You can now 'adopt' a treasured item from the SS Great Britain Trust's collection, helping to safeguard it for future generations. Artefacts up for virtual adoption include Brunel's last cigar ...

Get ready to set sail on a voyage through history and become a guardian of maritime treasures like Brunel’s last cigar and his childhood doodles. The SS Great Britain Trust has launched ‘Adopt ...

The case now lives aboard one of Brunel's masterpieces, the ss Great Britain, at its home in Bristol. This uniquely successful ship design brought together new technologies in a way which ...

Launched in 1843, the SS Great Britain was designed by celebrated Bristol engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company’s transatlantic service between Liverpool and ...

before explaining how Brunel was the engineer behind three large ships, the SS Great Western, The SS Great Eastern and the SS Great Britain. This short film is from the BBC series, The Victorians.

There is another BBC Teach video on Brunel, which complements this one, particularly in the final section describing the SS Great Britain. Any classroom follow-up will provide an opportunity for ...

The SS Great Britain’s salvage captured the world’s imagination. We want to celebrate their role, their stories, and what they have helped to achieve. Brunel’s SS Great Britain is one of the ...

The Brunel Collection can be consulted at the Brunel Institute, a collaborative venture of the University of Bristol and the SS Great Britain Trust. To make an appointment to view the Collection, ...

A memorial window was erected in Westminster Abbey in 1868 to commemorate the famous engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Originally sited on the ... He also built steamships such as the largest one of ...