Enchanted City – With special guests
Poet, author and Rotherhithe local Tom Chivers presents an evening of talks and performance exploring the world of his acclaimed book London Clay: Journeys in the Deep City, with special guests Helen Gordon and Siddhartha Bose. This event is 2 hours long and has a 20-minute interval. There will be a bar serving beer, …
In Transit – Postponed
Please note this event has been postponed. If you have a ticket for this event, we will be in touch with a new date to rearrange. Experience a new site-specific performance by poet and musician Belinda Zhawi. In Transit will share stories and histories from the Thames, probing themes of colonialism, migration, industry and the …
Guided Tours at the Brunel Museum – 2025
Each month, join our expert volunteer guides for in-depth tours of the Brunel Museum’s Engine House exhibition and Grade II* listed underground Tunnel Shaft. Tours last approximately 45 minutes and take place every hour: 10.45, 11.45, 12.45, 1.45, 2.45. Please note: Guided Tours are subject to guide availability. Some tours may need to be cancelled …
Postponed – Brunel Book Club: Marc Brunel and his son
Please note this event has been postponed. Please sign up to our mailing list for updates. Isambard Kingdom Brunel is widely regarded as the greatest engineer ever to have worked in Britain – and some would say the greatest in the world. But less is known about his father, Marc Brunel? In this talk, …
Postponed – Brunel Book Talk: Life Lessons from an engineer, an explorer and a statesman
Please note this event has been postponed. Please check back for updates or sign up to our mailing list. Life Lessons from an engineer (Isambard Kingdom Brunel), an explorer (Roald Amundsen) and a statesman (Theodore Roosevelt) There are many great people in history, but only a handful who have achieved big endeavours in …
Climate Conversations: Do we need a new, “green” Industrial Revolution?
Do we need a new, “green” Industrial Revolution? It’s sometimes said that to solve the climate crisis, we need to build a new, “green” industrial revolution. Except green tech is hardly new. Electric cars were the future over 125 years ago, and the world’s first really big electrical project ran on renewables. Moreover, if we’re …
Gagarin Quartets
COMPOSER TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST MANNED SPACE FLIGHT WITH EXPANDED LIVE PERFORMANCE OF ACCLAIMED ‘GAGARIN QUARTETS’ SOUND & VISION EXPERIENCE AT BRUNEL MUSEUM The unique show will take place on the 12th April in the Museum’s stunning new Tunnel Shaft space, 16 metres underground. Composer Nicholas de Carlo has announced that a new iteration …
Earth Day 2023: Live shipworm demonstration
Join us at the Brunel Museum on April 22, 2023, for a special day of our exhibition Tales of Teredo Navalis in celebration of Earth Day! From 11am to 12:30pm, visitors can explore the fascinating world of shipworms and take part the Wild Escape project.
Stay Grounded Workshop
The Brunels changed the way we travelled forever. Marc Brunel designed the worlds first tunelling shield laying the foundation for future tunnelling projects like Js2, Crossrail and the Channel tunnel. His son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel who learnt his craft on the Thames Tunnel project designed train lines that continue to cross cross the country today, …
Cancelled – Blue Machine – with Helen Czerski
This event has had to be cancelled. If you have purchased a ticket, you will be issued a full refund. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told – that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself: what …