Cultural Routes

Museum of Krakow Saltworks in Wieliczka / Muzeum Żup Krakowskich Wieliczka

Cultural Route

• European Route of Industrial Heritage

Country

• Poland

Member Category

• Cultural Institution / NGO
• Museum
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

N/D

Contact Details

Daniłowicza 10
PL-32-020 Wieliczka

Tel: +48 12 289 16 11
Website: www.muzeum.wieliczka.pl
Email: info[at]muzeum.wieliczka.pl / sekretariat[at]muzeum.wieliczka.pl

Contact Person

N/D

Main Town/Region

Wieliczka (Lesser Poland)

Site Town/Region

Wieliczka (Lesser Poland)

Main GPS Location

49.982288, 20.056310

Site GPS Location

49.982288, 20.056310

UNESCO World Heritage List

Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines (1978) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/32)

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

N/D

Description

The Museum of Krakow Saltworks in Wieliczka presents the history of salt mining, the development of mining technology, the history of the salt industry and the history of the city of Wieliczka. The Museum and the entire Wieliczka Salt Mine were inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1978. The underground part of the Museum is the largest of its kind in the World, with miles of galleries, winding stairs, towering halls, groups of sculptures and reliefs carved out of salt, underground chapels, the world's largest wooden mining machine, a 19th-century mining railway for royal visitors, etc.
The Museum of Krakow Saltworks in Wieliczka is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

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