The Marseilles Soap Museum is to be found in an old drying-room,
within the Marius Fabre soap factory.
The museum recounts the fascinating story of soap in Provence, which starts in the Middle Ages.
The Marius Fabre company has conserved precious evidence : carved boxwood stamps, tools,
early soap moulds, stencils for wooden crates, old packaging, company stationery, wash-boards…
This museum is the living reflection of a traditional activity that has been the Marius Fabre family's enterprise for over a century.
• Opening times :
Monday to Friday from 9.30 to 11.30 am
and from 1.45 to 5 pm.(4 pm on Fridays)
• Prices : Museum + Guided tour of the Soap Factory :
Full price : 3,85 € - Half price : 1,95 €
Free for under 15s and local inhabitants.
No visit of the factory for school groups.
No visit of the factory neither during last august fortnight nor during holidays of the end of the year. Museum only :
Full price : 3 € - Half price : 1,50 €
School groups : 50 € per class
Free for under 15s (except school groups) and local inhabitants.
Museum closed on holidays and during holidays of the end of the year.
