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iVisit.... Festive Fun @ London Transport Museum


  • Festive Fun London Transport Museum, Covent Garden London, WC2E 7BB United Kingdom (map)

All aboard for Festive Fun at London Transport Museum from 1 December 2017 until 5 January 2018.

Families can visit Santa’s Secret Hideaway or track him down in one of the Museum’s historic vehicles, as well as enjoy storytelling sessions and make simple origami Christmas tree decorations to take home. 

Get into the festive spirit with a special Christmas Lights bus tour in central London on selected dates as a storyteller brings a little magic to the streets of London.

London Transport Museum’s festive celebrations start on 1 December 2017 and run until 5 January 2018 with:

  • Santa’s secret hideaway, a cosy place full of toys and books from Santa’s workshop
  • Christmas Poster display – a selection of Christmas posters from the Museum’s iconic archive collection
  • Hot chocolate bar in the Museum’s Lower Deck ice cream cafe. Visitors can create bespoke hot chocolate

On selected dates the festivities continue with:

  • Santa selfies – track down Santa, grab a selfie and claim a free badge to show everyone that you have found him (1 December to 23 December from 10:30 – 16:30)
  • Drop in for family origami tree decoration making activities – perfect for keeping little hands busy (1 December to 20 December, all day)
  • Christmas Singing and Storytelling for under-5s (1 December to 20 December at 11:00, 12:00, 14:00 and 15:00)
  • Christmas Lights vintage bus tours – see the fabulous West End Christmas lights from a vintage bus and listen to a tale of Santa’s adventures in the city (21 December and 22 December 14:45, 16:00, 17:15 and 18:30). Tickets from £10 (concessions £5)
  • Christmas gift shop with late night shopping. Complimentary rum and gin cocktails with mini mince pie on shop orders of £20 and over (week nights from 13 to 22 December until 20:00

    Christmas school holiday family fun

    From 21 to 23 December and 27 December 2017 to 1 January 2018

  • Christmas Storytime (11:30 and 14:30)
  • Create candle holders to take home (drop in 11:00 to 16:00)
  • Visitors will also be able to visit the Museum’s new family friendly exhibition Poster Girls – a Century of Art and Design which includes special interactive displays for young children.
  • The Poster Girls exhibition is on show in the Exterion Media Gallery, London Transport Museum, Covent Garden Piazza, WC2E 7BB. Entry is included in the adult admission ticket, which allows unlimited daytime entry for a whole year.