Director’s Blog – July 2021
Wedding bells have been ringing at the Brunel Museum this month, with three couples already getting hitched at our venue and another planned at the end of the month. As well as helping to secure the Museum’s financial future, it’s such an honour for me that couples would choose to spend such an important day …
The Museum will be closed 10 to 11 July
Please note that the Museum will be closed to the public Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 July due to private hire. The Museum will reopen to the public at 11am on Saturday 17 July. You can book your tickets here: The Brunel Museum Charity – Art Tickets
The Museum will be closed 10 to 11 July
Please note that the Museum will be closed to the public Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 July due to private hire. The Museum will reopen to the public at 11am on Saturday 17 July. You can book your tickets here: The Brunel Museum Charity – Art Tickets
Director’s Blog – June 2021
We started this month with a bang thanks to our Community Open Weekend. After what has been a tricky year for everyone, we wanted the opportunity to give something back to our local community.
Director’s Blog – June 2021
We started this month with a bang thanks to our Community Open Weekend. After what has been a tricky year for everyone, we wanted the opportunity to give something back to our local community. We welcomed more than double the number of people we would get in a normal weekend. We were delighted to be …
Take a peep at the Brunel Museum’s installation this half-term
Visitors can step back into history and into a giant version of one of the Museum’s objects this half-term at the Brunel Museum. The Museums terrace will be transformed, as visitors will be invited to step inside a giant peepshow. Inspired by the Museum collections, Central St Martin’s student Tara Corovic …
Brunel Museum says goodbye to two longstanding trustees
‘We are sorry to report that two of our longest standing Trustees, Jane Stancliffe and Andrew McManus, are leaving us in May. We would like to thank them both for their contribution to the Board, and briefly celebrate the achievements during this time. Jane and Andrew both joined the board of trustees in 2016, …
We’re reopening – and not a giant mirror in sight!
The Brunel Museum will reopen its doors to visitors once more on weekends from Saturday 22 May. During its construction, work on the Thames Tunnel was forced to stop for seven years. When work on the Thames tunnel stopped in 1828, no-one knew if or when it would be able to continue. The end of …
Director’s Blog – April 2021
April started with the welcome news that we were successful with our Cultural Recovery Fund Second Round grant. This second round of funding from the Arts Council means we can keep up that amazing work creating engaging content online while we’re closed while finding innovative ways to ensure the financial sustainability of the Museum. It …
Brunel Museum seeks LGBTQ+ engineers to change perceptions
We are looking for LGBTQ+ engineers to help us with a series of films aimed at changing perceptions of what makes an engineer. We aim to release this series of short films to coincide with London Pride (11 and 12 of September 2021) The museum wanted to find a meaningful way to take part in …