The aim of the network is to promote awareness of the importance of the world's aquatic heritage and to protect traditional knowledge and skills relating to the correct use of water, within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.
It's official: The museum del termalismo antico e del territorio of Montegrotto Terme has become part of the prestigious UNESCO World Network of Water Museums (WAMU-NET). This significant recognition also confirms the museum's educational mission regarding the inestimable value of thermal waters and the immense culture associated with them.
Founded in Venice in 2017 on the initiative of UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme, its aim is to promote awareness of the importance of the world's aquatic heritage and to protect traditional knowledge and skills relating to the correct use of water, within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.
«This membership – explains the Mayor Riccardo Mortandello – represents a strategic step towards enhancing our identity and our most precious resource. Joining a UNESCO program means not only gaining an invaluable international showcase, but also enabling collaborations and exchanges with important cultural institutions around the world. It is a crucial opportunity to promote responsible tourism and raise awareness of our unique, millennial history linked to water.
As of today the network includes around thirty Italian museums, eight of which are in Veneto: in addition to our museum, the Aqueduct Museum in Venice, the International Centre for Water Civilization in Scorzé (Venice), the Natural History Museum in Venice, Y-40 The Deep Joy in Montegrotto Terme (Padua), the deepest thermal water pool in the world, the Museum of River Navigation in Battaglia Terme (Padua), the Environmental Archaeological Museum of the Padua Waters in Padua and finally the Po Delta Regional Park in Ariano Polesine (Rovigo).
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