London Transport Museum has announced an ambitious transformation of its iconic Covent Garden home ahead of the Museum’s 50th anniversary in 2030. The museum is already popular with EAs, PAs and other corporate event organisers looking for a memorable backdrop for dinners, award ceremonies, product launches and celebrations in an unbeatable central London location…
The reimagined museum will create a major new 21st-century cultural attraction for London. It will provide an improved interactive and immersive experience where visitors and corporate guests can explore London’s transport history.
Last year the Museum welcomed almost 450,000 visitors. This was the highest annual total since the Museum opened in Covent Garden in 1980. Driving this growth are innovative new initiatives like Transported by Culture which attract new audiences to enjoy music, theatre and art and design to this unique setting in the heart of a vibrant Piazza. Retail has also played an important role in the Museum’s success with over 1.7million visits to the site overall in 2025’
The once-in-a-generation project will reimagine the Museum and modernise the historic Grade II listed building with a dramatic new entrance opening directly onto Covent Garden Piazza, and an extra 500 square metres of space for improved galleries and learning experiences.
London Transport Museum interior, Flower Market. Created by De Matos Ryan.
London Transport Museum transformation impresses with environmental upgrades
The project will also introduce major environmental upgrades, including low-carbon heating and sustainability improvements that aim to reduce the Museum’s Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 90%.
The Museum will remain open throughout the transformation, with works carefully managed to minimise disruption.
About venue hire at London Transport Museum
The Museum Galleries offer two floors of exhibitions including iconic red buses, trams and early Tube carriages. The Museum Galleries provides a memorable backdrop for dinners, award ceremonies, product launches and private celebrations. Working with some of London’s finest caterers we can accommodate up to 230 guests for a seated dinner and 600 guests standing.
The Cubic Theatre is a purpose-built auditorium featuring 110 distinctive moquette seats, perfect for conferences, training sessions and high-quality film screenings. A high-spec short throw projector ensures slick presentations, whilst a DCI/DCP projector and Dolby Digital surround sound offers a full cinema experience. The adjoining Foyer can be used for registration, catering and breakouts with great branding opportunities.
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