A former salt production factory, the Royal Salt Works of Arc-et-Senans allows you to retrace the history of its production, made possible by brine transported by underground pipes from Salins-les-Bains.
Through six rooms located in the Director's House, discover how salt was harvested very early on by mankind, who developed a variety of production techniques: washed land, salt marshes, cooking the brine, etc. This exhibition depicts the origins of salt, an element essential to life, its geography, its symbolic and ritual role, and its uses yesterday and today.
- French, German, English
- Payment cards, Holiday vouchers, Cash
- Pets welcome
- Picnic area
- Parking
- Toilettes
- Shop
- Specific theme activities
- Adult workshop
- Junior workshop
- Temporary exhibitions
01/04 to 30/06, open 7 days a week from 9am to 6pm
01/07 to 31/08, open 7 days a week from 9am to 7pm
01/09 to 31/10, open 7 days a week from 9am to 6pm
01/11 to 31/03, open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm
- Base rate - full rate adult (Adults: Low and high season rates) : 13€ - 15€
- Youth Rate (16 to 25 years old, students, jobseekers: Low and high season rates) : 12€ - 13€
- Child rate (6 to 15 years: Low and high season rates) : 9€ - 10€
- Child rate (- from 6 years)