Suburbia

Discover how transport shaped suburbia in a fascinating new exhibition at London Transport Museum, with previously unseen posters, adverts, photography and more.

Suburbia at London Transport Museum

Suburbia has long provoked heated debate: praised by some as offering greater living space and derided by others as boring and bourgeois.

Now you can decide for yourself as London Transport Museum unveils a major new exhibition dedicated to suburban living in London and Britain over the last 100 years.

But what does transport have to do with suburbia? Well, it was developments in public transport that helped make commuting and living outside of cities possible.

What Can You Find at Suburbia?

To explore how transport shaped the suburbs, a huge collection of previously unseen memorabilia and information is on display, including:

• Posters
• Photographs
• Early publicity material
• Signs
• Maps
• Film and interviews with past and present suburbanites

There is also more to discover in the museum's permanent gallery, which explores the growth of the early 20th century "Suburban Dream".

Architecture, Estate Agents and Fashion in Suburbia

As well as looking at how transport played a part in the growth of suburbia, the exhibition explores the impact on society, for example:

• Changing architectural styles and interior designs, with film, drawings, plans and "before and after" photographs
• Property advertising featuring the slick sales speak of early estate agents
• The look of Tube and train stations
• How Tube stations got their names
• Past attitudes, shown through cartoons of the day
• Popular culture, such as fashion, shopping, interior design, hobbies, music, television and film