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!
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.