Moscow museums · Science and nature
The Water Museum?Why this museumA 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.
original name: Музей воды
Science and nature · since 1993
our rating
for enthusiasts8+With childrenThe working models of the waterworks interest children, but only with a booked tour.wheelchairStep-free accessThe 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.1 hour
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.1 hour
checked 15 Aug 2026 · открытые источники · № 39
Architect: Max Hoeppener. Photo: NVO, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Reference
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.
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.
Getting in
Address
Sarinsky Proyezd 13 (on the map)
How to get there
Metro Proletarskaya or Krestyanskaya Zastava
Opening times
closed today
| Mon–Thu | 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.
Tickets
Free.
by prior booking only
When to go
By appointment and on weekdays only. Friday is short, until 15:45.
Contacts
mosvodokanal.ru/about/museum.php · +7 (495) 676-92-13, +7 (495) 676-26-89