List of potato museums explained

Museums dedicated to the potato can be found 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 14feet 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 production 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]

Ireland

National Famine Museum

Italy

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

Lithuania

• There is a Bulvės muziejus ("Potato Museum") in Kudirkos Naumiestis, near the border with Kaliningrad.

United States

• Potato Museum in 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 25inches^[20]

See also

• List of food and beverage museums
• Spring Onion Culture Museum
• World Carrot Museum

Notes and References

1. Book: De Jong. Hielke. Sieczka. Joseph B.. De Jong. Walter. The Complete Book of Potatoes. 2011. Timber Press. Portland, London. 9781604693072. 235. 15 January 2018.
2. Web site: AusflugszielWaldviertler Erdäpfelwelt. Niederoesterreich Card. 17 January 2018.
3. Web site: Conservatoire Botanique de Wallonie et Musée vivant de la Pomme de Terre. Wallonie Belgique Tourisme. 16 January 2018.
4. Web site: Barkham. Patrick. Land of the friet. The Guardian. 15 January 2018.
5. Web site: One of the top 11 food museums in the world!. Canadian Potato Museum. 15 January 2018.
6. Web site: Canadian Potato Museum. Atlas Obscura. 15 January 2018.
7. Web site: National French Fry day celebrated at Potato World in the French Fry Capital of the World. Potato Pro. 16 January 2018.
8. Web site: Homepage. Potato World. 16 January 2018. 22 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180522013753/http://www.potatoworld.ca/home.html. dead.
9. Web site: Ussing. J.. Velkommen til Danmarks eneste kartoffelmuseum. Danmarks Kartoffel Museum. 16 January 2018. da.
10. Web site: The Danish Potato Museum, Otterup. Visit Denmark. 16 January 2018.
11. Web site: Vincenot. Didier. Le moulin de Gentrey à Harsault. France 3. France Télévisions. 16 January 2018.
12. Web site: Féculerie. Moulin Gentry. 16 January 2018.
13. Web site: Geschichte des Museums. Deutsches Kartoffelmuseum. 16 January 2018.
14. Web site: Kartoffelmuseum zieht ins Werksviertel. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 16 January 2018.
15. Web site: Homepage. Kartoffelmuseum. 16 January 2018.
16. Web site: Uber Uns. Vorpommersches Kartoffelmuseum. 17 January 2018.
17. http://www.orizzontidipianura.it/interno.php?ID_MENU=194&ID_PAGE=2224 Museo della patata
18. Web site: Richman. Ruth M.. Potato Museum Seeks a New Home. New York Times. 17 January 2018.
19. Web site: The Potato Museum. Center for non-profit excellence. 17 January 2018.
20. Web site: Idaho Potato Museum Southwest of Yellowstone. Yellowstone Park. 17 January 2018.