Muzeum Stará čistírna Praha (Ekotechnické muzeum)

Location: Papírenská 199/6, 160 00 Praha 6 · Prague

Category: technical monument – wastewater treatment plant

The Old Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bubeneč is a unique technical monument from 1906 with preserved steam-powered machinery. Tours of the underground settling chambers and the engine room with functioning steam engines.

Why visit this place?

• The sewerage system and the treatment plant were designed by the British-born engineer Sir William Heerlein Lindley; trial operation began on 27 June 1906.
• Since 2016 it has been an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH), among Europe's most important industrial monuments.
• Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 1,599 visitors on Google Maps.
• The exhibition is interactive — it expects you to touch the exhibits and try them out.
• Allow roughly an hour and a quarter; the programme is aimed at lower primary, upper primary and secondary students.
• There are 235 more tips within 25 km, enough to build a full-day trip.

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Practical information

• Opening hours: Sat–Sun 10–17 (tours)
• Typical visit: 75 min
• Admission: adults 180 CZK, children 120 CZK
• Visitor rating: 4.7 ★ from 1599 reviews on Google Maps
• Suitable for: primary (6–10), lower secondary (10–15), secondary (15+)

For schools

Programs about wastewater treatment, steam engines and 20th-century technology.

Official website: https://www.staracistirna.cz/

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