Brunel Museum awarded funds for community energy saving projects in Southwark
Brunel Museum awarded funds for community energy saving projects in Southwark The Brunel Museum, in Rotherhithe, has received £15,000 to conduct a Heating Decarbonisation Feasibility Study, focusing on retrofit opportunities for the site and buildings, including upgrades to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. Katherine McAlpine, Director at the Brunel Museum, said: “The Brunel …
Meet Isy the Mole: Creating a Children’s Trail at the Brunel Museum
Over the summer, the Brunel Museum welcomed Hailey Elliott for a three-month internship. Hailey is an Illustration student at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, originally from Amarillo, Texas. With a passion for illustration and an ambition to illustrate her own children’s books one day, Hailey brought her creativity and skills to a very …
Thames Tunnel collection achieves national recognition of excellence
The Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe has been awarded Designated Status by Arts Council England for its Thames Tunnel Collection, recognising the exceptional significance of the collection and the Museum’s work in preserving one of Britain’s most remarkable engineering achievements. The prestigious award places the collection among a select group recognised for their importance to the …
Brunel Museum completes First Steps to Work project
The Brunel Museum hosted four five-day First Steps to Work placements, taking place in February, April, May and July 2026, involving a total of six secondary school students. Funded by GEM’s Inclusive Pathways Action research, the programme was coordinated by our Learning and Engagement Producer and designed to give young people meaningful, hands-on experience of …
Brunel Museum unveils an extraordinary autumn season
Brunel Museum unveils an extraordinary autumn season, bringing hidden histories beneath the Thames to life September 2026 to November 2026 Returning for a phenomenal autumn season of talks, comedy and interactive experiences, the Brunel Museum invites visitors to discover the hidden histories and rich stories beneath the Thames. Set within the historic Thames Tunnel …
Groundbreakers display opens at Brunel Museum
A new display for the Museum Groundbreakers: The Intrepid Men who built the Thames Tunnel (17th April to 30th August) explores the labour behind one of London’s most significant engineering achievements. While Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel are widely remembered for the Thames Tunnel, the display highlights the hundreds of miners, bricklayers, carpenters and blacksmiths …
Update on Brunel Museum Reinvented project
In June 2022, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supported The Brunel Museum Reinvented with a £2,102,400 grant for both a public engagement programme and capital works to create a new home for our Museum. As part of this funding, we are also required to match fund in order for the project to proceed. We had …
Two-pence Journey Around the World: Culture and Empire in the Thames Tunnel
Following the completion of an internship and research project at the Brunel Museuas part of her MA in History at Queen Mary University London, Naima El Halili Kintlerova explores the intersection of empire and the Thames Tunnel. As you descend into the Thames Tunnel Shaft on 26 July 1848, the music and voices of visitors …
Mapping the Life of Marc Brunel
From 16 March to 1 May 2026, a group of computer science students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts were at the Brunel Museum to create an interactive map depicting the life and travels of Marc Brunel. The team — Michael Elkinson, Huy Ho, Minh Ha, and Matthew Dunn — developed the map …
Notes from a Forgotten Island: A Rotherhithe Community Zine
Shota Noonan, a student at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, has been conducting a project entitled Notes from a Forgotten Island, which included a residency at the Brunel Museum in which he engaged individuals, asking them to define their perceived boundaries of Rotherhithe and evolving into deeper discussions about identity, memory, and change. The …