REGIONAL WEBINAR OF THE GLOBAL NETWORK OF WATER MUSEUMS

PUBLIC WATER MUSEUMS – SUSTAINABILITY AND INCLUSION

28th July 2021

Organized by

UNESCO CHAIR “Agua y cultura”, University of the Republic of Uruguay

In cooperation with

UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean (PHI-LAC)
PHI-LAC working group on Education and Water Culture
OSE Heritage Committee

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This event aimed to promote greater visibility of the Global Network of Water Museums in the Latin American region and, particularly, the first steps of its Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter.

Presentations focused on water museums managed by public administrations both in Europe and Latin America, considering and comparing the different experience and museological approaches of three museums from Europe (Venice, Italy; Porto, Portugal; Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and three museums from LACs (Montevideo, Uruguay; Quito, Ecuador; Mexico City, Mexico).

This event was also an opportunity to celebrate the 150 anniversary of continuous supply of running and potable water from the Uruguayan town of Aguas Corrientes, on the banks of the Santa Lucía River, to the capital town of Montevideo and its metropolitan area. The OSE Water Museum, the first of its kind in Uruguay, is located in Aguas Corrientes, sharing place with a modern potabilization plant run by the public company, OSE, since 1950.

WEBINAR PROGRAMME

PANEL 1 | PUBLIC WATER MUSEUMS IN EUROPE

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Javier Taks, UNESCO CHAIR “Agua y cultura”, University of the Republic of Uruguay
Alexander Otte, UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme

Introductory notes, Eriberto Eulisse, Executive Director of the Global Network of Water Museums (University of Venice)

Riccardo Seccarello | Museo dell’acquedotto di Venezia / The waterwork museum of Venice, Italy (managed by VERITAS)

Mário Mesquita | Parque das Águas / Waters Park, Porto, Portugal (managed by Águas do Porto)

Hilde De Laet | Hidrodoe, Herentals, Belgium (managed by PIDPA)

Victor Lucian Croitoru | Water Museum “Leonida Truta”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (managed by SOMES Waters)

PANEL 2 | PUBLIC WATER MUSEUMS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

INTRODUCTION
Javier Taks, UNESCO CHAIR “Agua y cultura”, University of the Republic of Uruguay

Andrea Bittencourt, Ingrid Grauert, Adriana Marquisio | OSE Water Museum, Aguas Corrientes, Uruguay (managed by OSE)

Luisa Ambrosi | Yaku Museum of Water / Parque Museo del Agua, Quito, Ecuador (managed by Fundación Museos de la Ciudad)

Celina Noya | Palace of Running Waters, Buenos Aires, Argentina (managed by ASyA)

Rafael Val Segura | Water Museum of Mexico City, Mexico (managed by SACMEX)