This year, the Global Network received more than 100 works among drawings and other media, including videos, photographs, poems, sounscapes and water songs, sumbitted by water museum members from India, China, Canada, USA, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia and Portugal. See the winners and the special mentionings here
We invite you to navigate yourselves through all the works shortlisted by the museums that may always be used to inspire ideas for action and projects on sustainability & water! The digital exhibition is available at https://thewaterwewant.watermuseums.net/contest/exhibition-year-2026/ Afterall, the Water We Want initiative serves as an empowering platform for young people to share their aspirations, concerns, and captivating local water narratives.
* Cover Photo : “The whisper of the rivers”, Iurhekua Interactive Water Museum, Mexico. Educare, Uruapan. Sofia Macias Ortiz. (Winner of the Drawing category for 6–9 years old)