang dolls house which will help to show the way inter-war
suburban housing development was shaped by transport. These
model houses were made by Lines Brothers, which opened the
biggest toy factory in the world near Morden in the 1920s.
• A detailed model of a London taxi converted to haul a water tender
for the London Fire Brigade during the Blitz, donated to the Museum
in 2004.
• A poster promoting the new Metropolitan Railway branch to Watford,
opened in 1925, fills a rare gap in the museum’s archive.
acquisitionsCollections are what make museums unique. At London’s
Transport Museum we were lucky to acquire a number of
significant objects to add to our collections in 2003-06.
London’s Transport Museum offers people an understanding of the capital’s past development and engages them in the debate about the future
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The Friends group is a registered charitable trust which provides
the Museum with sponsorship funding and volunteer help, as well
as allowing members to explore their interest in public transport.
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DIAMOND
Bombardier Transportation UK
CCS Group
EDF Energy Powerlink
Metronet Rail
PA Consulting Group
Westinghouse Rail Systems
GOLD PLUS
Capgemini
Deloitte
FirstGroup UK Bus
F P Herting & Son
Herbert Smith
Nuttall Finchpalm
GOLD
ALSTOM Transport – Metro Trains
AMEC SPIE Rail
Angel Trains
Arriva
Cadbury Trebor Bassett
Citylink Telecommunications
Cubic Transportation Systems
Eversheds
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Heathrow Express
HSBC
Hyder Consulting UK
Parsons Brinckerhoff
St Paul Travelers Insurance
telent communications
Tube Lines
SILVER
ABOUT
Advantage Technical Consulting
Aon
Ashurst
BEX Contracts
Birse Metro
Canary Wharf Group
ClearChannel UK
Ernst & Young
Field Fisher Waterhouse
Fifth Dimension Associates
Freight Transport Association
Gee Construction
Go-Ahead Group
Goldman Sachs International
Halcrow Group
KPMG
Lounsdale Electric
LTI (London Taxis International)
Vehicles
Manatt Phelps & Phillips
Mane Rail
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
Millcroft Services plc
Morgan Est Rail
Multiplex Constructions (UK)
Otis
Pemberwell Services
SGS Technology Project Services
Siemens
Stagecoach in London
Thames Water
Tone Scaffolding
Washington Group International
Wayfarer Transit Systems
YJL Infrastructure
HONORARY
4-Rail Scientific Services (Silver)
Associated Newspapers (Diamond)
Viacom Outdoor (Gold)
Capital Transport (Silver)
Felton Associates (Silver)
The Museum is fortunate in having an enthusiastic and supportive
Friends’ organisation of about 1600 individual members. Around 68
transport and transport-related companies are members of the
Corporate Friends (see opposite). The Friends group is the third largest
financial supporter of the Museum’s redisplay project, pledging
£700,000 in instalments over four years.
In May 2005, the Friends were delighted to see their past investment in
the restoration of the Museum’s 1931 LT Scooter single-decker win four
major trophies on its debut appearance in the HCVS London-to-Brighton
commercial vehicle run. The Friends have also secured a Project Planning
Grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to investigate the feasibility of
restoring four of the Museum’s Q-stock District Line cars (dating from
the 1920s-30s) to operational condition.
The Friends also provide volunteer support to the Museum, helping to
conserve, restore and maintain items in the Museum’s collections. In
February 2006, a dedicated, band of volunteers completed a four-year
project to catalogue and conserve the Museum’s black-and-white photo
collection. The Friends’ total donation of time and expertise amounts to
more than 10,000 hours in a year, equal to an additional six members of
staff. At a special event in December 2004, 30 Friends were presented
with certificates marking ten and, in four cases, 20 years of individual
voluntary effort.
Members benefit from an active programme of meetings and visits, and
an informative newsletter covering Friends’ activities and matters of
transport interest.
The Friends Corporate Members 2005–2006
The Friends are the largest donors
to the Museum’s redisplay project,
pledging £700,000 in instalments over
four years
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DirectorSam MullinsDirector’s Personal AssistantLiz CollinsMuseum Communications AssistantBunny Soteriou
Chairman of the Friends of London’s Transport MuseumIan ArthurtonCorporate Friends Liaison AssistantBecky Lee
Head of Business & Performance Chris GilbertFinance ManagerTerry NoonanFinance TraineeRufus Johnstone
Retail & Merchandise ManagerMike WaltonSenior Retail AssistantsTara BurnellJohn VinceRetail AssistantsDavid BashiSam HarrisonJohn Skinner
Head CuratorOliver GreenSenior Curator David BownesSenior Curator (vehicles)Bob BirdCuratorJonathan RiddellCurator (collections care)Robert ExcellCollections RegistrarMartin Harrison-Putnam
Curator (film & photographs)Simon MurphyCurator (photographs)Hugh RobertsonCurator (multimedia collections)Anna RotondaroCurator (photographs & ephemera)Timothy ShieldsCurator (Photos and Ephemera)Guy Howard-EvansDCF Project CuratorClaire Dobbin
Project Director/ Head of Design & DisplaysBelinda BettsProject Co-ordinatorJulie VinceProject AssistantVictoria Goodfellow
Design & Displays ManagerSau-Fun MokDesign Studio ManagerSuzanne DaviesDesignerSylvia Martin
Display Team SupervisorPaul LearyDisplay AssistantMichael Beagley
Head of Systems & InfrastructureRob LansdownNetwork Systems ManagerBryan WillsNetwork Support AnalystNeil EllliottCommunications Support AssistantPaul Trumble
Multimedia DeveloperCharles Dodgson
Depot ManagerRichard BenchDepot AssistantAlick Matthew
Head of MarketingClaire InghamMedia Relations ExecutiveLouise LeeStakeholder Relations ExecutiveJustine CooperMarketing & Group CoordinatorDawn RossEvents & Corporate Relations ExecutiveEmily Mitchell
Head of LearningJulia FieldingLifelong Learning ManagerJohn BullSchools OfficerHeather JohnstonInterpretation OfficerAnnette McCartneyInterpretation & Education AssistantFelicity PremruVolunteer CoordinatorJoanne Howe
Information Team SupervisorJanette PalmerMuseum Communications AssistantHannah MossInformation AssistantsGerald ArminMichael DipreMichael KitchenLesley Sullivan
TfL Safety & Citizenship ManagerChris NixEducation Liaison OfficerRebecca WakemanCarron LittlejohnOffice Support ManagerSonia BruceTechnical Assistant (Safety & Citizenship)Barry PriceAdministrative AssistantJarrod FlackSchool Liaison OfficersPeter ChallisHeather DoyleChad DunhamNivashnie PadayacheeLuke ReynoldsLindsey WhiteheadWilliam Wybrew
Library & Information Services ManagerCaroline WarhurstLibrarianHelen Kent
Head of Security & OperationsAllan BrookerSecurity Operations SupervisorStephen SeymourSecurity OperativesAaron GordonSarah HicksMike JaffaJim KnightGary StanburyGerald Underhill
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As the publicly accessible store for our heritage collection, the
Museum Depot in Acton preserves architectural fragments and
models, artwork, enamel signs, engineering drawings, maps,
moquette fabric, oral history recordings, photographic negatives,
rolling stock, posters, printed transport ephemera, uniforms
and vehicles.
The Depot with its large, open, humidity-controlled environment cares
for almost 98% of the Museum’s 400,000 items. It was opened in 1999
with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund. It offers 6500 square
metres of storage space for the Museum’s reserve collection half-an-
hour from Covent Garden.
The Depot is a treasure trove of London’s transport heritage. It has
regular themed open weekends, as well as viewings arranged as part of
our popular guided tour programme. The Depot is the focus for the
Museum’s invaluable volunteer force who provide assistance in
conservation and restoration, cataloguing, guided tours and research.
The Depot is also currently providing temporary accommodation for
most of the Museum’s collections from Covent Garden, while it is
closed for its major redevelopment project.
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25Financial Year ending see note (1) 31.03.06 31.03.05 31.03.04 31.03.03 Visitor Nos (000’s) 97.5 255.9 215.5 196.4 £000’s £000’s £000’s £000’sIncome Admissions 250 682 565 551 Retail 1213 1429 1354 1296 Commercial and Licensing (7) 0 391 404 363 Private Hire 35 127 54 106 Sponsorship 22 186 80 122 Other Income 155 190 82 224 Total income 1675 3005 2539 2662 Less Cost of Sales 1233 1213 1049 977 Trading Expenses 178 76 52 489 Total 1411 1289 1101 1466 Contribution to operating expenses 264 1716 1438 1196 Operating Expenses Museum Operations 1321 1931 1399 1254 Collections Management 692 603 555 539 Marketing 423 422 347 196 Administration 882 935 972 695 Building Accommodation Costs 879 1087 1252 1395 Total operating expenses 4197 4978 4525 4079 Deficit on Operations (2) -3933 -3262 -3087 -2883 Functions undertaken on behalf of TfL Group (6) 650 755 605 329 Net Deficit (3) -4583 -4017 -3692 -3212 Depreciation (4) 403 519 570 564 Covent Garden Project (5) Income -3608 -1200 0 0 Expenditure 3766 828 573 0
Net total 158 -372 573 0
The Depot is a treasure trove
of London’s transport heritage
Notes to operating accounts
Note 1 The Museum was closed to the public in September 2005 for refurbishment works and will not re-open until late summer 2007. However a retail presence was maintained via rental of a smaller unit in Covent Garden.
Note 2 The deficit represents the net cost of providing the Museum service including provision of the Transport For London statutory function with regard to elements of its heritage collection.
Note 3 The net deficit is equivalent to the agreed revenue grant provided through TfL by the GLA.
Note 4 In arriving at the deficit in Transport for London group annual accounts the depreciation charge is included.
Note 5 The Covent Garden project consists of capital works to completely refurbish and refit the entire Museum. The project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, TfL and other 3rd party sponsors.
Note 6 This represents the revenue cost of functions managed by the Museum on behalf of TfL. This includes the protection of TfL intellectual property rights up to 31/03/2005, Safety and Citizenship and Art on the Underground programmes. In addition there were capital costs of £416k incurred against the Safety and Citizenship programme.
Note 7 The commercial and licensing department was transferred to TfL central at the end of financial year 2004/05.
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Exhibitions24 Hour London: BBC London photo competition16 April-8 June 2003Children’s Underground exhibition2 July-28 September 2003Artworks for all15 October 2003-4 January 2004SAA illustration awards 200428 January-14 March 2004Spring exhibition 31 March-6 June 2004StreetWise summer exhibition30 June-31 October 2004Bloomin’ marvellous exhibition17 November 2004-29 May 2005SAA illustration awards 200526 January-6 March 2005The word Underground exhibition7-30 June 2005It’s your city!13 July-21 August 2005
Events and activitiesThere is always something on at the Museum for families. During term-time, younger visitors can participate in colouring activities or gallery trails at weekends. A bumper activity programme is available in school holidays, including numerous craft workshops. Annually in August the Museum holds a Be Safe! Week with activities themed to teaching young people how to use public transport safely.
The Museum launched the Museum and Galleries Month at the London’s Transport Museum on 5 May 2004, the year of the 200th anniversary of the steam locomotive, 175 years of the bus and 50 years of the Routemaster. The national theme for 2004 was Travel and Travelling. The Museum has
since events annually in May, interpreting the national theme of Museums and Galleries Month. In 2005 these included interactive artefact sessions to celebrate the theme ‘Objects of Desire’ at Paddington Public Library and Brixton Central Library.
In 2004 there were live poetry performances throughout 2004’s programme as resident poet Abe Gibson celebrated the golden age of London’s electric trams with performances of his latest work.
Between 29 August and 4 September 2005 the Museum celebrated its final week before closure with a Bob the Builder Week, which offered the chance to meet Bob and become involved in a series of Bob the Builder themed activities throughout the Museum
Lectures, conferences and toursLondon through a lens28 April 2003The most famous map in the world6 May 2003A pictorial history of the metropolitan railway12 May 2003Fitness for purpose20 May 2003“Refrain from affectation and conceited airs…”15 September 2003Funding the Underground: a history22 September 2003Sun a-shine, rain a-fall – celebrating Black History MonthOctober 2003London Transport in the 1930s open weekend at the Depot, Acton4&5 October 2003 Lo
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Poetry alive21 October 2003Diwali storytelling29 October 2003Bus bits30 October 2003Word journeys25 November 2003Trickett & Webb: designing transport art1 December 2003Mind the doors, please!5 December 2003Yes, I am a public servant – and so is the Prime Minister!31 January 2004Betjeman’s Metro-land: “a city clerk turned countryman again”16 February 2004“He draws a lot, but he won’t speak!”2 February 2004You’re a poet – do you know it?21 February 2004London’s Transport in miniature open weekend at the Depot, Acton6&7 March 2004A history of the London cab trade22 March 2004Royal Society of Arts (RSA) 250th anniversary1 May-31 October 2004Metro maps of the world5 May 2004175 years of the London bus at the Depot, Acton5&6 June 2004Discover Metro-land10 June 2004 Word on the street, typography’s contribution to the language of architecture21 June 2004
Poetry alive22 June 2004History afloat7 July 2004A design for life Piccadilly style13 July 2004Let’s all go down the Strand21 July 2004Trains, trams and traffic18 August 2004History afloat8 September 2004Street star, designed for purpose: the Routemaster13 September 2004Yes, I am a public servant – and so is the Prime Minister! 26 September 2004London’s transport at war 9&10 October 2004Every day except Christmas8 December 2004London’s transport in miniature at the Depot, Acton26&27 February 2005The voices of New Babylon18 April 2005Tram tales8 May 2005‘The Great Square of Venus’: Covent Garden central and west2 June 200575th Anniversary of Green Line coaches at the Depot, Acton4&5 June 2004Canal cruise12 June 2005Cabbages and kings – the story of Covent Garden15 June 2005
Word on the street20 June 2005Piccadilly style22 June 2005Open most hours29 June 2005History afloat13 July 2005Green Line 75th anniversary summer outing17 July 2005‘London’s high street’21 July 2005‘The Great Square of Venue’: Covent Garden central and east10 August 2005Jubilee line tour18 August 2005Metro-land walk1 September 2005Taxis, tubes and Jews8 September 2005The subterranean railway13 September 2005Journeys of the heart4 October 2005Migration and modernity11 October 2005Family weekend at the Depot, Acton22&23 October 2005Keeping London moving – transport staff at war9 November 2005Metro maps and architecture of the world22 November 2005London’s transport in miniature at the Depot, Acton4&5 March 2006Tunnels, transport and trains at London Canal Museum28 March 2006
Lifelong learning study days and courses Adult Learners’ Week15-21 May 2004: A diverse range of participatory activities to introduce you to the Museum’s vast and unique transport collections.
Word journeys24 May 2005: Poetry writing and performance workshop for adults.
Transport women at war3 November 2005: Study day at The Women’s Library, Old Castle Street, E1.
Depot toursTours provide a unique insight into the Museum’s extensive collections and access to collections not normally on display to the public. They usually take place at 11.00 and 14.00 on the last Friday of every month (except December). During closure the Museum has also operated Depot tours on the last Saturday of every month.
Tours for visually impaired visitorsGallery touch tours suitable for all ages are available regularly for visitors with visual impairments or learning difficulties both at the Museum. These tours include special access to vehicles not usually accessible to the public.
British Sign Language interpreted toursRegular Depot guided tours are also available with British Sign language interpreters. If a BSL interpreter is required for any tours or talks at the Museum, this can be arranged on booking tickets for these events.
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Date Event Vehicle Event description
2003
6 April Cobham Museum open day RM1, K424 & S742 Special event with all available 1920s London buses
4 May London to Brighton run RCL2229 Historic commercial vehicle run
17&18 May Depot open weekend Open topper & RT 4712 Special service – Depot to Kew Pumping Museum
14 June Arriva RT4712
29 June North Weald RT4712 Enthusiast rally
27 July Worthing Rally and running day RT4712
2 August Fulwell Garage Open Day A1 Diddler & Q1 trolleybuses,
89Q, RM1, GS64, RCL2229,
RT4712, VA115
17 August Pump House Museum, Walthamstow RT4712 AEC bus rally
13 September Romford Garage open day RCL2229
13-15 September EATM Carlton Colville RCL2229 End of season event featuring London vehicles
4 October Depot open day Visiting London buses from 1930s
5 October Depot open day 1938TS Public runs from Ealing Common to Uxbridge
2004
11 April Cobham Museum open day RM1 VA115 Registered bus service: Cobham and Wisley
2 May London to Brighton run T219 (VA115 as tender) Historic commercial vehicle run
8 May Pump House Museum, Walthamstow RM1 AEC bus rally
4 June Last Routemaster day on route 8 RM1 Stagecoach East London commemorative run
5&6 June Depot open weekend RM1 + others Special service-Depot to Kew Steam Museum
20 June Friends run on 1938TS 1938TS Two afternoon runs Ealing to Uxbridge
26 June Holloway Garage open day RM1, T219 Holloway Garage open to the public
2 July Last Routemaster day on route 7 RM1 FirstBus commemorative run
4 July Uxbridge Met. Centenary 1938TS Two special runs: Uxbridge to Amersham
24&25 July Routemaster 50th event RM1, FRM1, RCL2229, Spectacular Routemaster buses from the
in Finsbury Park T219 & K424 London’s Transport Museums’ collection.
21 August Hounslow Garage Open Day VA115 Public open day
3 September Last Routemaster day on route 73 RM1 & FRM1 Arriva commemorative run
11&12 September EATM Carlton Colville RM1 End of year London trolleybus event
25 September 75th years of Omnibus Society K424, RM1, FRM1 Commemorative run from West Brompton
to Covent Garden
26 September Showbus at Duxford VA115, RM1 Major bus & coach rally at Imperial War Museum
17 October Northfleet BN61 Local public trips organised by Country Bus Rallies
31 October Cobham Museum open day FRM1 Registered bus service from Cobham Bus Museum
22 November Design Council RM1 Reception in courtyard at Buckingham Palace
26 November RATP visit FRM1 Tour of central & city sights
2005
28 January Last day of Routemaster on route 36 RM1 Commemorative run
3 April Cobham Museum open day RM1 Registered route: Cobham Bus Museum, Wisley
1 May London to Brighton Run LT1076 (VA115) Historic commercial vehicle run
4&5 June 75th Anniversary of Green Line Open weekend
coaches at the Depot Acton
25 June Waterden Road Garage open day RCL2229, MBA 582, BN61 1st Anniversary of bendy bus garage
10 July Country Bus Rallies GS64 Knockholt. Recreating local 1950/60s services
31 July Worthing Festival RM1 Charity event. Public trips to Lancing
10&11 September EATM Carlton Colville BN61 London Trolleybuses weekend
16 October Country Bus Rallies BN61, RCL2229 Northfleet. Green Line anniversary theme
22&23 October 2005 Family Weekend at the Depot Acton Open weekend
30 October Tribute to Routemaster day RM1 Cobham Bus Museum special event
2006
15 January St Albans public running day BN61 Country bus rally
4&5 March Open weekend, London’s Transport
in Miniature at the Depot Acton
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The Heritage Lottery Fund has generously
given £9.47m to London’s Transport
Museum towards its Covent Garden Project
The Friends is a registered charitable trust.
It raises money for the Museum, provides
volunteers and helps Members to develop
their interest in urban passenger transport.
The Friends is one of the biggest supporters
of the Covent Garden Project
Tube Lines is a Principal Sponsor of
the Museum’s redevelopment, and the
largest commercial sponsor of the
Covent Garden Project
Metronet is a Principal Sponsor of the
Museum’s Covent Garden Project
A large print version of this review is available on our website:
www.ltmuseum.co.uk
The Friends of London’s Transport Museum
London’s Transport Museum is being
transformed as part of the Transport for
London Investment Programme
Illustrations
The Museum is grateful to
Bruce Rowling for his agreement
to allow the reproduction of
images from his Decant
Sketchbook series in this review.
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