Family Day at WaterWorks Museum
| Hours: | 11:00am - 3:00pm |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor, Outdoor |
| Cost: | Free |
| Category: | Special Events |
The Waterworks Museum is hosting a FREE Family Day! This FREE event features educational activities, scavenger hunts, story time, and more! Activities will take place outside the Museum and inside the Great Engines Hall.This discovery and learning museum devoted to the environmental, technological and historical aspects of the supply of clean water to metropolitan Boston from the founding of the city to the present.
The museum is located at 2450 Beacon Street, across the street from the historic Chestnut Hill Reservoir (recently re-named Chestnut Hill Reservation), in the Brighton section of Boston.
The museum, situated in one of Boston's most magnificent and recognizable structures, provides exhibitions, programs and collections that explore and interpret a number of important themes:
• the role of clean water in the development of Boston, past and present;
• the architectural history and significance of the Metropolitan Water Works and its water system;
• steam technology and the preservation and restoration of three original steam engines that soar almost three stories high; and
• water conservation and environmental issues related to preserving and maintaining clean water for everyone.
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2450 Beacon, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467 map
Phone: 617-277-0065
2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, MA , located between Boston College Alumni Stadium and Cleveland Circle
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