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 thursday from 8.30 to 12 am and from 1.30 to 5pm.

Tel. : 00 33 (0)4 90 53 82 75
>> Access map (pdf format)
>> Visits flyer (in french)(pdf format)
• Prices :
Museum + Guided tour of the Soap Factory :
3,50 € (reduced price : 2 €)
Free for under 15s and local inhabitants.
No visit of the factory for school groups.
No visit of the factory during holidays of the end of the year.
Museum only :
2,50 € (reduced price : 1,50 €)
Free for under 15s (except school groups) and local inhabitants.
Museum closed on holidays and during holidays of the end of the year.