Brunel MuseumStay in the loop and go behind the scenes at the museum, with blogs from our director, learning manager and volunteers, there is never a dull moment.
We are a small museum with a big story, and we are preparing grant applications! This is an important site – an International Landmark Site – and the next crucial development will provide a new gallery for our recently acquired collection of Brunel drawings. We also need to improve facilities for our growing visitor numbers. […]
In 2020 the Mayflower sailed from Rotherhithe on an historic voyage. For some on board it was a mission, a mission to illuminate, the word often used by their preacher and teacher William Bradford, first Governor of Massachusetts. Later Joseph Conrad famously wrote about the lights springing up along the shore. And today, illuminate is also the […]
With the onset of warmer weather the effect of the gas in the tunnel began to be felt more acutely. There is a greater number of disabled men than at any time before. During the night the gas burned fiercely and with a roaring like distant thunder. Heywood died of typhus and Page is evidently sinking very […]
The amazing Totally Thames Festival has ended for another year, and so have summer evenings in the roof top garden with Midnight Apothecary. But the entertainment continues: this week A Piano in the Amazon, Choral Favourites from Collegium Musicum, and in the chilly weather cocktails and Cabaret Down the Shaft with Tricity Vogue. Abigail Collins dances Swan Lake […]
Sunday is the last day of Open House Weekend but there is more music, art and entertainment to follow. Great Engineering Day Friday 28th London Metropolitan Archives is a chance to view the beautiful Brunel watercolours. Music and celebration: Baltic Arts present The Seasons by Peteris Vasks. The Latvian Embassy give a reception partly because Marc Brunel planned a tunnel […]
This weekend as part of Totally Thames Festival, Iyatra Quartet perform music about the Thames and trade. Next weekend Open House Weekend our busiest days of the year! We expect over a thousand people to view the Grand Entrance Hall, take guided train tours on London Overground. Also announcing Great Engineering Day 28th September at London […]
As London and schools return from their holidays, we welcome groups from The Royal Academy and University College London, and we meet Thames Tideway Tunnel to plan more school visits. We are delighted to welcome Friends of the Art Fund who so generously helped us acquire the beautiful Brunel watercolours. We welcome the European Fire Service […]
We are part of Totally Thames Festival http://totallythames.org a busy programme of theatre, concerts, art installations, walks and talks at locations all over London – and of course cocktails! The Festival celebrates the River Thames, where the Brunels built a famous tunnel, launched a famous ship and built a famous bridge. We begin with Handlebards the company touring Shakespeare […]
The end of August and the start of the Thames Festival. We have taken part since the beginning in 2002 when this was the biggest torchlit street parade in Europe – follow this link for Michael Jackson’s Thriller with the Giant Brunel, the Zombie Bride and the Cheerleaders: a partnership with the museum and the local […]
Sunday 19th Aug 10.40 heritage boat trip from Embankment tube offered in partnership with London Walks 10.40 riverside walk from Bermondsey tube, offered in partnership with London Walks Monday 20th Aug 10.40 riverside walk from Bermondsey tube offered in partnership with London Walks 10.40 heritage boat trip from Embankment tube offered in partnership with London Walks […]