Family Fun
All family activities are included in the admission to Brunel's ss Great Britain.
April 4 to 19
Mr Brunel visits (except April 8 & 15)
Meet Britain’s greatest engineer
April 4 & 5
Catheads! Rats’ tales!
Create cat masks and rats
April 10 to 13
Easter egg trail
Find clues, for family fun and chocolate prizes
April 11 to 13
Crimean troopship
Take cover! Soldier re-enactors from the Crimean War
Victorian surgeon
Seek out medical advice from the ship’s doctor. Leech included!
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Exhibitions
‘All at Sea’, Baker Gallery
The Baker Gallery, situated within the Dockyard Museum, offers a range of Victorian watercolours, along with other works, including oils by maritime artist Joseph Walters, which capture two of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ships, the ss Great Britain and Great Western, under steam. This exhibition is included in the admission to Brunel's ss Great Britain.
Events & activities low-down
- Workshops take place in the Dockyard Museum’s Medlock Education Centre, on board in the First Class Dining Saloon or Steerage
- Children can take their works of art home
- Collect handheld trails from the ticket office
- Please pre-book evening events on 0117 926 0680
- Workshops and reenactors from 11am to 4pm
- Mr Brunel from 10am to 4.30pm
- Mother’s, Father’s and Grandparent’s Day offer applies to mums, dads or grandparents visiting Brunel’s ss Great Britain, accompanied by their children or grandchildren, with treats at the Dockyard Café!
- Please call to check events before leaving home. Brunel’s ss Great Britain cannot be held liable for changes beyond our control.
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