London Transport Museum

Why go

The majority of the museum's exhibits originated in the collection of London Transport, but, since the creation of Transport for London in 2000, the remit of the museum has expanded to cover all aspects of transportation in the city. The depot holds the majority of the Museum's collections which are not on display in the main museum in Covent Garden.

What to look for

• The market moved out in 1971, and the building was occupied by the London Transport Museum in 1980.
• The museum operates from two sites within London.
• London Transport Museum is a registered charity under English law.

The full story

The main site in Covent Garden uses the name of its parent institution, sometimes suffixed by Covent Garden, and is open to the public every day, having reopened in 2007 after a two-year refurbishment. The other site, located in Acton, is known as the London Transport Museum Depot and is principally a storage site that is open on regular visitor days throughout the year. The museum was briefly renamed London's Transport Museum to reflect its coverage of topics beyond London Transport, but it reverted to its previous name in 2007 to coincide with the reopening of the Covent Garden site. The museum (Covent Garden) The museum's main facility is located in a Victorian iron and glass building that had formed part of the Covent Garden vegetable, fruit and flower market.

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