#OTDH 10 November 1827 – Banquet Under the Thames
Today marks 195 years since the Banquet under the Thames – one of the strangest locations for a dinner party! Our volunteer Keith Turpin reflects on the event and the painting that depicts it! Loud music, alcohol and food consumption may sometimes be intrusive companions on a journey using London’s underground, or part of a good …
Last chance to see painting of ‘Banquet under the Tunnel’ on the site of the Banquet
Last chance to see painting of ‘Banquet under the Tunnel’ on the site of the Banquet 10 November 2022 marks 195 years since the Thames Tunnel hosted world’s first underwater banquet. Goerge Jones depicted the event and his painting is on display at the Brunel Museum until 19 February 2023 The Brunel Museum in …
Last chance to see painting of ‘Banquet under the Tunnel’ on the site of the Banquet
The Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe are urging visitors to make a visit to the site of the worlds first underwater banquet before a painting depicting that historic event is returned to its owners. The Brunel Museum sits on the site of the Thames Tunnel, the worlds first tunnel under navigable river. In November 1827, …
Guest Blog: Learning through Play with Alom Shaha
We love learning through play at the Brunel Museum! So we thought we’d get our good friend and science teacher Alom Shaha to help explain why its so beneficial! Learning Through Play My eldest daughter started in reception at primary school in September, and in a “getting to know you” type of exercise, …
#MuseumShopSunday: London Sock Exchange
Ahead of Museum Shop Sunday on 27 November, we’re showcasing a number of our suppliers. Below, Dan from London Sock Exchange who make our incredible IKB socks, reflects on how he thinks the man might respond to be stitched on a sock! I co-founded The London Sock Exchange with my business partner Oli in …
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 …
Henry Marc Brunel (Mechanical Engineer and Naval Architect) 27 June 1842 to 7 October 1903
Second son of the great civil engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and grandson of the great mechanical engineer, Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, it would have been surprising if Henry Marc had not become an engineer. Henry Marc evaded the name ‘Isambard’, unusual in England; the name going to his older brother, who entered the law. Educated …
Brunel Museum staff get pay rise following increase in Living Wage
The Brunel Museum has given its most junior staff a pay rise, effective immediately, following the increase in the Living Wage, announced by the Living Wage Foundation. The Museum has been an accredited Living Wage employer since June 2021. To retain Living Wage status, organisations must implement the increase by 14 May 2023 at the …
Brunel Museum becomes first museum to join Climate Perks scheme
Brunel Museum has become the first museum to sign up to the sustainable travel employee benefits scheme Climate Perks. Climate Perks allows employers to give employees paid “journey days” which they can use to subsidise their annual leave to take low-carbon transport modes to their holiday destinations. Just 15% of people take 70% of all …
October half-term at the Brunel Museum
October half-term at the Brunel Museum Brunel Museum hosts a storytelling session Southwark’s smallest inhabitants,, created by the UK’s most entertaining engineers Families can follow their nose to the Museum to sniff out the Thames Tunnel story in the Smelly Trail Bedtime Stories for Very Young Engineers Friday 28 October | 10am …