List of potato museums
There are a number of museums around the world dedicated to potatoes, predominantly in North America and Europe.[1]
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-foot (4.3 m) high giant potato made of fiberglass 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]
- Vorpommersches Kartoffelmuseum ("Potato Museum of
Italy
Lithuania
- There is a Bulvės muziejus ("Potato Museum") in Kudirkos Naumiestis, near the border with Kaliningrad.
United States
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, was originally housed in the basement of E. Thomas and Meredith Hughes' basement in Washington, D.C., before moving to Albuquerque in 1993. It began in 1975 and is a nonprofit organization.[18][19]
- Idaho Potato Museum is in Blackfoot, Idaho, and among the exhibits has the world's largest potato chip (crisp in British-English), a Pringle measuring 25 inches (64 cm)[20]
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Idaho Potato Museum
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The Canadian Potato Museum, Prince Edward Island
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Vorpommersches Kartoffelmuseum, Tribsees, Germany
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Frietmuseum (Fries Museum), Bruges, Belgium
See also
References
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- ^ "AusflugszielWaldviertler Erdäpfelwelt". Niederoesterreich Card. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Conservatoire Botanique de Wallonie et Musée vivant de la Pomme de Terre". Wallonie Belgique Tourisme. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Barkham, Patrick. "Land of the friet". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "One of the top 11 food museums in the world!". Canadian Potato Museum. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Canadian Potato Museum". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "National French Fry day celebrated at Potato World in the French Fry Capital of the World". Potato Pro. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Homepage". Potato World. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Ussing, J. "Velkommen til Danmarks eneste kartoffelmuseum". Danmarks Kartoffel Museum (in Danish). Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "The Danish Potato Museum, Otterup". Visit Denmark. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ Vincenot, Didier. "Le moulin de Gentrey à Harsault". France 3. France Télévisions. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Féculerie". Moulin Gentry. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Geschichte des Museums". Deutsches Kartoffelmuseum. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Kartoffelmuseum zieht ins Werksviertel". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Homepage". Kartoffelmuseum. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Uber Uns". Vorpommersches Kartoffelmuseum. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ Museo della patata, Orizzonti di pianura (in Italian)
- ^ Richman, Ruth M. "Potato Museum Seeks a New Home". New York Times. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "The Potato Museum". Center for non-profit excellence. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Idaho Potato Museum Southwest of Yellowstone". Yellowstone Park. Retrieved 17 January 2018.