Public Health

Finding clean water and keeping it clean

The consequences of noxious water and the need to find clean water and keep it that way.

Architecture and Landscape

Elegant buildings and pleasant walks

Elegant surroundings for everyday services lift individual spirit and create pride in community.

Engines and Engineers

Make it work and keep it working

Big projects, big pumps and big reservoirs need visionary engineering and practical engineers.

Social History

The give-and-take of building consensus

Visionaries, politicians, engineers, managers, artisans, workers and Boston residents search for consensus.

Welcome to the
Waterworks Museum

The Waterworks Museum interprets unique stories of one of the country's first metropolitan water systems through exhibitions and educational programs on engineering, architecture, social history, and public health.

Latest News & Events - see our calendar for details

May 18, Dennis De Witt, Architectural Walk and Talk (noon - 1pm).

May 22, Waterworks Wednesday, Maryanne O'Hara book signing: "The Human Cost", a novel based on the flooding of the Swift River Valley (7 - 9pm). Books will be available for purchase.

May 25, Marcis Kempe: Lifting Water, The History of Water Pumping (noon - 1pm).