Babylon – Vodárenské muzeum Ostrava

Location: Úpravna vody Nová Ves, 708 02 Ostrava · Moravian-Silesian Region

Category: waterworks museum

An interactive exhibition presenting the history of Ostrava's drinking water supply and modern waterworks technologies. The museum offers tours with insight into the origins and development of water supply infrastructure. Suitable for education in water management and ecology.

Why visit this place?

• The exhibition opened in 2017 in the former de-acidification station known as Babylon, which has been a protected monument together with the whole waterworks since 2008.
• Visitors enter through the working engine room and an underground gallery; water has been drawn at this site since 1885.
• Admission is free, which helps when the class budget is tight.
• Allow roughly an hour; the programme is aimed at lower primary, upper primary and secondary students.
• There are 89 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.
• The whole programme is indoors, so rain is not a problem.

Verified against: ovak.cz

Practical information

• Opening hours: Mon–Fri 8–17 (by appointment)
• Typical visit: 60 min
• Admission: free
• Visitor rating: 5.0 ★ from 1 reviews on Google Maps
• Suitable for: primary (6–10), lower secondary (10–15), secondary (15+)

For schools

A tour of the history and technologies of waterworks, with an interactive presentation of the drinking water treatment and distribution process.

Official website: https://www.ovak.cz/minimuzeum_babylon/

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