London's Transport Museum

Cost: £22 M
Status: Completed

Six years after Avery Associates won the competition to design a major expansion of the London Transport Museum, the £22 M project has re-opened with a whole new entrance, shop and cafe, a new lecture theatre, a high level 'Victorian' gallery, a complete re-fit of all the exhibition areas and a passive energy-saving ventilation system powered by what is believed to be London's largest array of photovoltaics.

That this has been achieved whilst keeping the Theatre Museum open in the basement beneath, and within the constraints of a very sensitive Grade II listed market building, is a huge testament to the skills of all those involved.

"This is the best Transport Museum in the world."

Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London

"A Museum transported to delight...Best New Museum... the re-opened London Transport Museum is unrecognizable - and unmatched."

The Sunday Times

"There is a confidence about the Museum that is hard to resist."

Financial Times

"I was very impressed by the newly refurbished Museum, a truly wonderful example of how to educate the public about the importance of transport, especially in light of the challenge of Climate Change... The stimulating, imaginative and original public programme will help to inspire, inform and move forward the public debate about transport - using the past to inform the future."

Sir David King, Chief Adviser to HM Government

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