The museography of the Sewers Museum

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The principle of information at several levels can also be found in the new museum.

One first level of reading indicates that the information is accessible to all, young visitors and hurried visitors. A second level gives precise and sufficient additional information. Finally, a third level addresses specialized visitors or teachers preparing a visit intended for their pupils.

Rooms

Senne and its archings

The first room gives a regional map of the network. This map is decorated with a relief model which shows the various valleys of the Region.

The rest of the room is dedicated to the big works of arching the Senne, with the construction plans, numerous photos of Brussels before and during the works,...

Peculiarity of the exhibition: the Museum presents all the elements used during the inauguration of the beginning of the works on February 13th, 1867 by King Leopold II.

The fight against the floods

The second room is reserved for the network of collection and for the fight against floods.

A magnificent model as well as a didactic film allow the visitor to understand why there are no floods in the city center. An animated map illustrates the route of the water to the water-treatment plants.

The techniques of installation and renovation

The third room is dedicated to the various techniques of installation and renovation of sewers.

Here also, a model explains the technique consisting in drilling a tunnel without disrupting the surface.

The maintenance of the network

The last room of the first pavilion teaches us everything on techniques used by the sewer workers of the City to maintain the network.

[rimgt6] It is in this room that we find the famous 'sliding car', that is still in function for the old network of the City.

The unexpected objects discovered in sewers and animals populating this dark world are also found there.

Sewer workers

This room is a tribute to the sewer workers of the City of Brussels: the dangers, the difficulty of the work, the equipment and its evolution, the various tasks within the Service.

Sustainable development

The visit ends by the purge of waters as well as by various related subjects: the water conveyance in Brussels, water and sustainable development, the history of the Pavillons de l'Octroi,...