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Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Salt Museum
Phone:
+1 315-453-6715

Hours:
Sunday1pm - 6pm
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
WednesdayClosed
ThursdayClosed
FridayClosed
Saturday1pm - 6pm


The salt industry has a long history in and around Syracuse, New York. Jesuit missionaries visiting the region in 1654 were the first to report salty brine springs around the southern end of Salt Lake, known today as Onondaga Lake. Later, the Treaty of Fort Stanwix and designation of the area by the State of New York as the Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation provided the basis for commercial salt production from the late 18th century through the early 20th century. The salt springs extended around much of Onondaga Lake, originating in the town of Salina and passing through Geddes and Liverpool to the mouth of Ninemile Creek, a distance of almost nine miles. The majority of salt used in the United States in the 19th century came from Syracuse. Even today, Syracuse is sometimes known as the Salt City.
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