Meet Andrea, Rolf, Andrea and Alex. This is a family who owns the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum. The pepper mill at home was not working. Andrea and her family started researching into the history of salt & pepper shakers. Off they went to find the right combination. After some time, it became an entertainment, almost an obsession.

The museum highlights the changes in society. From ancient times to present, you can see all the changes here. Andrea also wants to show the diversity and ingenuity in her collection. In her 20,000 salt & pepper shakers find the amazing people who came up with the design. The different shapes speak volumes of the creative artist. Her family wanted to bring people together. Everyone has a memory about a salt & pepper shaker, either from their childhood or later in life.

The salt & pepper shakers have been displayed by themes and colours. Andrea created a story within the displays for you to read. Each theme is separated by pepper mills.

The number of holes in salt and pepper shakers differs by culture, health and taste. In the U.S. use of excessive salt is considered bad. Yet in Europe it’s the other way round. So the shakers in the U.S. are ones with fewer holes. How to procure salt or pepper had to do with availability. In some places salt is rare and prized whereas in Europe, pepper is hard to come by. Pepper is a spice which comes from the Orient and is considered exotic. Salt comes in various grain size. Some are coarse, while other fine. Pepper can be ground or cracked, and cooks have their preferences, so what will pour better? Labs tried to determine the difference between table salt and sea salt. There was none but sea salt have other minerals from the seawater and has a distinct taste. Pepper which is a berry, is grown in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brazil. Pepper has been traded since Roman times and considered a very important product. Visit their website for detailed historical information regarding salt and pepper.

• Children 12 and under can enter free.
• There is plenty of room to park and it's located very close to downtown Gatlinburg.
• The museum is like walking through a history book.
• The shakers are organised into categories, plastic, vegetables, States. 
• The entire family is helpful and very informative.
• They ship as soon as possible, but it may take 3-5 days to process.
• They inform you by email after they ship. 

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