Salt Museum, Pomorie, Bulgaria

The only salt museum not only in Bulgaria but for the whole Eastern Europe is located in the town of Pomorie, 20 km away from Burgas.

The Salt Museum is among the hundred national tourist sites in Bulgaria.

The museum consists of an exhibition hall and 20 decares of salt pans in the open, where salt is still mined. The salt pans at the museum produce salt in the same way as in ancient times.

The technology, which historians say has been practiced in this place since the 5th century AD, involves the removal of seawater from the sea through a lake to smaller basins. There, the water evaporates and the remaining salt further crystallizes in small salt pans. Visitors have the opportunity to observe each stage of this process. 

In the exhibition hall are exhibited photos from the beginning of the 20th century, as well as copies of documents from the 15th - 19th century, telling about the production and trade of salt during the period.

The list of exhibits includes traditional tools, such as wooden solar carts, oars and others.