German Salt Museum, Lower Saxony, Germany
4.0 (184 reviews) Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #4 in Luneburg Speciality Museums
Such a good idea
So, this is a museum about salt, and they're rightly very proud of that. As a non-German speaker you need to pay for audioguides that are sometimes very silly (with canned laughter, clapping etc) as everything is written in German. During covid-19 some things were naturally not possible, and perhaps some things were that shouldn't have been (multiple "touch stations"). You can learn a lot about the importance of salt.
Address
Suelfmeisterstr. 1 Industrial Monument Saltworks, 21335, Luneburg, Lower Saxony Germany
Mobile
Website
http://www.salzmuseum.de
Working hours
Monday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 15:29
User Ratings
4.0 based on (184 reviews)
Reviews
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4hester52 5:00 PM Jul 3, 2013
History of Luneburg
Worth a visit even if you don’t speak German, since many of the exhibits are fairly self-explanatory. The map showing the worldwide distribution of salt from Luneburg is especially interesting. There is a folder in English describing the exhibits, which you can take with you as go through and then return at the end. (We didn’t realize this and thought we were supposed to just look at it at the desk). They may not have many foreign visitors – at the beginning they ask you where you’re from, and when we said the US, the woman said, “oh, this will look good in our statistics.” :)
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3Henrik T 5:00 PM Oct 7, 2019
A fine, but a little old fashioned museum
A neat little museum providing a good and interesting overview of salt production through time. It also gives a better understanding of why Luneburg became so wealthy in the 16C. It is a little old fashioned in terms of exhibition and has limited interactive features. Main issue though is that everything is in German only. How I wish museum in Germany would internationalise their communication
