Museum of Bread in Radzionkow is an institution, which brings together exhibits on the history of bread. The museum was opened on April 26th 2000. There are collections of machines, appliances, dishes, photographs, postcards and many other exhibits related to the history of bread for example documents from the period of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and archival documents from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Stored here are also called bread money which in times of crisis only allowed to buy it. The creator of the museum is Piotr Mankiewicz, who initially gathered and buy unique exhibits at the fair antiques, later founded the museum. Museum collections were collected for about 10 years before the opening of the facility and still reach next exhibits. From 19 October 2006 the Museum of Bread is located on the route of the Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Province. Museum of Bread in Radzionkow is the first museum in Poland with such themes. Museum and its numerous collections are aimed at young people, but not only; on-site visitors can personally form the bread and bake them as more attractive sightseeing and introduces the work of bakers. It is the only museum dedicated to baking and pastry-cooking in Eastern Europe, comparable only with similar institutions in Germany, Switzerland and France.
museums and monumentsSilesia, PolandRadzionkow, Silesia, Poland