WHAT? Art Deco: The Golden Age of Poster Design
WHERE? Global Poster Gallery, London Transport Museum, Covent Garden Piazza, WC2E 7BB
WHEN? Now until Spring 2026
WHY GO? For the joy of vintage posters. Travelling back pre-tech advances, artists who designed posters were the equivalent of video film-makers today and their legacy lives on in the archives of the London Transport Museum where around 30,000 original posters are stored in their West London depot.
The Roaring Twenties and Thirties was an especially rich era for graphic art and this Art Deco period is the focus of a small niche exhibition of around 100 posters at the Museum’s Covent Garden HQ.
Alongside the Museum’s nostalgic London buses and general transport paraphernalia, this display leaps out with its verve and colourful graphic energy.
Images that encourage visits to faraway places, sporting events, seasonal sales and an appreciation of all the city has to offer are both seductive and stylish.
It was the jazzy age of sleek automobiles, racy fashion and modern architecture, all easy on the eye and inspirational for commercial artists of the time like Edward McKnight, Dora Batty and Jean Dupas.
Reflecting the stylish artistic movement, it also reveals a snapshot of London’s expanding Underground station designs, many of which are still cultural gems today. Architect Charles Holden helped shape the visual appearance of stations like Tooting Bec, one of the best preserved landmarks. Enjoy being transported back in time!
IN THE KNOW Exit through the gift shop for Christmas ideas. From a first-edition vintage travel poster, Elizabeth Line tree decoration, to Routemaster-patterned socks — there’s everything to echo that familiar phrase “Every journey matters!”