Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Kathy Santos

What a fascinating place if you're into Boston history, or machinery! We learned a lot about how this glorious building with its giant machinery came to be, and saw all the pieces up close on the all access tour. A totally different view of the history of Boston.

Robert Kenney

Magnificent architecture in addition to the antique huge water moving engines there in the museum. They host functions there, thus the family wedding&reception I attended there. Very surreal eating my dinner surrounded by all that mega industry, but they make it work.

Christophe Adeigbo

A great experience and will certainly return. This museum isn't large by any standards but I was surprised by how interesting and well maintained the building is. As a word of caution, the museum covers a very specific topic and won't be for everyone. But at the same time, for those who may be on the fence, the museum is still worth checking out as there is on-site parking and admission is free. Overall, I appreciate the piece of Boston's history that this museum preserves. You should expect to spend up to an hour here, and almost certainly less than two.

Chengxiang Yuan

An excellently run museum, with enthusiastic docents who give 1 hour long guided tours of the history of the waterworks, the steam driven pumps that ran to keep Boston supplied with clean fresh water in the 19th century, and the design of said pumps. A very entertaining and interesting museum for people interested in engineering.