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 …
Brunel Museum receives £1.85million Heritage Fund grant ahead of 200-year celebrations
We’re thrilled to let you know that we’ve been awarded a grant of £1.85million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This means that we can start work on our Brunel Museum Reinvented project, and we can’t wait! The three-year project aims to be completed by 2025 to coincide with our of 200-year anniversary since …
Brunel Museum to receive £135, 674 from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme
Brunel Museum among 66 cultural organisations across the country to benefit from a share of over £22.7 million from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme This award will ensure the Brunel Museum is fully accessible and welcoming to all visitors Brunel Museum in Southwark has received a grant of £135, 674 from Arts …
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 …
Help us plan for 2022!
As we come to the end of 2021, we’re so grateful for all the support we’ve received in this strange year – whether it’s (visitors in person/online, volunteers, funders, awards, etc etc). We have one more thing to ask of you before the clock ticks over to 2022! As part of our Brunel Museum Reinvented …
Engineering a new future for the Brunel Museum
We are delighted to share that we have received planning permission for a new welcome pavilion to provide transform the visitor experience at the Museum. The permission will also help us provide a home for our collection of Thames Tunnel drawings and archives. The Museum sought Planning Permission and Scheduled Monument consent after consulting with …
Reinvented Project: March 2021 Update
The latest phase of The Brunel Museum Reinvented project has been submitted for planning, which will transform the visitor and heritage experience of the museum in Rotherhithe. The new proposals outline a welcoming and inclusive visitor attraction and cultural destination, while also providing a home for the collection of Thames Tunnel drawings and watercolours. We …
Reivented Project: October 2020 Update
Our community consultation, on September 19th, as part of Open House weekend was a great success with over 200 people attending. Members of our project team were on hand to explain proposals so far. We plan to house new facilities in a small welcome building, new interpretation and exhibitions across the site and a home …
Survey Closed – 512 responses received
Our Survey Monkey survey has now closed with 512 responses received. Thanks to all those who took the time to complete a survey and the 40+ stakeholders that we have spoken to. We’ve now got lots of useful data which will directly help us shape the experience at a reinvented Brunel Museum.