London Transport Museum is organising a free seminar at the Museum Depot on Saturday 1 June 2024. The purpose of the seminar is to bring together people working with heritage to discuss the growing problem of a skills shortage in maintaining operational historic vehicles. The aim is to discuss various approaches to skills preservation with heritage professionals from the road vehicle preservation movement and beyond to guide future best practice.

The format includes three invited speakers with a half hour slot each in the morning, and in the afternoon, a panel discussion on how best to preserve scarce skills within the workforce. The seminar forms part of London Transport Museum’s Heritage Skills Project funded by the Lottery Fund’s Heritage Innovation Fund. The event is in person at London Transport Museum Depot in Acton, West London (a short walk from Acton Town tube station). It runs from 11am to 5pm on 1 June 2024. Tea and coffee served from 10:30. Talks will be recorded.

Participation is free and a sandwich lunch is provided. Please sign up by emailing samuel.carter@ltmuseum.co.uk by Wednesday 29 May. Please indicate if you have any access or dietary requirements. Please also indicate whether you are likely to join us for a meal at a nearby restaurant (at your own cost) after the seminar.