In performing the functions of a museum and conference hall today houses an exhibition of the Museum of Water, presenting hydrants, street zdroje, pumps and other equipment used in water supply in the past and currently. There is also a replica of a nineteenth century sewer. The attraction of the collection is the medieval rurmus - a special device driven water wheel, whose task was drawing water from the river and move it to the system of canals and pipes within the city. In the multimedia kiosk can watch films about water and water supply. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions and cultural events. Museum exhibitions are presented inside the eclectic building of the former waterworks by Franz Marschal, built in 1900. Hall was built with brick and equipped with arched windows that give the building a neo-Gothic features. One of the stained glass windows filled with symbols swan and heron. The building is decorated with openwork decoration or carving, and its internal ceiling - wooden boxes.
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Historical Pump Room
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