{"id":857,"date":"2012-07-28T15:58:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T14:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londonerfromafar.wordpress.com\/?p=857"},"modified":"2016-07-24T11:28:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T10:28:19","slug":"night-at-the-museum-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alondonerfromafar.co.uk\/night-at-the-museum-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Night at the Museum in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the 2012 O<\/span>lympic Games happening here, many of us are starting to be a\u00a0little fed up \"Night\u00a0with transport restrictions, etc. But in fact, m<\/span>y evening visit to the London\u00a0<\/span>Transport Museum a few weeks ago<\/span>\u00a0could not have been any more enjoyable. My night at the museum<\/strong> was a different type of party on a Friday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A friend had VIP tickets<\/strong> to this exhibition where the history of public\u00a0transport in London was in exhibition. The building was formerly a flower market in Victorian times.\u00a0There were\u00a0old trains, tube wagons and buses. \u00a0Some of the machines are new too, including the new cable car. So, it was a bit\u00a0like travelling throughout time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To make it more enjoyable, they offered free drinks and some music<\/strong>. I could not have\u00a0liked the idea any more!<\/p>\n

It was fun seeing some of the old machines.<\/p>\n

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It is charming<\/strong> seeing how the inside has been changing over time. You can see that the inside structure today is quite similar to yesteryear.<\/p>\n

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Part of the exhibition focused on<\/span>\u00a0the difficu<\/strong><\/span>lty of making it a<\/span>l<\/span><\/strong>l happen<\/strong>.\u00a0It must\u00b4ve certainly not being so easy for residents and businesses, particularly in central areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The working conditions<\/strong> must have been rea<\/span>l<\/span>ly bad<\/span>\u00a0back then. They did a great job!<\/span><\/p>\n

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For the techies out there, this\u00a0interactive map<\/strong> showed the tube\u00a0lines at work in different areas in real-time. This reminds me of those old war movies, where old generals and pretty women officers gathered around a huge map while discussing their tactics and showing how they were progressing with them on the field.\u00a0How cool is that?<\/p>\n

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Two further aspects of this exhibition are publicity posters<\/strong> and tube maps.<\/p>\n

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London tube maps<\/strong> have been re-designed, converted into works of art many times. Some of them are a real work of art exhibited in the Modern Tate and other museums.\u00a0It was originally created by Harry Beck.<\/p>\n

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These are some of the pieces that we saw at the exhibition. Click on the images to make them bigger.<\/p>\n

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Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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