Feb 5th 2025 • Blog, Heritage
Update on our projects from the Museum Director, Jenny Cousins
2025 started with a new team of builders arriving on site to take down Edgar’s Farmhouse on 2 January. This 14th-century hall was moved to the museum in the 1970s.…
Nov 6th 2024 • Blog, Community, Trainees & Internships
Young Curators at the Food Museum
In October we ran our first Young Curators programme, in partnership with the Museum of the Home, Quadram Institute, the School Meals Project, and Chefs in Schools! Designed to give…
Oct 8th 2024 • Blog, Collections & Exhibitions, Trainees & Internships
Exploring Accessible Cooking Tools
Explore accessible cooking tools and cookery with our Curating Visibility Fellow, Anahita Harding When I began working at the Food Museum, as part of the Curating Visibility Programme with Screen…
Sep 20th 2024 • Blog, Food, Heritage
The History of Bread Making: A Universal Lens
If there is one food that encapsulates culture, history, religion, geography, and politics, it would arguably be bread. This seemingly simple food, made from just water and flour, has spread…
Sep 19th 2024 • Events, Food
Discover Our Autumn & Winter Cookery Workshops in Suffolk
We’ve got an exciting range of autumn and winter cookery workshops for adults in Suffolk, from family activities to expert-led courses. Our workshops are the perfect way to learn new…
Aug 27th 2024 • Collections & Exhibitions
Behind the Scenes at the Museum: Collections Audit
Since 2017, we have been undertaking a major project to digitise and audit our collection of over 40,000 objects, assembled over the last 60 years. More information here. We have…
Aug 22nd 2024 • Collections & Exhibitions
School Dinners exhibition coming to the Food Museum
March 2025 will see the launch of a major exhibition at the Food Museum on the theme of School Dinners. From nutrition and popular culture to government policy and campaigners,…
Aug 13th 2024 • Site, Fundraising, Heritage
Update on building projects at the Museum
Those of you who have visited recently may have noticed some of the changes that we are making to the museum estate. This last quarter, we’ve completed the new Home…
