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2014.08.26. - 2015.06.30.

Wheat - bread - LIFE - The journey of wheat from farm to fork - Then and Now is the title of the exhibition opening at the Janus Pannonius Museum's Ethnology Department on March 26, at 13 o'clock. The exhibition that will be open until the end of October shows in a playful, interactive way how this work is done today, what equipment and tools are used to put our daily bread on our table.


The exhibition aims to answer to the question what made it unsustainable that was maintained for thousands of years by means of museology. Visitors to the fun, interactive, informative, eye-catching, even astonishing ethnographic exhibition may be wondering, may remember, will touch, try, compare, search, discover, understand and become active in understanding.


The material consists of items from the Katona József Museum of Kecskemét in addition to material from the Türr István Museum of Baja (ship mill scale model), as well as objects from the Janus Pannonius Museum. The realization of the was aided by building elements from the Department of Ethnography JPM (slide block granary, carved porch chamber).

Visitors to the interactive exhibition may hold and compare the types of cereals or flour. Moreover, they can acquire further information - in addition to much more - the methods of tillage, sowing harvest lasting process, gaining seed, grinding, the use of wheat and cults, as well as beliefs, and traditions associated with bread. What is more, the visitors may admire several tractor models as well.


In the yard of the JPM Ethnographic Museum barley and wheat will be planted by employees of the museum who then will keep on eye in the offshoot of these. During the opening hours, several surprise programs are expected to be held, in addition to theme-related lectures.

The exhibition is accompanied by museum pedagogical activities, during which children may learn about kinds of bread, cultivation, processes, exploitation; the traditional way of bread making, various folk customs, beliefs, and proverbs related to the topic.

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