Museum Shop Sunday 2025
On 30 Nov. & 1 Dec., come join us to celebrate our incredible shop, with a 10% discount for all, minced pies, and mulled cider!
Debut – Secret Christmas Concert
DEBUT’s Christmas classical music experience south of the river at Brunel Museum’s historic Grade II* listed Thames Tunnel Shaft. Before the concert, head to the bar in the Engine House to buy mince pies, mulled cider, and a curated selection of organic wines, prosecco, and several snacks. From 7:30pm top-level musicians will perform festive favourites!
Film Screening: The Muppet Christmas Carol
The story so far… 1843: Charles Dickens pens A Christmas Carol, one of the greatest stories ever written. Also 1843: The Thames Tunnel opens between Rotherhithe and Wapping, the first tunnel under a navigable river anywhere in the world. 1992: A Christmas Carol reaches perfection when retold by the Muppets. 2025: The Muppet Christmas Carol gets the screening it’s always deserved, …
Wassail! Wassail!
Wassail! Wassail! All over the town, Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown. The Belles of London City (and friends!) welcome you to an underground wassail in Rotherhithe. Watch morris dancing on the Museum’s piazza with mulled drinks – then follow the Belles down into the Tunnel Shaft where you’ll have …
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. …
February Half-Term: Fan Making Workshop
Inspired by Mary Horsley’s painted fan on display in the gallery as part of our French Révolution display, make your own fan to take away! Get creative and be inspired by the paintings on the fan; then make your own from sustainable materials to take away and keep cool. This is a drop-in activity, included …
Engineering is a Joke – Comedy Night
Join us on 4 March for a special night of engineering themed stand-up comedy at the Brunel Museum, featuring Steve Cross and a lineup of London’s funniest engineers, alongside comedians including Shalaka Kurup (winner of West End New Act of the Year) with hilarious things to say on the subject, for a night of laughter …
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 …