Yazd is a dry city which is located in the desert, and one of the major issues was getting water, so much so that it has a museum dedicated to explaining how it was obtained. This museum will explain all about qanat, an elaborate tunnel system used to extract groundwater. The tunnels were hand-hug and just big enough to fit one person.

Water from the qanat is stored in “ab anbar”, water reservoirs, which were usually adorned with badgir, windcatchers, to keep the water near ice cold temperature. The actual Museum is in the basement. This Museum displays the tool, techniques used for the past ۴۰۰۰ years in Iran in creating underground waterways (called Qanats) and connecting them to the city and field locations for agricultural and other uses. Before the Romans built their aqueducts, Iranians had built an extensive system of underground qanats (aqueduct).

Museum has different floors or levels, all open to public, in which, every one of them had its own characteristics. The levels are connected together and are reachable through a stairway called “Payab”. One level was for keeping food and fruits and all similar stuff fresh. One level was used as a living room for the family because of its cool and pleasant temperature and one level for saving water for future use.