See How the Tube Map Has Evolved Over the Years at The Map House

The Tube map is one of the world’s most iconic pieces of transport design and The Map House is exploring how it came to be and how the city’s Tube system has evolved over the last 160 years. Mapping the Tube: 1863-2023 will feature hand-drawn and annotated manuscripts by Tube map designer Harry Beck, including a rare 1st edition 1933 Underground poster and an unfinished sketch from 1950 proposing a new layout for the District Line branch to Richmond, as well as designs and posters by the likes of Cecil Walter Bacon and Macdonald Gill that were created to help encourage Londoners to use the Tube.