Brunel Museum
Brunel Engine House
Railway Avenue
Rotherhithe
London
SE16 4LF
T: 020 7231 3840
- Paintings 16th-19th C
- Prints and drawings
- Craft and design
- Coins and medals
- Transport
Art Fund Members - free entry and exhibitions
Now a Scheduled Ancient Monument and International Landmark Site, this is the first project of the famous engineer, IK Brunel. The recesses of the monument are dramatically lit with electro-luminescent screens; Brunel Museum is the first in the world to use this technology. Elsewhere, watercolours, models, peepshows, stereoscopic views and medallions commemorate Brunel's first and last projects.
His first project, with his father, was a banquet hall and underwater fairground, which have now become the The Thames Tunnel and oldest tunnel in the London Underground. His Great Eastern steamship, launched just down the river, is the prototype of today's passenger liner. Under the museum, tube trains now run past the of the one-time underwater shopping arcade; they are visible through the carriage windows. This is the birthplace of mass urban transport, and the site that launched and nearly drowned IK Brunel.
Facilities:
- Disabled Access
- Refreshments
- Shop
- Children's Events
- Baby Changing Facilities
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