Museum Late: Posters and Posers

Talks and Tours

Exhibition mini tours

19:15 – 19:45  

20:00 – 20:30  

21:00 – 21:30 

Entrance to Global Poster Gallery, first floor 

Join Matt Brosnan, London Transport Museum’s Head Curator, for a mini tour of the ‘How to Make a Poster’ exhibition. Spaces are limited, so please sign up at the entrance to the Global Poster Gallery.

Naomi Games on Abram Games

19:30 – 20:00 

Cubic Theatre, lower ground floor, access near museum entrance 

Naomi Games will discuss her father Abram Games’s career and working process through his poster work for London Transport.  

Creating the Crowndel

20:15 – 21:00 

Cubic Theatre, lower ground floor, access near museum entrance 

Sau-Fun Mo, Head of Design at London Transport Museum, in conversation with Jon Hunter, TfL’s Head of Design, discuss branding, assets, and decision making when designing a modern poster for the recent coronation.  

Pride Posters

21:30 – 21:55 

Cubic Theatre, lower ground floor, access near museum entrance 

Georgia Olive, London Transport Museum’s Philanthropy Executive, on designing a poster for TfL’s celebration of the LGBTQ+ community that is currently on display at Victoria, Green Park and Vauxhall stations. Hear about the poster project, the design process, and Georgia’s experience of working at TfL as a queer person. 

Get crafty

Zine-making with Kazvare Made It

18:45 – 22:00, drop in 

Canteen, first floor, accessible near museum entrance 

Join a lively zine-making workshop inspired by Kazvare Made It’s playful book, How to be a Decent Human Being: Travelling Around London, and London Transport Museum’s collection of vintage posters. Unleash your creativity as we craft zines packed with visually captivating advice, from train etiquette to spatial awareness. Dive into a hands-on experience that combines laughter and learning, all while designing your personalised travel tips.

Poster printing with Samantha Foley

18:45 – 22:00, drop in 

Transportorium, Ground Floor 

Print your own retro poster with designer Samantha Foley from Scene in London. Take inspiration from London Transport Museum’s collection of printed posters, set the scene with colour and use printing techniques to add texture. 

Life drawing

19:15 - 20:00 

20:15 - 21:00  

21:15 - 22:00 

Cubic Foyer, Lower Ground Floor, accessible near museum entrance

Find your muse in a life drawing session hosted by collective Bare Life Art, reimagining London’s iconic posters with objects from the collection. Spaces are limited, so please sign up in the Cubic Foyer.

Explore the museum 

Digital gallery trail

18:45 – 22:00 

Ticket Desk, museum entrance 

Follow a digital ‘Battleships’-style trail that combines co-ordinates with line-drawing to reveal a mystery Transport for London poster.

Live Art Late Collective 

18:45 – 22:00 

Bring posters to life with an embodied intervention created by London Transport Museum’s Young Volunteers Live Art Late Collective. Find them throughout the museum, and experience posters through the five senses. 

Mind the Gaze: Train car, first floor 

Experience a performative piece: Intrusive staring is not to be tolerated. Enter the carriage and consider how this way of viewing and being viewed makes you feel. 

Travelling with Sound: Connections Board 

Explore the gallery spaces and the Global Poster Gallery while listening to an audio track that explores sounds of the museum created by a different audience.  

Aromatic Art: Info desk, first floor 

Select a poster and its scent. Take a seat and breathe. Once your heart rate has slowed, find the poster in the gallery and inhale its scent. 

Eat the image: Black taxi, ground floor 

Select a sweet. What can you taste? Explore the posters and match this flavour to a poster. Please tell us if you have any allergies. 

Sense your stitch: London By Design Gallery, Ground Floor 

Bridge the gap between observing and experiencing. Select some coloured threads that match the palette your favourite poster and make your mark. Take your poster out of the frame and into your own hands through the art of embroidery. 

Refreshments 

18:45 – 21:30 

Ground Floor 

Explore the museum after dark with a drink from one of our bars, provided by Wonky Donkey.