Moscow museums · Science and nature
Science and nature · since 1993
The Water Museum
original name: Музей воды
A departmental museum with working models of city infrastructure — an almost extinct genre. Worth seeing for anyone curious about how the city works underground; there is nowhere else in Moscow for that.
Minimum route
1 hour
Founded
1993
Ticket
free entry
Today
10:00–17:00
What to see
Working models of waterworks, from the Rostokino aqueduct to the present treatment plants; the history of the Moscow sewer in drawings and photographs.
Minimum route — 1 hour for the essentials
The working models of the waterworks and the history of the city sewer.
Reference
About the museum
The museum of Mosvodokanal in the former Main Pumping Station, opened in 1993.
The building
A monument of industrial architecture of the late 19th and early 20th century, by Maximilian Hoeppener.
Getting in
How to get there
Metro Proletarskaya or Krestyanskaya Zastava
Opening timeschecked on 15 August 2026, open sources
closed for the day
| Mon–Thu today | 10:00–17:00 |
| Fri | 10:00–15:45 |
| Sat, Sun | closed |
By appointment only, in groups. In the last working week of the month Monday is closed and Saturday is a working day.
Ticketschecked on 15 August 2026, open sources
Free.
by prior booking only
When to go
By appointment and on weekdays only. Friday is short, until 15:45.
Contacts
mosvodokanal.ru · +7 (495) 676-92-13, +7 (495) 676-26-89
Of interest to children
The working models of the waterworks interest children, but only with a booked tour.
Access for visitors with limited mobility
The museum — not checked. Access not checked.
Getting there — partly. Proletarskaya has no lift. Moscow metro stations almost never have lifts to the platform, except on the Big Circle line and the MCC. A wheelchair user is better served by the surface buses, which are low-floor across the centre.
Getting there — partly. Proletarskaya has no lift. Moscow metro stations almost never have lifts to the platform, except on the Big Circle line and the MCC. A wheelchair user is better served by the surface buses, which are low-floor across the centre.
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