Award winning Museum spanning Brunel's career. First project the Thames Tunnel is the birthplace of mass urban transport. Last project the Great Eastern is the first modern ocean liner.

The Museum is a Scheduled Ancient Monument on an International Landmark site and is open every day. Attractive landscaped gardens and a cafe overlook a quiet and pretty section of the river. For opening times, admission and public transport see the Visiting page.

The Museum sits amongst converted warehouses & listed buildings in the St Marychurch Conservation Area and has featured in films and TV programmes. Find out all about the museum and Rotherhithe, an Old East India Company Town, on these pages. Registered Charity No. 1003287 Registered Museum 1961

For a virtual tour of the Thames Tunnel, one time shopping arcade and underwater fairground, click here 3D tunnel tour 

MUSEUMS AT NIGHT DINNER PARTY
8pm SUNDAY 18TH MAY

AND YOU HAVE 'THE WRONG TROUSERS!'

In 1827 there was a terrible flood in the Thames Tunnel. Thankfully no one was killed, but as part of Museums and Galleries Month we are showing Aardman Film’s very own disaster movie: The Wrong Trousers!

Bring your children and their sleeping bags to a family night on Sunday …

18th May is ‘La Nuit des Musees’, and all over Europe museums are staying open late. At the Brunel Museum, tables will be laid out in the Upper Gallery, so that visitors and especially parents, can enjoy a three-course meal designed by the chef at Simplicity Restaurant. Whilst you are eating, Museum staff in the Lower Gallery will be helping your children make a Thames Tunnel peepshow before settling them down in sleeping bags to watch popular Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep films.

The film and babysitting is free, the meal costs £35 plus drinks. Places are limited so booking is essential, either book online or by cheque to the Museum's address. We hope you can join us…

This Museums and Galleries Month event is possible thanks to Aardman, the BBC and 2entertain. 

2008 IS A BIG YEAR FOR US

Temporary closure of the East London Line for refurbishment and upgrade means the Museum can expand. When the line re-opens as part of the East London Railway there will be a new Museum on top...

Contractors Balfour Beatty Carillion are working closely with TfL to install a floor at the bottom of the shaft. With the support of the Mayor of London we will create a new Visitor Centre above an operating railway.

The Museum is very grateful to Balfour Beatty Carillion and TfL for making this exciting scheme possible. Please contact us if you would like to help...

 
 
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