CHESTNUT HILL — The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum gives you direct, intimate access to some of the most jaw-dropping marvels of steam-powered machinery you’ll see anywhere. It’s a unique experience that will make you feel like you’ve been dropped into a steampunk world.
By the way, base admission to the Great Engines Hall is free. But for a fee, you can step onto the machines and check out the secret basement.
Boston Bucket List: The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum
Sitting in a weathered stone building across the street from the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, the Waterworks Museum offers a direct, intimate experience. Inside, visitors can check out the steam-powered water pumps that provided water to Boston from 1887 to 1978.
It’s awesome to walk into the facility and see these colossi of steam power tower over you and learn how they would have ticked back when this building was part of the Chestnut Hill Pumping Station…