Marseille Soap Museum

  • Museum
  • Sciences and technology
  • Private museum
72 Rue Augustin Roux, 13015 Marseille 15ème
The Marseille soap museum offers a unique tour inside the Savonnerie du midi factory
Discover a museal area opened in decembre.This comes from an educational, regional and touristic will ! This walk has been created by one of the oldest soap factory of the region. You can discover how the Marseille soap was created, its traditional manufacturing process. its former uses, its regional rootedness, its industrial background. One of the most beautiful collection of Marseille soap is displayed. This collection belongs to Josette and Vittorio Quittard, two people from Marseille who have been passionate about Marseille soap for years. Indeed, they made two movies, wrote a book and created 93 exhibitions. Photographies, tanks, former soaps, advertisments, boxwood stamps, washing boards bearters...Total of nearly objects of all kinds are on display in three areas. Built in the cauldrons area,, this is the very heart of the factory, the museum gives also the opportunity to discover the saponification process and a complete tour of the visit in order to better understand the different stages of the famous "made in Marseille". Mandatory reservations For individuals on wednesdays and saturdays at 10.30 am and during holidays: tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays at 10.30 am For groups ( more than 10 people) from monday to thursday from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm and friday from 10.30 to 4.30. Permanent surface exhibition : 285.

Accessible for disabled

Services

Services

Visual disability
Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
Even flooring with no obstacles
Minimum aisle width of 90 cm
Doors >=77 cm wide
Lift (80 x 130 cm) and door >= 77 cm
Permanent exhibition
Activity
Discovery
Guided tours

Payment methods

Payment methods

Payment methods

CashCash
Bank/credit cardBank/credit card

Accepted customers

Accepted customers
  • Groups

Openings

Openings

All year 2025 - Open everyday

Localisation

Localisation

Marseille Soap Museum
72 Rue Augustin Roux, 13015 Marseille 15ème

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • English
  • French

Environment

Environment
  • Town location
  • Close to a public transportation
  • Bus stop < 500 m
Updated on 29 February 2024 at 14:27
by Office de Tourisme des Loisirs et des Congrès de Marseille
(Offer identifier : 5537936)
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