Salt-museums – a list

There are more than 40 structures – museums, information centres etc – all over Europe that deal with salt, salt-mines and salinas. Here is a list that allow you to situate them – and maybe visit them one day. A map can be seen in NewsLetter 4.

Austria:

Hallein
Hallstatt
Althaussee

Bulgaria:

Salt-museum, Pomorie

Denmark:

Danmarks Saltcenter, Mariager
Laesoe saltsjuderi, the island of Laesoe

France:

Musée Intercommunal des Marais Salants, Batz-sur-Mer
La Maison du Sel / Terre de Sel, Guérande
La Maison des Paludiers, Saillé/Guérande
Ecomusée du Daviaud, Marais Breton
Ecomusée du Marais Salant, Ile de Ré
Maison du Saunier, Ile d’Oleron
Musée du sel, Salies de Bearn
Musée du Salin de Gruissant
Musée de la Camargue, Parc Naturel Regional
Musée du Sel, Marsal
Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans
Anciennes salines, Salins-les-Bains

Germany:

Deutscher Salzmuseum, Lüneburg
Salz- u. Kali-Bergbaumuseum, Bad Salzdetfurth
Salzmuseum, Bad Sooden-Allendorf
Halloren- und Salinemuseum, Halle
Besucherbergwerk (Salt mine) in Bad Friedrichshall
Salzbergwerk in Berchtesgarten
Alte Saline in Bad Reichenhall

Greece:

Salt-museum in Lesvos

Italy:

Salt-museum and salina in Cervia
Salt-museum in the Nubia-Paceco salina, Trapani
Salt-museum and traditional salinas in Mozia, close to Marsala, Sicily

The Netherlands:

Zoutmuseum, Delden

Poland:

Salt-mine in Wieliczka
Stanislaw Fischer Museum, Bochnia

Portugal:

Ecomuseu do Sal, Figueira da Foz
Museu Maritimo de Ilhavo (Aveiro)
Inland salina in Marinhas do Sal, Rio Maior

Slovenia:

Museum of salt-making, Piran

Spain:

Mon de Sal (salt-mine) in Cardona
Museo de la Sal in Santa Pola
Museo del Mar y de la Sal in Torrevieja

Switzerland:

Vereinigte Schweizerische Rheinsalinen AG in Schweizerhalle
Société Vaudoise des Mines et Salines de Bex (Aigle)

United Kingdom:

Lion Saltworks, Northwich
The Salt Museum, Northwich
Saint Barbe Museum, Hampshire

Ukraine:

Salt Museum, Solotvino

Mexico

Museo do Sal in Colima

Japan

Tobacco and salt museum, Tokyo

USA

Salt museum, Onondaga, Syracuse (N.Y.)

China

Zigong Salt Museum

Salt Museum
Santa Pola-Spain

Future Salt Museum
Cervia-Italy

Musee des Marais Salants
Batz-sur-Mer, France


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