Hydropower Museum

About museum

The Hydropower Museum is a unique museum complex unlike any other in the world. It was opened in 2007 on the grounds of an operating hydroelectric power station in the former administrative building of the Uglich HPP. The exhibition spans three floors and eleven halls, presenting the history of hydropower development in Russia and abroad, as well as many interesting episodes from the lives of prominent power engineers and hydraulic engineering facilities. Visitors can not only learn how a hydroelectric power station works and how electricity is delivered to homes, but also generate electricity themselves and build a hydroelectric power plant. In addition, visitors can see models of stations that operate on renewable energy sources and view equipment dismantled from the Uglich HPP. The museum's main symbol is the runner of a pitch-adjustable (Kaplan) turbine, which operated at the station for 70 years.