- 1. Achada House - Mário Dionísio Center
- 2. Ajuda Botanical Garden
- 3. Aljube Museum - Resistance and Freedom
- 4. Ancient Art National Museum
- 5. Archaeological Centre of Rua dos Correeiros
- 6. Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon
- 7. Atelier-Museum Júlio Pomar
- 8. Benfica Museum - Cosme Damião
- 9. Berardo Collection Museum
- 10. Bicos House
- 11. Bordalo Pinheiro Museum
- 12. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
- 13. Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium
- 14. Campo Pequeno Museum
- 15. Carmo Archaeological Museum
- 16. Carris Museum
- 17. Chiado8 Contemporary Art
- 18. CNE's National Museum
- 19. Cold Greenhouse of Lisbon
- 20. Combatant Museum
- 21. Communications Museum
- 22. Cultural Center of Casa Pia
- 23. Electricity Museum
- 24. Fado Museum
- 25. Folk Art Museum
- 26. Geological Museum
- 27. Historical Centre of the National Theatre of São Carlos
- 28. House Fernando Pessoa
- 29. House Museum - Foundation Amália Rodrigues
- 30. House Museum Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves
- 31. House Museum Medeiros e Almeida
- 32. House Museum Whisky and Company
- 33. Library-Museum Republic and Resistance - Cidade Universitária Space
- 34. Lisbon Museum
- 35. Lisbon Oceanarium
- 36. Lisbon Zoo
- 37. Medicine Museum
- 38. Military Museum of Lisbon
- 39. Modern Art Center José de Azeredo Perdigão
- 40. Monument to the Discoveries - Cultural Center of Discovery
- 41. MUDE - Museum of Design and Fashion Collection Francisco Capelo
- 42. Mundo Sporting Museum
- 43. Museum (Bibliographic, Pedagogic and Artistic) João de Deus
- 44. Museum Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva
- 45. Museum of Beer
- 46. Museum of Children
- 47. Museum of Geography Society of Lisbon
- 48. Museum of Portuguese Decorative Arts
- 49. Museum of the Ajuda National Palace
- 50. Museum of the Bank of Portugal
- 51. Museum of the Presidency
- 52. Museum of the Scientific and Cultural Centre of Macau
- 53. Museum of Underwater Life and Submerged History
- 54. Music Museum
- 55. National Archaeology Museum
- 56. National Coach Museum
- 57. National Contemporary Art Museum of Chiado
- 58. National Costume Museum
- 59. National Ethnology Museum
- 60. National Library of Portugal
- 61. National Museum of Natural History and Science
- 62. National Museum of Theatre and Dance
- 63. National Sports Museum
- 64. National Tile Museum
- 65. Navy Museum
- 66. Numismatic Portuguese Museum
- 67. Orient Museum
- 68. Overseas Historical Archive
- 69. Palace of the Marquises of Fronteira
- 70. Pharmacy Museum
- 71. Portuguese Cinematheque
- 72. Portuguese Masonic Museum
- 73. Puppet Museum
- 74. Roman Theatre Museum
- 75. RTP - Museum Collection of Radio and Television
- 76. Santo António Museum
- 77. São Roque Museum
- 78. Tropical Botanical Garden
- 79. Water Museum (Barbadinhos Steam Pumping Station)
Schedule
Estação Elevatória a Vapor dos Barbadinhos (permanent exhibition)
- Address: Rua do Alviela, 12, 1170-012 Lisboa, Portugal
- Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am – 12:30 am / 01:30 pm – 05:30 pm
Aqueduto das Águas Livres
- Address: Calçada da Quintinha, 6, 1070-225 Lisboa, Portugal
- Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am – 05:30 pm (closed from November 1st to MArch 1st)
Reservatório da Mãe d’Água das Amoreiras
- Address: Praça das Amoreiras, 10, 1250-020 Lisboa, Portugal
- Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am – 12:30 am / 01:30 pm – 05:30 pm
Reservatório da Patriarcal
- Address: Praça do Príncipe Real, 1250-184 Lisboa, Portugal
- Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 am – 05:30 pm
Galeria do Loreto
- Address: Praça do Príncipe Real, 1250-184 Lisboa, Portugal
- Schedule: Wednesday and Saturday, 11:00 am – 03:00 pm
Entrance
Estação Elevatória a Vapor dos Barbadinhos (permanent exhibition): 5 €
Aqueduto das Águas Livres: € 5
Reservatório da Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras: € 5
Reservatório da Patriarcal: € 1
Aqueduto das Águas Livres + Reservatório da Mãe d’Água das Amoreiras: € 6 (valid for one month)
Museu da Água (all in one ticket to visit four museums: Aqueduto das Águas Livres + Reservatório da Mãe d’Água das Amoreiras + Reservatório da Patriarcal + Estação Elevatória a Vapor dos Barbadinhos: € 12 (valid for three months)
Review
The Water Museum (in portuguese, Museu da Água) opened on the , under the supervision of EPAL - Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres. It's creation was a fair tribute to the engineer Manuel da Maia, the visionary that conceived the Aqueduto das Águas Livres during the reign of D. João V. In this space one can find documented the whole historic evolution of the water supply to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, since the Romanic occupation until nowadays.
There are four museum centers: the Aqueduto das Águas Livres, the Reservatório da Mãe d'Água das Amoreiras, the Reservatório da Patriarcal and the Estação Elevatória a Vapor dos Barbadinhos.
One of the great pillars of engineering in Lisbon, the Aqueduto das Águas Livres, went under construction in and began to work in the year of .
Completed the construction and counting the length of all the extensions, the network of water supply hits the incredible extension of 58,135 Km.
The Reservatório da Mãe de Água was designed by Carlos Mardel, an architect from Hungary, and was completed in . This reservoir acted as a distributor of the water coming from the Aqueduto das Águas Livres.
Between, and the Reservatório da Patriarcal was built, authorship of Mary, an architect from France. It has the particularity of being underground and was responsible for the water distribution to the downtown of Lisbon.
In the year of , in order to provide water to the higher parts of Lisbon, the Estação Elevatória a Vapor dos Barbadinhos was built. Here, one can find the permanent exhibition that correlates and connects all the museum centers.
In the Water Museum was awarded with the Prémio de Museu do Conselho da Europa due to its role in the conservation and dissemination of European cultural heritage. Until this date, it is the only Portuguese museum to bear this distinction.
Map and Location
Where is Water Museum (Barbadinhos Steam Pumping Station)?
Coordinates
Degrees
Decimal Degrees Degrees, Minutes, Seconds |
38.719000º LAT
-9.119854º LON 38º 43.14' N
9º 7.19124' W 38º 43' 8.4" N
9º 7' 11.47" W |
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Website | http://www.epal.pt/EPAL/menu/museu-da-água |
museu@epal.pt | |
Telephone | +351 218 100 215 |
Address | Rua do Alviela, 12, Santa Apolónia, 1170-012 Lisboa,Portugal |
Parish | São Vicente de Fora |
County | Lisbon |
District | Lisboa |
Region | Estremadura |
Country | Portugal |
Continent | Europe |
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