Museum of Water, Somerset House

Artist Amy Sharrocks invites us to her Museum of Water at Somerset House. London is offered an alterative space to reflect on our ongoing relationship with this essential element

A quirky reassessment of how we view that most vital of commodities, H2O, The Museum of Water contains samples of water from all over the world. This includes melted snow from Angarth, a fictional US/Canada border town, and spittal from Norway. A democratic collection that borders the mundane, the exotic, and the downright silly, the Museum of Water is made up of over 300 multi-coloured specimens contributed by the public. 

By investigating the qualitative differences between water samples, artist Amy Sharrocks highlights the connection between all forms of life on earth in the daily quest for water, and encourages us to re-examine our relationship to it. Displayed on open shelves so visitors can touch the materials, this exhibition in the basement of Somerset House also features real drips! Even if you haven't contributed a water sample, there are more opportunities to participate, with a space to write down what you would have brought but didn't, and a bar that only serves good old London tap water.