Brunel Museum at London Transport Museum Depot
The Eighth Wonder of the World? The Brunels’ Thames Tunnel at the London Transport Museum’s Depot in Acton Find out all about how the Thames Tunnel became the world’s first subterranean river crossing and ‘underwater shopping arcade’, how Marc Brunel’s engineering designs were influenced by a very unlikely source and why the tunnel eventually …
Open House Weekend 2025
Visit the Brunel Museum for free as part of Open House Weekend 2024!
National Lottery Open Week – March 2026
On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March 2026, those with a Lottery ticket can get free tickets to the Brunel Museum to explore the story of the world’s first underwater tunnel. Tickets will need to be booked in advance via the Museum’s website, using the code LOTTERY26 at checkout. Built by Marc Brunel, with the …
French Révolution Season
In 2006, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted the second greatest Briton of all time, just after Winston Churchill. But did you know that Marc Brunel, his father and architect of the Thames Tunnel, was French? Forced to flee during the French Revolution which began in 1789, Marc Brunel made his name in the UK. In fact, …
Protected: Members’ Event: The ‘Thames Tunnel Designs’ Behind the Scenes Visit
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Halloween Spooky Tour of Historic Rotherhithe and the Brunel Museum
Discover the darker side of the Thames Tunnel on a special evening tour — where floods, smells, and spooky goings on are all part of the story of the world’s first ever underwater tunnel. Join our expert guides for this Halloween spooktacular, taking in Rotherhithe’s creepiest sights including the Old Mortuary and St Mary’s Church …
Valentine’s Day Tours: A Thames Tunnel Love Story
This Valentine’s Day, explore the depths of love and history at the Brunel Museum. Discover the touching love story of Marc and Sophia Brunel, forged in the turbulence of the French Revolution, and a tale of romance and resilience at the heart of one of the world’s greatest engineering feats. Marc once wrote to his …
Free Entry for Sophia and Sophies
To celebrate the birthday of Sophia Kingdom, wife of Marc Brunel and mother of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, we’re offering free entry to the Brunel Museum on Sunday 15 February for guided tours to anyone named Sophia or Sophie! To claim your free entry, simply prebook a ticket for Sunday 15 February using the code SOPHIA1775. …
Unearthing Innovation: 200 years of Tunnelling from the Brunels’ Thames Tunnel to the Elizabeth Line
Now carrying over 800,000 passengers a day, London’s Elizabeth line presented a series of challenges for engineers as they upgraded 30 stations and built 10 new ones, all while keeping the city moving. None of this would have been possible without the modern descendants of the Brunels’ early tunnelling machines. Help us mark the 183rd …
Brunel: Legacy, Image, Brand
Join us on 9 April, Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s birthday, for a special lecture by Tim Bryan. More than 20 years after coming second in a poll as the country’s ‘Greatest Briton’ the figure of Isambard Kingdom Brunel remains a potent symbol of Victorian engineering progress and an iconic figure in the public imagination. Why does …