Did you create a tile for the Ship of Blueprints in 2004?
We’re seeking the child artists who were involved in the creation of the Ship of Blueprints on the Musuem site in 2004. The Ship of Blueprints is a community-led artwork. It was made in 2004 with artist Martin Cottis and Liz Leyh, made with local children from Adams Gardens and Swan Road estates. It currently sits outside the …
We’re reinventing the Brunel Museum!
We’re reinventing the Brunel Museum for 2025! The Brunel Museum has announced that it will close in September 2024 for their Brunel Museum Reinvented project, thanks to a £1.85million grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project will see the site transformed to a more inclusive and accessible space to tell …
Brunel Museum Reinvented – Your Questions Answered
We’re excited to be reinventing the Brunel Museum in time for the 200th anniversary of the Thames Tunnel in 2025! We know there will be lots of questions along the way. We’ve tried to answer the most commonly answered ones below, but if you have any more questions about the project, please email us on …
Julian Ayre returns to the Brunel Museum Reinvented Project
Julian was involved with developing the Brunel Museum Reinvented Project in 2020-22 as Heritage Manager. He is now back with the Brunel and says, ‘It’s great to be back to manage the delivery of this brilliant project and I’m looking forward to working with the museum’s staff and volunteers and the design team getting the …
Brunel Museum secures funding from Association for Industrial Archaeology for restoration of Engine House
We’re delighted to share that we’ve secured a grant of £20, 000 from the Association for Industrial Archaeology to restore the Grade II* Listed Engine House. The Association for Industrial Archaeology is the national society for industrial heritage, which has supported the study, preservation and presentation of industrial heritage in Britain since 1973. The Engine …
Brunel Museum Reinvented: Continuing to listen
Last week I wrote about how we consulted both visitors and non-visitors alike which has shaped the Brunel Museum Reinvented project. But listening to people continues to be at the heart of how we operate at the Brunel Museum, so below I wanted to share some of the ways we continue to ask people’s opinions …
St Saviour’s supports Sophia’s Story After School Club
The Brunel museum has secured a grant of £2000 to continue their Sophia’s Story Afterschool club into the new year, thanks to United St Saviour’s Charity. This November, the Brunel Museum launched a series of engaging after-school (STEM) workshops for budding young engineers, scientists and architects. Each week, through hands-on creative activities, children learn …
Brunel Museum Reinvented: How your views shaped the project
At the heart of the Brunel Museum Reinvented project is the strong desire to the Museum to make sure we’re meeting the needs of the communities around us. And in order to do that, we need to understand who those people are and what they want from us. This means that during the development stage …
Tunnellers Club launches for families
We’re super excited to launch our brand new, Tunnellers Club, monthly sessions of creative activities for families, delivered in collaboration with the STEM Ambassadors Hub London and Bizzie Bodies CIC. The program will explore the science behind the tunnel, including how it was built underground and its architectural features as well as Brunel’s wider engineering …
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 …