MUSEUMMagazine
English
Our museum guide is growing. Information is being added and checked by museums. Submit additional information
Museums / Middelstum

Groningen · Culture & daily life

Museum Bakkerij Mendels: from dough trough to shop counter

At Bakkerij Mendels in Middelstum, the workroom and the shop belong to the same story. The museum describes both the place where the baking was done and the counter where bread was offered for sale.

Plan your visit ↗

On the shop side

The baker’s shop described includes bread boxes, an old counter and a device for bags that the organisation calls a “slang”. Look at how the shop is fitted out and which actions you can recognise in it.

Around the oven

In the oven room, the museum mentions a proving cabinet, a dough trough, bread peels and bread tins, among other things. Try to put these items in order. Which tool belongs to preparing, proving, baking or taking out? Ask for an explanation where a shape is not immediately clear.

An everyday product

It is precisely bread that makes the subject accessible: you don’t need to be a baker to become curious about the work behind it. Distinguish between what you think you recognise and what the museum’s description actually explains. The adjacent tea house offers a possible addition to your visit.

Before you go

Access to the museum is linked to the tea house. The times stated for Thursday vary; confirm the opening before you set off.

Sources

This first edition has been compiled from collected museum information. Not all of the information has yet been confirmed by the museum. Viewing tips are by the editorial team. The sources used are listed below.

  1. Museum Bakkerij Mendels — source 1

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.

  2. Museum Bakkerij Mendels — source 2

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.

  3. Museum Bakkerij Mendels — source 3

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.

  4. Museum Bakkerij Mendels — source 4

    Source reference supplied; independent source check still needed. Unverified source reference from a Grok research card. Model output is not a source of evidence; source content, authority, currency and independence require checking.

Is something incorrect or missing? Let the editorial team know →

Sections

Museum mapDiscover museumsHomeMuseum storiesThe art of lookingWorld & objectBehind the scenesWhat’s on