South Asia’s first water museum started its journey on 29 December 2014 in a two-storey building next to the Kuakata-Dhaka highway in Kalapara of Patuakhali district with the aim of increasing public awareness for the protection of rivers and water resources. Established by the NGO Action Aid, this museum presents the life-livelihood and culture of the river-centered people of Bangladesh, information about all the lost and present rivers of Bangladesh, pictures, history of the river and the future of the river.
Water samples of more than 90 rivers including Jamuna, Buriganga, Padma, Andharmanik, Meghna are preserved in the water museum. And in front of the museum is a boat half-submerged in the sand as a symbol of the river dying, indicating the important role a river plays on a country’s environment as it dries up. Currently the museum is being managed by the Kalapara Coastal Welfare Society.
Entry Fee and Schedule
The water museum is open to visitors from 10 am to 6 pm 6 days a week except Sunday. School students have to pay Tk 10 per person, Patuakhali district residents Tk 20 per person and other tourists have to pay Tk 100 per person to visit the museum.
communication
Pakhimara Bazar, Kalapara, Patuakhali Phone: +88028837796
Mobile: 01712-950319
Website: watermuseum.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Water-Museum
How to go
From Sadarghat Launch Terminal in Dhaka by boat, you can reach Amtali Upazila of Patuakhali by boat and from there you can go to Pani Jadughar by bus or motorcycle. Besides, you can take a bus or microbus from Sadarghat in Dhaka via Barisal to reach the water museum.
Sakura Paribahan, Eagle Paribahan buses going to Kuakata from Gabtali and Syedabad in Dhaka can directly cross Padma bridge and get down near the water museum located at Pakhimara in Kalapara.