EVENT
Waterworks Museum’s 11th Birthday Celebration
March 27, 2022
11:00 am–4:00 pm
Join us on Sunday 3/27 as we celebrate the museum’s 11th birthday! We will be building water cycle terrariums from 11am – 3pm, providing special access to the basement pumps as part of all regularly scheduled free tours, and allowing access down to the basement pumps for visitors unable to take the tours from 3pm – 4pm. We hope to see you there!
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.