The building:
The museum is a mansion with an area of 720 Square meters, constructed by late Mr. Kolahdooz who was a merchant some 150 years ago. The Regional Water Organization of Yazd purchased the house to establish the museum. This ancient building comprises the following five divisions:
- Two qanats named Rahimabad and Zarch which were once running under this construction and just the second one is now active;
- Payab (a passage cut in the ground to have access to Qanat water) which is at the depth of 10 meters in the ground;
- Basements;
- Rooms and courtyard;
- Roof.
The roof of the building enjoys a well with a Persian wheel. A reservoir and a small pool to supply the consuming water for the household as well as its conveyance to the fountains in the courtyard and filling the pool.
An Introduction to The Collection:
- Various kinds of axes. Illumination in Qanats, Persian wheels, buckets, clothing and especial cotton caps for the practitioners of Qanats;
- Water faucets, utensils for carrying and preservation of water besides rubber bags the water carriers used;
- Instruments for gauging Qanat water, water distribution devices and the first water clock of the world;
- Qanat gallery levelling equipment;
- Markets displaying the Qanat conveyance process as well as historical and water based places like mosques, reservoirs, ice houses, public bathhouse, water mills, farms and orchards;
- Documents concerning endowment of Qanat water right benevolently.
