At first glance, it may seem that narrowly thematic expositions dedicated to some ordinary objects are of no particular interest. But it is worth visiting such a museum at least once, and you will change your mind. In fact, you can learn a lot of incredible facts about the simplest and most familiar objects that will amaze your imagination. Still don't believe? Visit the bread museum, for example, and draw your own conclusions.
Is there a permanent bread exhibition in Russia?
Today, there are less than 20 major museums around the world dedicated to bread and other pastries. Residents of Russia are doubly lucky, because in our country there are two unique collections dedicated to this food product at once. Where are these unusual exhibits located? One bread museum is located in St. Petersburg, not far from the Ploshad Vosstaniya metro station, the second one is in Moscow, in the Izmailovo Kremlin historical complex. It is noteworthy that the expositions are not interconnected, but have much in common. They tell the history of flour baking, provide old documents and recipes, and you can also see an impressive collection of bakery samples.products from different periods and traditions.
The first bread museum in Russia (St. Petersburg)
The exposition dedicated to baking was opened in the city on the Neva in 1988. Already in 1993, the branch museum received the status of a state museum, and, accordingly, a significant incentive for development. Bread products have been present in the culture of many civilizations since time immemorial. Even today, in the age of abundance and technological progress, the most honorable and important guests are greeted with a delicious loaf and a s alt shaker (bread and s alt). And this is no accident: how many proverbs are composed about bakery products, many signs and rituals are associated with them. Even Orthodox traditions mention “our daily bread.”
The exhibition tells the full and detailed story of this product. In the collection you can see the norm of bread issued in besieged Leningrad, various old recipes, utensils and appliances used for baking. The exact address of the Bread Museum is St. Petersburg, Ligovsky proezd, 73. The exposition is open to the public on weekdays (Monday to Friday), from 10.00 to 16.00.
Museum dedicated to bread in Moscow
The Moscow Bread Museum also tells about the traditions of baking the main product from antiquity to the present day. The museum complex offers several different excursion programs: these are lessons for children, and family trips to the world of bread, and even master classes. Visiting this unique exposition, you can try it yourselfcook pastries according to various recipes, decorate them beautifully and take them with you as a souvenir. If during the cultural program the guests develop an appetite, after the tour you can visit the buffet. The Museum of Bread invites its visitors to treat themselves to real tea from a samovar and fresh pastries. In the buffet, you can organize a festive tea party upon prior request. The Moscow Bread Museum is located in an interior stylized as an old Russian hut. The organization works seven days a week, from Monday to Sunday, from 10.00 to 20.00. Attention: pre-registration is required to participate in master classes.
Other bread collections and exhibitions
Many tourists who visit the Bread Museum get such vivid impressions that they want to learn even more about such an important food product. Are there other collections in Russia dedicated to the history and modern variety of bakery products? There are no more large state expositions of this subject in our country. However, any large bakery has its own mini-museum of its products. Often, such expositions receive guests, and sometimes excursions are held even in real production workshops.
You can also visit the mini-museum of bread in many institutions of preschool and secondary education. The tradition of creating their own exhibitions and collecting thematic collections is supported by many schools and kindergartens. And very often such expositions are dedicated specifically to bakery products as one of the main ones in the diet of mankind onthroughout the centuries. What is especially nice, many mini-museums can be visited for free during open days.
