Womens History Month: Who was Lady Sophia Brunel?
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. Starting at the EndSo, I’m going to start at the end, with the Brunel family gravestone, which you …
Womens History Month: Assessing the damage
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, our Chair of Trustees Dana Skelley on her experiences of everyday sexism when she was responsible for …
History Storytime – Isambard Kingdom Brunel
We are delighted to have worked with History Storytime to help make a history podcast for children on Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Listen to it here: Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) team up with the Brunel Museum to tell the story of the incredible engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel helped build the modern world. Sophie …
LGBTQ+ History Month: Hades Hotel
Edit: 25/02/2021: You can now watch our Living and Loving Underground films on YouTube February is LGBQT+ History month. To mark it, we’ll be releasing a series of videos revealing the role the Thames Tunnel played as a space where people, including gay and bisexual men could meet each other in the 1850s. Completed in …
The Rotherhithe Navvies – Brunel Museum host St Patrick’s Day 2021 celebration
The Brunel Museum will mark St Patrick’s Day 2021 with a new commission celebrating the contribution of the Irish community to the creation of the Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel built underwater anywhere in the world. Working with the local Irish community, and Spectrum Drama, the piece will include music and performance based …
Director’s Blog – February 2021
It is an absolute privilege to be writing my first blog as Director of the Brunel Museum. Although I’ve been in post just over two weeks-plenty has been happening! To say 2020 was a challenging year would be an understatement, and in many ways the beginning of 2021 hasn’t felt much different. But I am …
Tender – Mobile Food & Drink/ Street Food Operator Required
The Brunel Museum invites proposals from experienced registered mobile food and drink operators. We are looking to work in partnership to create an interesting place for visitors, residents and those passing by on the Thames Path to meet, eat and drink. The food business must be registered. The mobile food/ drink outlet self-contained. The Brunel …
Lockdown: Improving Our Facilities
As we continue into the 3rd nationwide lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic everyone is thinking about novel ways of working and keeping themselves busy. The Brunel Museum is no exception and we have taken advantage of the current closure to complete some important capital works and improve the facilities available to visitors and people hiring …
TV Appearance! Channel 5 – Tower Bridge: Gateway to London
If you are into architecture, history and the marvels of Victorian engineering then Channel 5’s Tower Bridge: Gateway to London presented by Rob Bell is a must watch. Even though the series discusses bridges they did a spot on the Thames Tunnels highlighting that in the 19th century there was indeed a crossing of the …
Guest Article: THE CRYSTAL PALACE – THE BRUNEL CONNECTION
In 1846, at the opening session of the Council of the Society of Arts, Queen Victoria’s Consort, Prince Albert, expressed a desire to wed high art with mechanical skill. In the 1840s he, along with Henry Cole (1808-1882) and other members of the Society, visited a number of exhibitions of industrial design in England; the …