Mind the Medal! Stories from the London Transport Museum Collection
- Date
- 10 Nov 2025 · 6:00PM - 8:00PM
- Price
- £15 (15 places)
- Venue
- The Goldsmiths’ Centre, London EC1M 5AD
- Programme type
- Talks
How have medals been used to illustrate important moments in the development of public transport in London? Discover the role medals play as an integral part of the London Transport Museum’s permanent displays and hear how significant events, anniversaries and technological innovations have been commemorated by medals, coins and badges.
London Transport Museum (LTM) tells the story of London’s transport history from 1800 to the present day. Join one of the Museum’s curators, Henry Flynn, in a talk exploring a number of transport-related medals, highlighting different themes and periods of history as well as their connection to LTM’s wider collection. Find out how these beautifully designed objects can tell big transport stories.
This event is held in collaboration with the British Art Medal Society (BAMS) and is supported by the Goldsmiths’ Centre. BAMS, a registered charity, was founded in 1982 to promote the art of the medal through commissions, exhibitions, publications and events. Their latest publication, ‘Making Modern Art Medals’ is available to purchase in our online shop.
Image credit: Auxiliary Omnibus Companies’ Association medal, © TfL from the London Transport Museum collection
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Who is the speaker?
Henry Flynn, Curator, London Transport Museum, has a background in Classics and Ancient History, and his museum career began at National Museums Liverpool before he moved to London to work at the British Museum. He spent most of his time there in the Department of Coins and Medals, first as an Assistant Collection Manager, and later as Project Curator for the Money and Medals Network. He worked on the Blythe House Decant Project as Project Curator: Collections Documentation, with responsibility for the Museum’s historically significant collection of plaster casts, replicas and models. He left the BM to work at London Transport Museum, initially as Senior Curator for Collections Management and now as Curator (Projects). At LTM he explores London’s transport history through documentation and spends a surprising amount of time working with decommissioned TfL signage.
