Eating drinking and digging
This week our builders carefully took down the children’s bas relief sculpture from Brunel’s caisson. This is where the new doorway will go, and though I know everything will go back again in the New...
View ArticleBreaking the chain!
A downward path has been excavated, and I tweet a picture. The modern concrete render (who put that there?) projects out at the corner of each facet, and below we can now see the round of the brickwork...
View ArticleChristmas festivities, opening schedule and date for Wassailling
Every month we send an e-newsletter to our subscribers with sneaky peaks, tidbits and event reminders. Once the newsletter has gone out we then post the text as a blog for everyone to read (see below)...
View ArticleThis is the Way In
The new entrance is made and the view from the doorway down and across the void is just breathtaking! I have entered the underground chamber many many times, but always through the tiny hobbit hole,...
View ArticleJanuary News: Wassail, Miss Julie, New Entrance to the Shaft
Every month we send an e-newsletter to our subscribers with sneaky peaks, tidbits and event reminders. Once the newsletter has gone out we then post the text as a blog for everyone to read (see below)...
View ArticleBrunel Museum makes an entrance with new underground venue
Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s legacy in London continues as his first ever project opens as the capital’s latest cultural attraction. Ever the showman, Brunel organised underground fairs and banquets...
View ArticleWe’ve been in the news!
Since the official opening of the Grand Entrance Hall on the 14 April, the museum and the newly opened shaft have been lucky enough to receive quite a bit of press attention. We have collated some...
View ArticleSpring has sprung!
We send a regular e-newsletter to our subscribers with sneaky peaks, tidbits and event reminders. Once the newsletter has gone out we then post the text as a blog for everyone to read (see below) but...
View ArticleTransforming underground spaces…
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View ArticleGrand Entrance Hall still making waves
You can read the full article on the guardian website here.
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