EVENT
Preschool Summer Series: What’s an Engineer?
August 5, 2021
10:00 am–10:45 am
Join the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum’s education staff to learn what it takes to be an engineer!
First, we will read “Rosie Revere, Engineer.” Then, we will learn about some simple machines by exploring the museum’s Great Engines Hall. Finally, we will create our own simple machines. Recommended for ages 3-6.
Cost $5 per participant. All participants may be accompanied by up to two adults at no additional charge. In accordance with the Governor’s latest mask advisory, face coverings for this event are only required for those over two years of age who have not yet been vaccinated.
Upcoming Events
Great Engines Hall
The centerpiece of the Waterworks Museum is its collection of steam engines. Three original coal-powered, steam-driven water pumps are preserved at the Museum and are monuments to 19th century technology and innovation. Leavitt, Worthington, and Allis stand in the Great Engines Hall and reach more than 3 stories tall. Walk around each and see the multitude of perfectly engineered parts that pumped million gallons of freshwater a day into the City of Boston.