Warszawskie Muzeum Chleba

About the museum

The Warszawskie Muzeum Chleba (Warsaw Bread Museum) was founded in 2000 on the initiative of Marian Pozorek, a baker since 1959 and member of the Stołeczny Cech Piekarzy (Warsaw Bakers’ Guild). He had been gathering the collection since the 1980s, visiting fairs and markets across Poland. The museum is in the Szmulowizna estate in Warsaw’s Praga-Północ district, at ul. Jadowska 2, in three rooms next to the bakery founded by Pozorek. After his death in December 2015 his descendants continue to run the bakery and the museum as the Manufaktura Wypieków Pozorek (Pozorek Baking Manufacture).

The exhibition is one of the smallest in the capital, but it shows a long history of the craft: a grain mill from 1890, a flour sifter from 1902, a manual bread-roll divider, a croissant machine from 1916, Kaiser rolls from various years, slicers, moulds for bread, gingerbread and wafers, baker’s shovels, scales, and master’s and journeyman’s diplomas.

The museum welcomes school and kindergarten groups. In the workshop “Od ziarna do bochenka” (From Grain to Loaf), children bake rolls themselves under the eye of a baker and can then buy them for a symbolic złoty.

Highlights

• Grain mill from 1890
• Croissant machine from 1916 and historic Kaiser rolls
• Moulds for bread, gingerbread and wafers
• Master’s and journeyman’s diplomas of bakers
• Workshop “Od ziarna do bochenka” (From Grain to Loaf) for children

Permanent exhibition

• Zbiory dotyczące historii piekarnictwa – In three rooms, machines, moulds and tools of baking from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and diplomas and photographs related to the craft.

Founded

2000

Operated by

Manufaktura Wypieków Pozorek

Admission & discounts

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The information on accessibility for wheelchair users comes from the muzea.waw.pl portal.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Children can take part in the workshop “Od ziarna do bochenka”, during which they bake rolls themselves.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in Szmulowizna, behind the bakery at ul. Jadowska 2.

Amenities & dining

The bakery Manufaktura Wypieków Pozorek operates next to the museum.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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