Die Salzkammer

Salt, one of the oldest cultural assets, has shaped human history. In the “Die Salzkammer” museum, visitors experience the diverse areas of human culture where salt plays an important role. Salt blocks thousands of years old, historical salt vessels, wisdom and anecdotes remind us of the origins of the «white gold». The exhibition takes visitors from the beginnings of salt extraction and trading to modern industrial processing. Above all, a look into an uncovered original borehole provides an impressive moment.
The exhibition is in Villa Glenck. The house, built in 1860 in neo-baroque style, is the site of the first salt extraction in northwestern Switzerland. For a long time it was the residence of the directors of the salt works.