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A Community Museum

After almost 6 months with no visitors inside the Museum, it felt so right that the very first people we have been able to welcome back indoors should be some …
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September 24, 2020

Marathon for the Museum

It’s not every evening that I am still awake at 11.15pm, let alone decide at that time to run a Marathon! As some people will know I have been running …
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September 12, 2020

Funding for the Future

“What games do you play on your laptop Mummy?” It’s a very good question, but I am not sure that even the most creative of us could describe cash flow …
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August 4, 2020

One Year On: a message from the Director

  Tuesday 15th October sees my one year anniversary as Director of the London Museum of Water & Steam. When I joined the Museum I knew I was in for …
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October 14, 2019

A look in our collections:
The Pipe Yard foreman

Written by Oliver Pearcey, Museum Trustee    Among the research collections taken into the Museum archives is that of Geoff Saul, which I have been cataloguing in more detail following …
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October 10, 2019

1838 Maudslay Sons and Field – Engine Shutdown

1838 Maudslay Engine – Shutdown and Conservation.   Introduction The study of industrial archaeology and the later preservation movement has its beginnings in the early 20th century with the formation …
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October 3, 2019

Garden Update – July 2019

by Merle Frew, Garden Volunteer  The garden is spectacular, awash with colour even down the wall next to the train shed. Perfume of lavender and roses wafted on the breeze …
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August 30, 2019

Kids in Museums Grant

by Gemma Eglinton, Learning Coordinator    We're thrilled to have won a £250 grant from the London Museum Development’s Family Friendly programme, helping us to embed the Kids in Museums …
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August 13, 2019

Notes From the Director- Museum Resilient Leadership

What can we learn from Denmark's museums?   At the start of the summer I spent 5 days in Copenhagen as part of my year long leadership course, Museum Resilient …
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August 12, 2019

Notes from the Director – Museum Resilient Leadership

At the start of 2019 I decided to apply for a Leadership course funded by the Arts Council England. Museum Resilient Leadership (MRL) has been now running since 2015, and …
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June 27, 2019

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