List of potato museums

Museums dedicated to the potato can be found in North America and Europe.

Austria

Waldviertler Erdäpfelwelt is a museum with interactive displays located in the town hall of Schweiggers displaying the history and uses of potatoes to the present day.

Belgium

Musée vivant de la pomme de terre in Genappe is part of the Wallonia Botanical Gardens and also houses a collection of onions from northern Europe.Frietmuseum in Bruges is dedicated to chips and is located in one of Bruges' oldest buildings, dated 1399.

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 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.
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.

Denmark

Danmarks Kartoffelmuseum in Otterup is part of the Hofmansgave estate. The Hofmansgaves were responsible for popularising the potato in Denmark where potatoes were known as "German lumps".

France

Moulin Gentrey in Harsault 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.

Parmentier station on the Paris Métro has a small exhibition on the history of potatoes and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier.

Germany

Deutsches Kartoffelmuseum in Fußgönheim is housed in a former synagogue next to the Fußgönheim Agricultural Museum. The museum dates from 1987.Das Kartoffelmuseum in Munich dates from 1996 and is run by the Otto Eckart Foundation on behalf of Pfanni GmbH, a division of Unilever.Vorpommersches Kartoffelmuseum in Tribsees

Ireland

The National Famine Museum in County Roscommon is dedicated to the Great Famine of 1845–1852.

Italy

Museo della patata in Budrio

Lithuania

There is a Bulvės muziejus in Kudirkos Naumiestis, near the border with Kaliningrad.

Poland

The Poznańskie Muzeum Pyry in Poznań details the history of the potato and how it arrived in Europe, and the tour includes a baked potato.

United States

Potato Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was originally housed in the basement of E. Thomas and Meredith Hughes' home in Washington, D.C., before moving to Albuquerque in 1993. It began in 1975 and is a nonprofit organization.
Idaho Potato Museum is in Blackfoot, Idaho, and among the exhibits has the world's largest potato chip, a Pringle measuring