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« on: September 22, 2012, 11:51:34 »

http://www.tssa.org.uk/en/campaigns/index.cfm/campaign/save-london-transport-museum
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2012, 13:10:27 »

The article states "The entrance fee has recently been hiked and future rises have not been ruled out, jeopardising access for poorer Londoners", but according to the Museum's website the individual admission charge of 13.50 has been in place since October 2010 - 2 years ago (that does include re-admissions within a year).

If I had an hour or two spare in Central London, I would probably think twice at spending 13.50 ... and I've got something of an interest.  I would probably wander around Covent Garden instead ... or take a look in the National Gallery, or walk in the Embankment Gardens or on the South Bank;  I think all of those are free to enjoy.   The 13.50 is more that I paid for the day at Steam last weekend ... and that included a return train journey of 25 miles each way!
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« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2012, 13:59:51 »

The entrance price for the LT Museum is somewhat on the pricey side. I've found myself in London on a few occasions with time to kill and at a loose end. The LT museum is one I visited many years ago, not long after it re-opened following its major revamp through to 2007. I'd like to visit again, but ^13.50 is a little off putting. Even the concessionary rate of ^10, which I was eligible for in the past was still a little steep.

I guess I've become used to many large museums being free to enter, with even specialist ones such as STEAM in Swindon having a much more reasonable entrance fee of ^6.60, which can be had for ^5.00 if you arrive in Swindon by train.

Conservative Party policies at both local and national level appear to have affected the LT museum disproportionally. TfL» (Transport for London - about) funding has been cut and Arts Council funding has ended.

I worry that this may be the thin end of the wedge. Could the NRM» (National Railway Museum, at York and Shildon - about) at York be next to face funding problems and have to re-introduce entrance fees? Then there's other national museums. If one can't afford to visit the LT Museum there's still many other great museums in London where entrance is free or much more reasonably priced.
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« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2012, 14:21:35 »

I was in the LT Museum just three weeks ago.  I was very impressed - it had been thoroughly changed since my previous visit two/three years ago and I really enjoyed it.

I fully intend using the annual ticket and going back again.  ^13.50 is a bit high, but I didn't mind and there did seem to be lots of people around.  The upside of the ^13.50 for adults is that I believe children up to 15 inc are free.

Thoroughly recommend it for those interested in London's transport and if, like me, you've been before but not for a few years, well worth another visit.

Good luck to them with their budget issues.
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« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2012, 14:54:42 »

I suppose that the pill is somewhat sweetened by the fact that under 16s get in free. I've just checked with LT Museum and that applies whether they are accompanied or not. Although understandably, unaccompanied children under 12 will not be admitted.

Then the fact that the adult ticket is effectively a season ticket makes the value a bit better. Sadly not transferable, but how that can be enforced I don't know....
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« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2012, 20:04:48 »

I visited last september, and I must admit i enjoyed it, but I wouldnt return and pay ^13.50 again. Its something I was happy to pay the admittance once, but that was it.
Incidentally I have just returned today from a week in Normandy, France, where I have visited a collection of ww2 museums, and 6 euros was the most expensive museum we visited. They also sold a "normandy card" for 1 euro at each of these museums and once you had one of these cards you received 1 euro off the admittance at almost all other museums in the region. Doesnt sound a lot, but if like me you are visiting a lot of museums on your trip worked out to save a lot of money over the week. The card was valid for 12 months as well.
I would highly recommend visiting the Normandy WW2 museums to anyone at some time within their lives as it is truly amazing what our forces went through.
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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2012, 20:23:16 »

It is a good museum but I am not sure the size and content is ^13.50 worth
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« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2012, 21:28:48 »

I would highly recommend visiting the Normandy WW2 museums to anyone at some time within their lives as it is truly amazing what our forces went through.

Thank you for posting that personal recommendation, richwarwicker.

If you are in France, and within reasonable travelling distance, I must also recommend a visit to Oradour-sur-Glane: see http://www.oradour.info/  Sad
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« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2012, 21:53:09 »

And equally, from the depths of my memory, I'd recommend a visit to Pegasus Bridge near Caen. Scene of a daring glider borne infiltration into occupied France by the Allies in 1944. The men of the 6th British Airborne Division were the first Allied troops to set foot onto occupied territory the day before the D-Day landings. It's a place I visited on a school trip in 1987. At that time the original bridge was still in situ and there was a small museum in the local village.

Whilst the original bridge (complete with bullet holes) was replaced in 1994 to allow larger shipping to traverse the Caen Canal, the original can be found nearby in the M^morial Pegasus museum, opened in 2000 by HRH The Prince of Wales.

I'm off to Northern France in November and plan to visit this area.
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« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2012, 22:25:13 »

We stayed on the Siblu site near Bayeaux and in the 7 nights/ 8 days we were there we didnt stop, there was so much to visit that interested us. We didnt get anywhere near Caen or the Cotentin Peninsular, I was amazed at how much there was to do in the area.
I was very lucky to have booked to use LD lines through pompey - Le Havre due to a ^400 saving being more appealing than the negative of having to drive more miles. Would have usually used a brittany ferries routes. After brittany ferries went on strike this week I would have been rather stuck with a drive up to Calais.
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« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2012, 22:12:46 »



Then the fact that the adult ticket is effectively a season ticket makes the value a bit better. Sadly not transferable, but how that can be enforced I don't know....

You have to sign the ticket.  And then when you are re-admitted I assume you have to provide an approximation of the previous signature.
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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2013, 23:02:09 »

From MayorWatch:

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An exhibition of 150 of the best posters commissioned by London Underground has gone on display at London^s Transport Museum.


The lure of the Underground, by Alfred Leete, 1927. Image: London Transport Museum.

The Underground commissioned its first poster in 1908 and has since earned a worldwide reputation for commissioning outstanding designs.

For its Poster Art 150 exhibition, the museum asked an independent panel to choose 150 of the most iconic posters from its collection. The resulting display includes works by Edward McKnight Kauffer and Paul Nash and features designs from each decade over the past 100 years.

Visitors to the exhibition and the museum^s website are being asked to vote for their favourite poster in the Siemens Poster Vote. The most popular work will be revealed later this year.

Poster Art 150 runs until October and is part of the museum^s year-long celebration of the Tube^s 150th anniversary.
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« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2013, 15:06:26 »

From the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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Peek into the secret world of London's transport



London Transport Museum is opening up its museum depot to give the public a rare chance to peek into London's past.

The museum's reserve collection, housed in west London, is made up of more than 4,000 items including trolley buses, trams, rare signs and posters and even a section of a spiral escalator.

Head of Trading at London Transport Museum, Michael Walton, describes the depot as a "treasure trove of London's history,"

The depot is open to the public from the 1st to 3rd November 2013.
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« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2013, 21:32:03 »

Perhaps should say the overflow museum is at Acton Town just over the road from the station. Well worth going to if you haven't been before.
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