Musée du Sel et des Traditions Béarnaises

Over het museum

The museum is housed in the Darrémoudine house, a Béarnais house in the old town of Salies-de-Béarn, about fifty meters from the tourist office and the spa. It is run by the Amis du Vieux Salies association.

The visit unfolds over three levels. On the first floor, the “corridor of time” traces the origins of salt production from Gallo-Roman times to the present day, with a salt-shaper’s workshop, accounts from people who work with salt, and an animated model of the salt-water basin. On the second floor, the exhibition “The Town of Two Faces” explores the birth of the spa town from 1850 beside the old village, where Béarnais traditions survived. On the third floor, a geology room explains why the subsoil of Salies and of the Béarn des Gaves contains so much salt.

Collections can be visited independently thanks to wall labels, interactive terminals, films and projections. Guided tours are offered by reservation, led by a volunteer.

Hoogtepunten

• Salt-shaper’s workshop and the history of salt production
• Animated model of the salt-water basin
• The spa town of Salies in the Belle Époque
• Geology room of the Béarn des Gaves
• Béarnais house in the old town

Vaste collectie

• Du sel de Salies à la ville thermale – Three floors: origins and production of salt, birth of the spa town from 1850, geology of the salt-bearing subsoil of the Béarn des Gaves.

Beheerder

Association des Amis du Vieux Salies (AVS)

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Payment by bank card, cheque, holiday voucher or cash.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

Only the ground floor is accessible to wheelchair users: the museum has three levels without a lift, and a video presents the upper floors. Adapted toilets on the ground floor, induction loop at reception, lowered reception counter, adapted guided tours by appointment. Reserved parking about 50 m away, on the Place de la Trompe and the Place du Bayaà (none directly in front of the museum). The museum holds the Tourisme et Handicap label, according to the Béarn des Gaves tourism portal.

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in the historic centre, about 50 m from the tourist office and the spa. By car: A64 motorway, exit 7 “Salies-de-Béarn”.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop, interactive terminal.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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