List of potato museums

A potato museum is a museum about potatoes. There are many such museums around the world, predominantly in North America and Europe.[1]

Prince Edward Island Potato Museum

Austria
  • Waldviertler Erdäpfelwelt (Waldviertler potato world) is a museum with interactive displays located in the town hall of Schweiggers displaying the history and uses of potatoes to the present day.[2]

Belgium
  • Musée vivant de la pomme de terre ("Living Museum of the Potato") in Genappe is part of the Wallonia Botanical Gardens and also houses a collection of onions from northern Europe.[3]
  • Frietmuseum in Bruges is dedicated to chips (or fries in American-English) and is located in one of Bruges’ oldest buildings, dated 1399.[4]

Canada
  • The Canadian Potato Museum in O'Leary, Prince Edward Island claims to contain the world's largest collection of potato artifacts. It is also home to a Potato Hall of Fame. A 14 feet high giant potato made of fibreglass stands at the entrance and visitors can learn about the origins of the wild potato up to modern day agricultural practices.[5][6]
  • Potato World is a museum dedicated to the potato. It is located in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, known as the french fry capital of the world.[7][8]

Denmark
  • Danmarks Kartoffelmuseum ("Danish Potato Museum") in Otterup[9] is part of the Hofmansgave estate. The Hofmansgaves were responsible for popularising the potato in Denmark where potatoes were known as “German lumps”.[10]

France
  • Moulin Gentrey in Harsault (fr) is a former starch mill dating from 1870 which contains a small potato museum as part of a historical tour of starch making for the textile industry.[11][12]

Germany
  • Deutsches Kartoffelmuseum ("German Potato Museum") in Fußgönheim (de) is housed in a former synagogue next to the Fußgönheim Agricultural Museum. The museum dates from 1987.[13]
  • Das Kartoffelmuseum ("The Potato Museum") in Munich dates from 1996 and is run by the Otto Eckart Foundation on behalf of Pfanni GmbH, a division of Unilever.[14][15]
  • Vorpommersches Kartoffelmuseum ("Potato Museum of Vorpommern") in Tribsees (de)[16]

Italy
  • Museo della patata ("Potato Museum") in Budrio[17]

United States

See also

References
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  11. Vincenot, Didier. "Le moulin de Gentrey à Harsault". France 3. France Télévisions. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  12. "Féculerie". Moulin Gentry. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  13. "Geschichte des Museums". Deutsches Kartoffelmuseum. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  14. "Kartoffelmuseum zieht ins Werksviertel". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  15. "Homepage". Kartoffelmuseum. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  16. "Uber Uns". Vorpommersches Kartoffelmuseum. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  17. Museo della patata, Orizzonti di pianura (in Italian)
  18. Richman, Ruth M. "Potato Museum Seeks a New Home". New York Times. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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