Museo del Agua y de la Historia Sanitaria — Attraction in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Established in 1873, this is the only Archive containing complete and specific information about emblematic buildings and water supply planning of Buenos Aires.[5] This archive is composed by three main Archives.[6]

Water Network Supply ArchiveEdit

Contains plans about Water treatment plants, sewage and water network supply, drains and projects. The information found in these plans includes type, size and material of pipes, dates, architectural drawings, etc. Size of collection: about 60.000 plans, oldest is from 1870.

This archive is not available to the public. Some plans approved for public release were published through books, newspapers and websites.[7]

Water Connection Application RecordsEdit

Holds a large collection of documents detailing building category, water connection application forms, construction materials, measures, number of pipe connections, names of the owners, etc of almost each building constructed in Buenos Aires. Many documents are signed by famous and important people of Argentina such as president Bartolome Mitre, physiologist Bernardo Houssay, writer Jorge Luis Borges among others. Size of collection: about 350,000 records.

This Archive is not available to the public. Some documents approved for public release were published through books, newspapers and websites.

Plumbing Plans ArchiveEdit

Keeps plumbing and fire hydrants service plans of 320,000 land lots of Buenos Aires. These plans are crucial for finding water, drain and sewage connections and fixing water leaks. This archive also preserves plans of buildings demolished during the construction of large avenues and highways of Buenos Aires, e.g. 9 de Julio Avenue. The collection has about 2,800,000 plans, the oldest dating from 1889.

Accesses is to authorized individuals. Some plans were approved for public release, and were published in books, newspapers...

What a fascinating place. Who would have thought that this building, that is decorated like a palace, was designed to be a water pumping station with a gigantic water tank with a capacity of 72,000 litres. In the small but informative museum you will learn about the history of water and sanitation in Buenos Aires, as well as the design and construction of this beautiful building. They have an interesting collection of sanitary artefacts, pipes, meters, taps, etc. You can also visit part of the interior structure where the water tanks are located. There are descriptions panels in English and the videos are in Spanish. You can also ask to visit the library which is open to the public to use. The staff at the entrance and the museum and library were incredibly friendly and made us feel welcome. The museum and library are free. They also have free...

Very frustrating experience, complete waste of time twice in 2 days. The man on the front desk very blunt and unhelpful.

Came on a Thursday around 4pm and told it was closed and to come back tomorrow. Turn up on Friday…closed again. Got told something about reservations needed but in very fast Spanish despite clearly struggling to understand. Told him I only spoke some Spanish and then tried to ask if it would be open on Monday and got another fast reply I couldn’t understand before he turned to talk to someone else.

Very poor attitude and no attempt to actually help us find a way to...