Museum
A story you can taste with your tongue
Three halls, interactive exhibitions and an original audio guide turn a visit into a journey through millennia.
Museum
The halls
Museum · 01
The history of bread
From ancient grains to industrial mills
A journey through 10,000 years: the first sowings of the Fertile Crescent, Roman bakeries, medieval guilds, Ural flour mills and the bread of besieged Leningrad.
Original artefacts
Sickles, millstones, moulds and tools of the 12th–20th c.
Author's audio guide
Voiced by Sergey Chonishvili — 45 minutes of stories.
Tasting at the finale
Bread from recipes of different eras — from flatbread to Borodinsky.
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The culture of grain
Grain in the art and culture of the peoples of the world
Observatory hall: icons and still lifes, Japanese ceramics, bread rituals of Slavs and Scandinavians, and video art about contemporary bakers from around the world.
Painting collection
12 works from private collections of Russia and Europe.
Video installation
Multi-channel video 'Bread of the World' — 7 bakeries from 5 continents.
Tactile exhibition
You can touch everything — from wheat varieties to sourdough.
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The future of food
An interactive exhibition about the next 30 years
A lab where you can grow a miniature field, taste cell-cultivated meat and learn which grains will feed the planet in 2055.
VR tour
A 10-minute flight over the farm of the future.
Tasting module
Plant-based meat, algae, insect snacks.
Kids' zone
An interactive map of world grains and a play garden.
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Buy a ticket
Pick a date and a number of tickets — we will e-mail the e-ticket.
- Tue — Sun: 11:00 — 21:00
- Closed on Mondays
- Average visit: 1.5 hours