Museum of Krakow Saltworks in Wieliczka / Muzeum Żup Krakowskich Wieliczka
- Cultural Route
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- European Route of Industrial Heritage
- Country
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- Poland
- Member Category
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- Cultural Institution / NGO
- Museum
- Heritage Site
- Member Status
- Individual
- Year of Accession to Membership
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- 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
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- 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
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- Other Heritage Labels
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- 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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With the support of:
Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg
