Museum of Bread

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MUSEUM OF BREAD (73 Ligovsky Avenue) is the only Russian museum and the 13th museum in the world dedicated to the history of bread-making. The museum was established on 5 November 1988 as a branch museum of bread-making. The museum is located in the building of Ligovka business centre, which previously had housed a bakery. The museum showcases various materials on baking and confectionary business in Russia from the middle of the 18th century to the present day. Utensils, baking equipment, advertising materials and signs, and assortment collections are among the exhibits. The exhibition also includes reconstructed interiors of a bakery and of a small shop of the 19th century.

References: Яковлева М., Березовская Л. Грамм хлеба // Мир музея. 1997. № 5. С. 60; Музеи Санкт-Петербурга: Крат. путеводитель. СПб., 2000. С. 56.

A. D. Margolis. Ligovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 73
Яковлева М., Березовская Л. Грамм хлеба // Мир музея, 1997
Музеи Санкт-Петербурга: Крат. путеводитель. СПб., 2000