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The Brunel Museum will reopen its doors to visitors once more on weekends from Saturday 22 May. During its construction, work on the Thames Tunnel was forced to stop for seven years. When work on the Thames tunnel stopped in 1828, no-one knew if or when it would be able to continue. The end of […]
April started with the welcome news that we were successful with our Cultural Recovery Fund Second Round grant. This second round of funding from the Arts Council means we can keep up that amazing work creating engaging content online while we’re closed while finding innovative ways to ensure the financial sustainability of the Museum. It […]
Get your Virtual Pub Crawl ticket here! Ahead of our Rainbow River Virtual Pub Crawl, LGBTQ+ historian and tour guide Sacha Coward gives us a sneak peak of some of the bars and boozers on our time-travelling bar crawl. The gay bar has been a staple for a lot of LGBTQ+ lives for a long […]
We are looking for LGBTQ+ engineers to help us with a series of films aimed at changing perceptions of what makes an engineer. We aim to release this series of short films to coincide with London Pride (11 and 12 of September 2021) The museum wanted to find a meaningful way to take part in […]
Fancy travelling back to 1780 for a glass of Mother’s Ruin at the The Widow In Masquerade? If you’re lucky you might meet the infamous Female Soldier and hear their tales of genderbending infamy! Or shall we saunter down to The Prospect Of Whitby in the 1800’s where flamboyant local queens and slumming gentlemen might join […]
Tunnelling through Time: Brunel Museum to launch online escape room Buy your tickets now What do the critics say? “I really enjoyed playing Tunnelling Through Time. It’s filled with the charm, humour and clever puzzle design we’ve come to know and love about Deadlocked” – Armchair Escape “a multi-media frenzy that is cinematic, immersive and with […]
The Brunel Museum among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund This award will help the museum continue to reach local audiences, and focus on STEM related activities for families and young people The Brunel Museum in London has received a […]
Thursday through Sunday, the Brunel Museum’s riverside terrace will transform into an outdoor cafe – just in time for groups of six to meet up outdoors. Regular attendees to Dulwich market will recognise the Coffee Box van, which offers organic coffees and freshly squeezed juices. On Sundays, Coffee Box will be joined by Dhaclhini, a bespoke cake and brownie maker. Food is a important part […]
Although we’re still closed, it’s been a busy month at the Brunel Museum, and there’s even light at the end of the tunnel as we start to rethink about restrictions easing. My second Directors blog brings you up to speed with what’s been going on in front and behind the scenes. Last month, staff and […]
March is #WomensHistoryMonth and we’re sharing the stories of women who made engineering history: from the lesser known Brunel women, trailblazing female engineers from the past or the women making history today with their feats of engineering. Today, Cate Anthony, reflects on a career following in Brunel’s footsteps underground. As a young girl I loved doing […]
