EVENT
Waterfest
June 21, 2025
11:00 AM–3:00 PM
The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum is partnering with local water, STEM, and history organizations for a celebration of all things water! Join us on June 21st from 11am to 3pm to learn more about local and global water issues, while enjoying some family-friendly games, crafts, and activities. Make a fuzzy microbe friend to take home! Blow some GIANT bubbles! Play our bean bag toss game and go on an ocean animal scavenger hunt! Get your face painted between 12 and 2! Enjoy a science magic show! Visit the basement to see the gigantic Allis pumps chambers! And much, much more!
The event is FREE and will take place rain or shine. Suggested Donation, $5.
Please help us monitor capacity by reserving your tickets today!
Current Exhibit
Moving Water: From Ancient Innovations to Modern Challenges
Ancient civilizations engineered water systems that sustained communities for thousands of years. This exhibition spotlights six places that innovated ways to deliver, and control water for human use. It also looks at how climate change is impacting all of those places, forcing public officials to consider new ways to keep the water flowing.