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Museum Salt Marsh

Batz-sur-Mer

Discover the secrets of Guérande's "white gold" in a former salt warehouse surrounded by living marshes. Interactive exhibits, 9,000 artifacts, and a reconstructed 6-ton salt washing machine bring centuries of paludier traditions vividly to life.

Interactive exhibits
Family-friendly
Living salt marsh setting
9,000 artifacts

Tips

📖ask for the free English booklet at reception
🧒fun activity booklets help kids explore with mascot Caramule
⚙️see the 6-ton salt washing machine — only one on the Atlantic coast

Museum Salt Marsh

Place Adèle Pichon, 44740 Batz-sur-Mer, France

+33 2 40 23 82 79

www.museedesmaraissalants.fr

Upcoming at Museum Salt Marsh

Thursday, Jun 11
Exposition temporaire - les pouvoirs du sel

Exposition temporaire - les pouvoirs du sel

June 11

Salt gets the museum treatment it deserves at this marsh-side gem. The temporary exhibition explores salt's four surprising "powers" as material, while the permanent collection traces centuries of regional salt culture. Expect interactive displays, kid-friendly activities, and a newfound respect for the "beautiful white beast" on your table.

Thursday, Jun 18
Rencontre gratuite - Gérard Boulfray et la laverie à sel

Rencontre gratuite - Gérard Boulfray et la laverie à sel

June 18

Nicolas Esnault-Boulfray shares his family's story of 19th century salt laundries, when industrial competition transformed the Guérande Peninsula. Discover how one laundry, unearthed right beneath the museum in 1987, changed everything.

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