Tales of Teredo Navalis Family Exhibition extended to May half-term
Family exhibition, Tales of Teredo Navalis, is to be extended to May half-term, thanks to generous funding from the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. The exhibition shows how Marc Brunel was inspired by the Teredo Navalis, the humble shipworm, when designing the Tunnelling Shield that made the Thames Tunnel possible. The …
Stephenson and Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Robert Stephenson were great rivals during their lifetime, often competing with each other for the same jobs. Today we might call them ‘frenemies’ as they shared so much in common. The pair met for the final time on Christmas Day 1858. Below Peter Darley of the Camden Railway Heritage Trust reflects …
Funding secured for research and conservation of textile collection
The Brunel Museum has secured two grants towards research and conservation of its textile collection. The first grant, from the Costume Society, will go towards the conservation of a kerchief on display in the Museum for many years, before being transferred to secure storage at the London metropolitan Archives. In the Brunel Museum’s collection …
Brunel Museum awarded £62,046 for Sophia’s Story programme to support young women in engineering
The project, ‘Sophia’s story’ takes its inspiration from Sophia Brunel Marc’s daughter and sister to Isambard, walking in her father’s tunnel. This is the only representation of Sophia in the Museum in its current form. Yet, she was a promising engineer in her own right, once described as “Brunel in petticoats”, had she not been …
Brunel Museum to receive £62,046 for Sophia’s Story programme to support young women in engineering
Brunel Museum among 8 recipients of the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, The project will help to develop engagement with young women and girls both within and outside of school settings using a collection of engineering drawings. The project, ‘Sophia’s story’ takes its inspiration from Sophia Brunel Marc’s daughter and sister to Isambard, walking in …
Brunel Museum awarded Places of Science grant by Royal Society
Brunel Museum awarded Places of Science grant by Royal Society Today, the Brunel Museum has become one of 26 small museums to be awarded funding of £3, 500 by the Royal Society in its Places of science scheme to engage communities with their local science stories. Uniting art and science at Brunel’s Engine House The Brunel …
Help showcase the Art of Engineering at the Brunel Museum!
We need your help to raise £18, 500 to bring these incredible illustrations out of storage and display them at the Brunel Museum. Buried in a family album for almost two hundred years, these drawings have changed the shape of our cities and the lives of city dwellers. Yet they have never been on display …
Brunel Museum teams up with History Hit
The Brunel Museum is excited to partner with History Hit to bring you even more wonders of the industrial age pioneered by the Brunels. From this weekend, visitors to the Museum can now discover the story of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in our new display. Ismabard Kingdom brunel was particularly fond of the Clifton Suspension …
Picture the City – Bank of England Museum painting comes to Rotherhithe
PICTURE THE CITY: Exhibition encourages Londoners to reflect on the changing face of the docks From 12 January, visitors to the Brunel Museum can get a different perspective on the docks as they play host to the Bank of England Museum’s Picture the City exhibition. The Museum, which sits on the site of the Thames Tunnel, has …
Tunnelling through Time – Online Escape Room
“A digital escape like no other” – Review The Room “Another beautiful production” – Escape The Roomers “Mesmerising cinematic experience” – Escape Mattster The Thames Tunnel at The Brunel Museum in London was the world’s first underwater tunnel, and Deadlocked Escape Rooms have collaborated with The Brunel Museum to create our most cinematic adventure …