Brunel Museum awarded £62,046 for Sophia’s Story programme to support young women in engineering
The project, ‘Sophia’s story’ takes its inspiration from Sophia Brunel Marc’s daughter and sister to Isambard, walking in her father’s tunnel. This is the only representation of Sophia in the Museum in its current form. Yet, she was a promising engineer in her own right, once described as “Brunel in petticoats”, had she not been …
Brunel Museum to receive £62,046 for Sophia’s Story programme to support young women in engineering
Brunel Museum among 8 recipients of the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, The project will help to develop engagement with young women and girls both within and outside of school settings using a collection of engineering drawings. The project, ‘Sophia’s story’ takes its inspiration from Sophia Brunel Marc’s daughter and sister to Isambard, walking in …
Dig deeper this Autumn at the Brunel Museum
From September 2022, there’s plenty of activity at the Brunel Museum to help you dig a little deeper into the story of the Thames Tunnel – from guided tours, to book talks to classical concerts – there’s something for everyone. Guided Tour Weekends at the Brunel Museum The story of the father and son team, …
Brunel Museum receives £1.85million Heritage Fund grant ahead of 200-year celebrations
We’re thrilled to let you know that we’ve been awarded a grant of £1.85million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This means that we can start work on our Brunel Museum Reinvented project, and we can’t wait! The three-year project aims to be completed by 2025 to coincide with our of 200-year anniversary since …
Summer at the Brunel Museum
Summer at the Brunel Museum In November 1827, after a number of flooding events had left the Thames Tunnel company directors feeling understandably nervous, engineer and PR wizard Isambard Kingdom Brunel decided to host a banquet in the tunnel. The drink flowed and there was music courtesy of the Coldstream Guards – and there will …
Brunel Museum awarded Places of Science grant by Royal Society
Brunel Museum awarded Places of Science grant by Royal Society Today, the Brunel Museum has become one of 26 small museums to be awarded funding of £3, 500 by the Royal Society in its Places of science scheme to engage communities with their local science stories. Uniting art and science at Brunel’s Engine House The Brunel …
Brunel Museum to receive £135, 674 from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme
Brunel Museum among 66 cultural organisations across the country to benefit from a share of over £22.7 million from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme This award will ensure the Brunel Museum is fully accessible and welcoming to all visitors Brunel Museum in Southwark has received a grant of £135, 674 from Arts …
Changing Plans: A Circular Tunnel?
The Thames Tunnel as built differs from the original ideas set forward by Marc Brunel in 1818. Today’s Thames Tunnel is a horseshoe shape, but Marc did consider a circular tunnel at one point as these two images from the Thames Tunnel watercolours show. However, it didn’t take him long to realise a circular tunnel …
Coffee Box returns to the Brunel Museum this Easter weekend!
Once again, from Friday 15 April, the Brunel Museum’s riverside terrace will transform into an outdoor cafe –regular attendees to Dulwich market will recognise the Coffee Box van, which offers organic coffees and freshly squeezed juices. Food and drink is a important part of the history of the Thames Tunnel, the site of the …
Help showcase the Art of Engineering at the Brunel Museum!
We need your help to raise £18, 500 to bring these incredible illustrations out of storage and display them at the Brunel Museum. Buried in a family album for almost two hundred years, these drawings have changed the shape of our cities and the lives of city dwellers. Yet they have never been on display …