The Brunel Museum is a museum in the Brunel Engine House of London, designed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel. It was developed as part of the infrastructure of the Thames Tunnel, which runs from Wapping to Rotherhithe at a depth of 22.8 metres below the surface of the River Thames.
For years, the tunnel was used as a shopping arcade and entertainment centre. The entire length of 396 metres was illuminated with lights, and people would walk down for shopping. By 1869, it was converted into a railway tunnel for the East London underground line up, until 2007.
In 2016, the museum opened the Engine House as an exhibition space with a café and a rooftop garden. The inaugural ceremony witnessed performances by many musicians. One of them said that the acoustics was challenging and there was an amusing ‘whispering gallery effect’.
