The History of the London Transport Museum

The London Transport Museum has been based in Covent Garden since 1980. This isn't the collection's first home however: over the past 100 years, it's existed under a variety of guises at a number of locations- including Chiswick, Reigate, Clapham and Syon Park. In this video, I'll be taking you through the history of the museum; showing you its previous sites and incarnations, along with one or two intriguing proposals which were never built... Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:44 London's Earliest Transport Displays 03:29 Chiswick Bus Museum 08:22 Reigate London Transport Museum 11:09 'London on Wheels' Exhibition, Euston 12:38 The Museum of British Transport, Clapham 16:47 The London Transport Collection, Syon Park 20:53 The London Transport Museum, Covent Garden 23:49 Outro *** Links for this video: My video on the London Transport Museum's Acton Depot    • Exploring the London Transport Museum Depot   The London Transport Museum https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk London Bus Museum https://www.londonbusmuseum.com/ Coventry Transport Museum https://www.transport-museum.com/ National Railway Museum https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk *** Thank you so much to all of you who support my channel with your kind words, likes and shares. If you're feeling extra generous, you can also support my work with a tip via either the YouTube 'thanks' button (which appears as a heart icon below the video), or alternatively, via my Ko-fi account: https://ko-fi.com/robslondon Any such financial donations are of course greatly appreciated, and they really do help when it comes to creating content. My other links: Twitter:   / cabmirror   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert_lord... Thanks again for watching, friends. Stay well, and please be sure to stay tuned! *** Credits: Images: Rocket Engine: Train Photos (Creative Commons) Nine Elms Shed: Oxyman (Creative Commons) Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway Carriage: Oxyman (Creative Commons) Euston Great Hall: Dan Wilson (Flickr) Red B-Type Bus: Timitrius (Creative Commons) Brooklands Bus Museum: Calflier001 (Creative Commons) Shareholders Room Euston: Archimaps Museum of British Transport Tickets: Sludge G https://www.flickr.com/photos/sludgeu... National Railway Museum: TheTurfBurner, Geograph * Music & Sound Effects: Butterflies in Love (Sir Cubworth) Old Traffic (Urban Traffic): Craigsmith, Creative Commons free sound.org Night Snow (Asher Fulero) Friendly Day by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ English Country Garden (Aaron Kenny) Midsummer Sky by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Strollin’ (TrackTribe) ***