An historic pumping station with massive engines and hands-on fun for families in Brentford, London. Plus plenty of space for picnics. Trains: Kew Bridge.
Don't miss:
💪 Discover how our pumping engines work with our hands-on exhibits. Get those muscles working and make that water move!
💦 The outdoor Splash Zone, with water play to dam, pump, spin, push and sq**rt water!
🌿 Massive mud kitchen in the Wild Play Garden, where you can make the best mud cakes in the world!
☕️ Café with delicious food and toys to play with so parents might even get to sit
down and drink a hot cup of tea! Good to know:
🕙 Usually open Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm (check our website for school holiday opening)
🎟 £18 adult tickets (valid for 12 months)
🎟 Kids go free
👕 Spares box with nappies and clothes in case you’re caught short.
☕️ Pump and Grind Café
🚌 Public transport: Buses 65, 237, 267, and 391. Underground: Gunnersbury
Operating as usual
We're now closed for the Christmas period so our team can have a well deserved rest with their families.
We'll be back in a couple of weeks, full of mince pies, and ready to welcome you over the New Year weekend! We'll be open Saturday 31 December to Monday 2 January, 10am to 4pm.
Head to our What's On to discover the fun we have planned: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/event/new-year-opening/
Reading our feedback wall is always a lovely way to end the day. Thank you to all our amazing visitors. 🥰
It's our last weekend of festive fun! We're open today and tomorrow, 10am to 4pm.
We have Christmassy crafts and all our usual hands-on family fun! 🎄🖍️🎶🎅
We love our old industrial buildings, but our toes are feeling rather chilly so we've got our extra thick socks on! If you're visiting us this weekend, please remember to wrap up warm! Our Splash Zone is also closed to help keep our visitors safe & protect the equipment. 🥶🧦
If you're struggling to heat your home or are looking for somewhere to warm up, the café is open as a warm space this weekend. Full details about our Warm Spaces can be found on our website: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/warm-spaces/ ☕️💻
Are you passionate about making sure museums are welcoming, fun and friendly places for everyone? If so, we're looking for 2 new Engagement Coordinators to join our team!
😁 Learning and Families (Maternity Cover)
😁 Community and Families
📅 Closing date: tomorrow, Wednesday 14 December, at 5pm!
Head to our website for all the details: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/support-us/vacancies/
Still looking for the perfect Christmas present for your friends and family? Why not buy them 12 months worth of visits to the Museum! 🎁 🎄
Head to our website and click 'book tickets' to find out more and share the fun!
There are two very special guests at the Museum this weekend!🎅🏻🤶🏻🎄
We hope everyone visiting Santa and Mrs Claus have a wonderful time.
(Please note, bookings to see Santa have closed, so there are no tickets available to purchase on the day.)
Looking for something to do with the kids this weekend? Come help us spread some festive joy!
We have Christmassy crafts and Musical Mark will be here on Sunday at 12:30 for a special festive story and song time. Plus there's all our usual fun! 🎄🖍️🎶🎅
Fancy working in a historic pumping station, which is also one of the country's most ?
We're looking for three new people to join our team...
x2 Engagement Coordinators: Learning and Families (maternity cover) and Community and Families
📅 Closing date: this Wednesday, Dec 15!
Museum Director
📅 Closing date: Tues 17 Jan!
Head to our website for all the details: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/support-us/vacancies/
Due to the freezing temperatures, our Splash Zone has been drained and is currently closed. This is to help keep our visitors safe and protect the equipment.
If you're struggling with the cold weather, we're open as a warm space. For more information, head to the blog on our website... https://waterandsteam.org.uk/warm-spaces/
The Christmas jumper game was strong at our staff and volunteer Christmas party earlier this evening!
Wondering if we should design our own water and steam inspired one for next year 🤔
Back in October half term, the wonderful Lilly Wilson Photography photographed all the fun our visitors, staff and volunteers were having. Here are just some of her amazing images!
We think she's captured the Museum perfectly! 😍
It's rather cold! 🥶 If you're struggling to heat your home or are looking for somewhere to warm up, then we're open as a warm space, Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
The Café has free tea & instant coffee available, plus we have pre-bookable workspace & community room. ☕️💻
For more information, visit our website: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/warm-spaces/
Come join Brentford Thru My Lens for some festive fun at the Museum today! We're open until 4pm!
Our Christmas Storytelling Bear has arrived at the London Museum of Water and Steam and is looking forward to meeting all the lovely visitors today and watching them doing some amazing crafts ... bring on the glitter!
Looking for something to do tomorrow?
The wonderful Brentford Thru My Lens is running some fantastic festive activities at the Museum! Plus the wonderful 'Brentford at Work, Rest and Play' exhibition is open with a few festive additions!🎄
Festive Community Event
Join me on the 4th of December for a day of Brentford Christmas Nostalgia & Crafts for Children... as we re-create our own '2022 Christmas Golden Mile'. I need little ones to help me create the magic! Another Brentford History Enthusiast will be available to chat.
🎄Learn the history of a very special Brentford Christmas Fairy
🎄Little ones decorate a building for our '2022 Christmas Golden Mile'
🎄Enjoy an array of local photographs that will fill you with Christmas Joy (including the Golden Mile!)
🎄A Talking Teddy Bear tells a Christmas Story
🎄 New items to see at the Exhibition... plus the rest of the Museum & Fab Coffee Shop to enjoy!
At: London Museum of Water & Steam
Time: 10am until 4pm
TW8 Residents: £5.00 Ticket & Children go free
Regular Ticket: Valid for 1 Year
It was great to welcome colleagues from the Families in Museums Network to the Museum this afternoon for a catch up, mince pie and to share what we've all been up to!
How Emma and Joanna's day started vs. how it finished! 🎄
We're looking forward to spreading a little festive joy with crafts and activities every weekend in December until Sunday 18 December!
We recently had the joy of welcoming the Year 6 pupils from Ivybridge Primary School to the Museum, thanks to our bursary funded by the Water Conservation Trust.
You can find out more about their visit in their class blog: https://www.ivybridgeprimaryschool.net/curriculum-statement/year-6/
(Many thanks to the school for permission to share!)
Telephone: 020 8891 2727 Email: [email protected] Ivybridge Primary School Summerwood Road lsleworth Middlesex TW7 7QB
Timeline photos
Job vacancy - London Museum of Water & Steam is looking for two Engagement Coordinators to join their small team. Engagement Coordinator (Learning and Families) – Maternity Cover and Engagement Coordinator (Community and Families). Both 21 hours per week, closing 14 Dec: http://ow.ly/s4K050LPMZ1
Massive thank you to the Association of Independent Museums and The Pilgrim Trust for awarding the Museum funding to help with the conservation & care of our collections. This will make a huge step change in our work from environmental monitoring to better lighting in the archive to book conservation.
Did you know we have 3 amazing opportunities to join our team?
We're looking for two Engagement Coordinators. A maternity cover for Learning & Families and a permanent role for Community & Families.
📅Extended closing date - Weds 15 Dec!
We're also looking for an inspirational Museum Director to guide us through the next chapter of our journey.
📅Closing date - Tues 17 Jan!
Visit https://waterandsteam.org.uk/support-us/vacancies/ for full details, including how to apply.
In the new year, we'll be saying goodbye to Liz, our wonderful Museum Director, as she embarks on a new adventure as the Director of Historic Buildings & Places. We hope you'll join us in wishing her all the best for this exciting opportunity and the future!
If you’re looking for a new challenge, then we’re looking for an inspirational leader as we look ahead to the next exciting chapter for the Museum!
For more information, including details about applying please visit our website: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/support-us/vacancies/ and https://waterandsteam.org.uk/upcoming-changes-at-the-museum/
Emma and Margaret would like to say a massive thank you to Year 6 at Green Dragon Primary School for their help this morning!
They explored different concepts and ideas to help us develop our new Key Stage 2 and 3 workshops.
We're thrilled to share we're working with London Borough of Hounslow to open a warm space to help people who can't afford to heat their home this winter.
Thanks to additional funding, we've be able to purchase new more efficient heaters & blankets, and the café will be providing free tea and filter coffee. Plus we have a pre-bookable shared workspace!
Visit out blog to find out more: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/warm-spaces/
Looking for something to do today? We have magic coming to the Museum! Magician, Ryan F. Lacey, will be exploring the Museum and sharing some amazing tricks at 11am!
https://waterandsteam.org.uk/event/magic-in-the-museum/
There's just one month left to go until our team takes a break for Christmas!
We're open 10am to 4pm, Thursday to Sunday until Sunday 18 December. Then we'll reopen on Saturday 31 December refreshed and full of mince pies ready for the new year. 😁
We're looking for two new part-time Engagement Coordinators to join our little team! Check out the video from Emma and Gemma to learn more👀
💻All the details can be found on our website: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/support-us/vacancies/
📅 Closing date: Wednesday 30 November at 5pm
Emma and Margaret had a great afternoon with pupils at Reach Academy, Feltham today! They explored different concepts and ideas to help us develop our new Key Stage 2 and 3 workshops.
Santa is taking a break from his busy schedule to visit us this December, but there are only a few spots left! Bookings close this Friday, 18 November at midday to give his elves times to prepare for his visit.
Head to our website for full details and to book: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/event/ho-ho-ho-2022
Magician, Ryan F. Lacey, will be exploring the Museum and sharing some amazing tricks at 11am next Saturday, 19 November!
https://waterandsteam.org.uk/event/magic-in-the-museum/
STEAM Explorers, our club for young people interested in science, engineering & technology, started today! We discovered the role of the Waterworks in supplying clean water to London & made our own water filters. 💦
We can't wait until our next session in December! 😁
We're delighted that Speak Out in Hounslow have become our Community Access Advisors. Their lived experience is helping us to better understand our visitors’ experiences of the Museum.
Speak Out staff & members worked together to create a video exploring the Museum, highlighting different areas and how they feel about them.
You can find their video on the Access page of our website. We hope it will help visitors prepare for their visit by knowing what they might expect to see & experience.
Discover useful information about access and facilities at the Museum.
Today's the last change to meet the wonderful Karen, Brentford Thru My Lens, curator of our community exhibition, Brentford at Work, Rest & Play.
She'll be here from 1.30pm to 4.00pm, to share more about the objects, answer questions and listen to your stories of bygone Brentford!
Sadly Musical Mark isn't able to visit the Museum today, so there won't be a music and story session this afternoon.
Joanna's been busy looking for some new books for the shop, and looks what's arrived! 😍😍😍
Love visiting the Museum? Great news, we've worked out how to do gift vouchers on our website! You can now gift your friends and family 12 months worth of visits to the Museum! 🎁
Head to our website to find out more and share the fun! https://lmws.digitickets.co.uk/category/44300
There's two more chances meet and chat to the wonderful Karen, , curator of our new community exhibition, Brentford at Work, Rest & Play.
She'll be at the Museum today from 12.30pm to 3.30pm, and on Friday 11th November, 1.30pm to 4.00pm
The magic of Christmas is coming to the Museum this December! 🎄 As well as lots of crafty festive fun, Santa is taking a break from his busy schedule to visit us too!
Head over to our What's On for full details: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/event/ho-ho-ho-2022 (Bookings to see Santa close on Fri 18 Nov to give his elves time to prepare!)
Did you know its ? This year's theme explores how engineering improves lives. Engineering plays a key role in our past, present & future.
Formerly the Kew Bridge Waterworks, the museum is home the world's largest collection of Cornish engines. The engines, still in their original engine houses, once pumped clean water into London. The Waterworks was at the forefront of engineering clean water, and was one of the first to use filter beds. Those filter beds, along with the reservoirs, are now gone and have been replaced with flats.
Our dedicated volunteer Working Collections Engineers and Engines Drivers, play a key role in looking after our engines and working them on our Steam Up weekends. Sadly, our boiler needs to undergo maintenance work before we can steam again.
We're working with our amazing volunteers, Worley and Skelly & Couch, to explore how we can become carbon neutral through our project. We also have brand new club for young people who are interested in science, technology & engineering called STEAM Explorers. The club will explore real-world issues & create imaginative solutions to design problems.
The future at the Museum is going to be very interesting! Keep following us on social media and checking out our blog to join us on the journey toward sustainable steam. 😄🌿
Happy November! All this month we're taking part in on Twitter! Pop over and discover more about the Museum. 😁
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Today's the day! We can't wait to celebrate how amazing we all are with the other Kids in Museums #FamilyFriendlyMuseum Award shortlisted Museums!
We're busy getting ready for half term fun at the Museum, from our Super Soggy Science Show, storytelling & crafts for families to enjoy, to new additions for the shop... here's Liz unboxing our latest delivery! We're open every day from Saturday 22 to Sunday 30 October, 10am to 4pm!
Our pipe network is now so large it's goes all the way down the spiral staircase! Thank you to all our lovely visitors who have helped create it! 😍 Did you visit this weekend? Can you see your pipe up there? 🤔
Happy #InternationalCatDay from retired Museum cat, Wicksteed!
"We love Musical Mark at the museum ... he is funny and he let's us play his guitar" 🎸🎵🎸
Good Morning My name is Honey & I am a twin... you will meet my sister Jemma in the next post (Jemma is older than me but only by 2 minutes!) We love the Splash Zone! So we are starting the day with a splash!
Next up on our countdown to the summer holidays... family tours! ☀️ 🔎 Join Gemma, Liz, Emma or Kayleigh on Fridays & Bank Holiday Monday for our BRAND NEW secrets of the museum family tour. 🎟 We're open Wednesday to Sunday for the holidays from Sat 23 July. #FamilyFriendlyMuseum
📢 There’s just 1 week left to apply for Steam Team, our youth volunteering and employability programme! For full details visit https://waterandsteam.org.uk/support-us/steam-team/
Join us Wednesday to Sunday from 23 July to 29 August, plus Bank Holiday Monday, for hands-on family fun! We'll be exploring the world beneath out feet with archaeology workshops, family tours and a brand new Science Show. Plus all our usual fun.
Things in our Museum that just make sense... part 2!
Things in our Museum that just make sense... part 1!
Sneak peak time! A much loved interactive model is almost ready to return to the museum, thanks to Richard's hard work. Can you guess what it's of? 🤔 (Emma totally didn't squeal with excitement when she saw it... honest! 😂)
Tonight was the 1st meeting of our new #SustainableSteam committee. This group will led the Museum on it's journey to net zero carbon, and tonight we started on the plans, beginning with ideas about inspiring places to visit! 😁
Can't wait until our Steam Up weekend in September? Don't worry, our engines will be in steam this Saturday, June 18, thanks to University of Tennessee Tickle College of Engineering!
It's the end of #VolunteersWeek! We're so incredibly thankful for all the work, support and dedication of our amazing volunteers. They do so so much for the Museum. We hope you’ve enjoyed meeting some of the team this past week. You can find out more about volunteering on our website: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/support-us/volunteers/
Thank you to all our wonderful visitors and volunteers for an amazing half term! 🥳 It was our busiest week of the year so far, and the team are off for a well deserved rest! 😴
Who wants a sneak peak of our new wild play garden before it opens tomorrow? 😍😍😍 Join us at midday and be some of the first families to enjoy this amazing new space!
We're absolutely thrilled to announce that our new wild play garden will have it's grand opening this Friday at noon during our Jubilee Garden Party. 🥳🥳🥳 Massive thanks to all the groups and companies who have supported the project, including: London Borough of Hounslow, Melissa Maynard Heritage, Procter Bros Ltd, EcoWorld London, London Barratt, 1st Theale and Calcot Scout Group (The Scouts), Our Barn Community, D&PMLinsey Tutoring, Copper Beech Play, Cosy, Young Lewisham Project, Speak Out in Hounslow, Green Dragon Primary School and the Museum's volunteers. We couldn't have done it without them!
We're looking for some fabulous people to join our team and are recruiting for: 🗝️ Duty Manager 💦 Learning Facilitators 🗣️ Volunteer Coordinator For all the details visit our website: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/support-us/vacancies/ Closing date: Wednesday 22 June at 5pm
It's almost half term! If only Liz, Emma and Gemma could remember what they'd planned! 🤔🤦 Come and see if we've worked out what it's all about, from Saturday 28 May to Sunday 5 June, 10am to 4pm. 😁
Someone's excited about our Steam Up! We're open 10am to 4pm today and tomorrow for... Engines in steam! Traction engines! Kids activites! And lots more! (Please note the car park is closed)
More exciting weekend updates! Looks who's on their way to join us for Steam Up! 🥳
2 more sleeps until Easter Holiday fun! 🥳🥳🥳 We've got lots to enjoy inside the Museum, in the Splash Zone, and in the garden!
It's new banner time! There will be double the steam up fun on Sat 19 & Sun 20 March with our friends Kempton Steam Museum
What a year 2021 has been! Thank you to all of our staff, volunteers, freelancers, trustees, supporters, partners and visitors. We could not do it without you! ☺
Our next Steam Up is Saturday 1 to Monday 3 January 2022! 🥳 Over the next month some of our volunteer stationary engine drivers will be sharing their favourite engines. In the meantime here's a little video for you. Find out more on our website: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/event/new-year-steam-up-2022
We're absolutely thrilled that we've received funding thanks to the #CultureRecoveryFund, so we continue to be here for you and #HereForCulture! 🥳 Here's Liz, Museum Director, to explain why this means so much to us.
🥳 Save the date! Our next Steam Up weekend is Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 October! 🥳 We have a jam packed weekend for families and enthusiasts alike! Here's just a taste of what you can expect...
The Hearsum Collection: sharing Richmond Park
Richmond Park, Richmond
The Royal Air Force Museum London
Grahame Park Way
The Royal Air Force Museum - RAFM, RAF Museum
Grahame Park Way
The London Bridge Experience & London Tombs
Tooley Street