Muzeum Piernika (English: Museum of Gingerbread) is a museum located in medieval old town of Toruń, Poland, that is famous for its gingerbread.[1][2] Visitors take part in an interactive show through which they are taught how to make a traditional gingerbread. The show consist of two parts – first visitors are shown how the dough was made in Middle Ages. Having prepared dough, everyone then makes their own gingerbread using traditional baking molds. Throughout the whole show visitors are guided by the master of bakery, a gingerbread witch and the craftsmen.[3]
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| Established | 2006 |
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| Location | Rabiańska 9, 87-100, Toruń |
| Type | Local museum |
| Website | muzeumpiernika |
The museum is located on 9, Rabiańska Strett, in an early 19th-century granary, and visitors also participate in flour production using millstones. The museum forms part of the gingerbread tradition still living in town.[4]
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- ^ Steves, Rick; Hewitt, Cameron (2010-05-25). Rick Steves' Snapshot Krakow, Warsaw & Gdansk - Rick Steves, Cameron Hewitt. ISBN 9781598806380. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ^ Poland's official travel website: [1]
- ^ Voyage magazine (polish edition)no. 2, 2012, ISSN 1505-0882 INDEX 344192
- ^ Polish museums guide: 1000 muzeów w Polsce, red. D. Folga-Januszewska, Olszanica 2011, ISBN 978-83-7576-134-4
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