Elizabeth McKay
@McKayEli
Looking for the silver lining. Director & CEO @ltmuseum, mum, Londoner, opera fan, ski nut, @kidsinmuseums 🎭🎶 ex @BBC & @hrp_learning
Best team ever ❤️ @ltmuseum
Today our Director and CEO, @McKayEli has unveiled our ambitions for the future - and our new Museum roundel 🤩 Our visitors have enjoyed a line-up of family fun and a bus display on the Piazza. 🚌 Read more about our future plans over on our blog. ltmuseum.co.uk/blog/new-era-o…
Just no Republicans Look to Rename Kennedy Center Opera House After Melania Trump nytimes.com/2025/07/22/art… via @NYTimes
Probably the perfect hike. Early start and nearly killed me going up but a lift down and finished in time for lunch. #Colorado #BeaverCreek

an utter thrill to be back here again. Join @MannGeorgia and myself for the First Night of the Proms 6.45pm @BBCTwo @BBCRadio3 @BBCSO @BBCSingers #SakariOramo Bliss/Mendelssohn/Sibelius/Wallen/Vaughan-Williams.
English Heritage and the National Trust are on the brink — this is why Very interesting article about English Heritage specifically (and also the cost to the cultural sector of the NI hike) thetimes.com/article/187c7c…
Ooo a double hit for @ltmuseum in Charing Cross: our live theatre show opening soon for the summer (Transport Explorers) and the second ‘Transported by Culture’ poster in the series of four, featuring the Museum in Covent Garden. 🥰

View of Old Oak Common under construction. Huge thanks to the team for hosting our @ltmuseum summer Board meeting. Makes my capital investment plan and risk register pale in comparison!

The Railway Children review — travel by steam train to a magical show thetimes.com/article/9ed39c…
Not too long ago my kids would have gone bonkers for this - a Minecraft Experience I am (professionally) intrigued

Kew Gardens' Palm House will close for five years for major makeover This is the ambitious £50m plan to renovate the world-famous Palm House, which sits at the heart of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. bbc.com/news/articles/…
Health secretary and BMA to meet in bid to avoid strikes Hope the two sides can sort & avert a strike that will be damaging & won’t have popular support Focusing on improving working conditions - what’s been eroded over 25 years - would be a start bbc.com/news/articles/…
I didn’t make it on this weekend’s run of the 38 stock so I’m living vicariously through some lovely posts from those lucky passengers who did!🤩 @ltmuseum
The property-owning class should take a big hit. Yes, that includes me. Spot on editorial - and recommendations - from @matthewsyed @thetimes thetimes.com/article/9fafa6…
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I’m out in Metro-land today, and stopped off en-route at @tfl Ruislip as the train behind was @ltmuseum’s fully-restored 1938 Stock unit, doing trips on the Piccadilly. Every seat was taken! Great to see
Our latest @TfL poster collaboration goes live today, and the focus of this Great Days Out poster is none other than London Transport Museum! 🖼️ Available to purchase both online and in store, the poster will be on the TfL network for the next 3 weeks🤩 ltmuseumshop.co.uk/posters/collec…
We are lending Britain an iconic jewel of our shared history: the Bayeux Tapestry. This is the first time this national treasure will leave French soil. It marks an unprecedented cultural partnership between our two countries — a powerful symbol of our Entente amicale.