London Transport Museum Depot

Reserve-collection store of the London Transport Museum in Acton, west London.

At a glance

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087 Before You Encounter a Milk ChurnDiagram ClubsubjectFive things seen in the museum’s overflow store.

#087 Before you encounter a milk churn — Diagram Club (2026)

Source: 087 Before You Encounter a Milk Churn · Original · Readwise highlight

We went to the London Transport Museum Depot. To explain: It’s not the actual main London Transport Museum, which is in Covent Garden, but it’s the additional overflow and storage part of the museum, out to the west of London. Acton, I think we could call it.

  • Role: subject
  • In the article: A diary entry about visiting the Depot, the museum’s overflow and storage site out west in Acton rather than the main museum in Covent Garden. He lists what he saw: signage, buses and trains, maps, artefacts and some bicycles.
  • Why it matters: The place is the subject of the entry.