Lisbon - Museu d'Água Manuel da Maia

Must-see attractions nearby: Old Quarter Gulbenkian Museum Praça do Comércio St George's Castle Carmo Lift Igreja de Santa Engrácia / Panteao Igreja de Sao Vicente de Fora

In the rest of the museum the first water system from Roman times is explained; model figures of water carriers, pictures of old wells, plans of the aqueduct and of the castle surrounded by water, and a water meter dating from 1856 are some of the exhibits. At the end of the exhibition, water quality control, chlorination of Lisbon's water and so on is explained. Its exemplary arrangement earned the Museu d'Água Manuel da Maia the 1990 first prize from the European Museums Council.