Saltcellars: Tiny Masterpieces

The Cracow Saltworks Museum has been collecting saltcellars since 1973; recently, attention has primarily been focused on valuable and exceptional items. Currently, the collection has approx. 1000 exhibits, spanning the the period from the early 16th to the modern times.

Archaeological exhibition

located in the original castle cellars. It presents the history of settlement in Wieliczka and its neighbouring region (from the Middle Stone Age to the Middle Ages), a maquette showing the Central Castle in its initial period of existence and the history of the place in photographs.

Gothic room

the most representative room of the Saltworks Castle, also known as the “Municipal Chamber”, with a ribbed vault supported by a single pillar with original elements incorporated into the structure.

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Saltcellars: Tiny Masterpieces

Archaeological exhibition

Gothic room