Museum Of Bread & Art, Ulm Photos

Museum Of Bread And Art (Museum Brot und Kunst) (founded 1950) reflects the importance of bread from ancient times to the present day. Exhibits include bread making machinery, bakery signs, ration stamps and, especially, a major art collection on subjects related to grain harvesting and bread making & distribution.

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Museum of Bread and Art unique in Germany & housed in Renaissance building. Ulm, Germany.Entrance to Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Colorful sparrow sculpture carrying a long straw, named "Pipe Sparrow", emblem of City of Ulm, outside Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Art related to history of bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Museum of Bread and Art (aka Museum Brot und Kunst) unique in Germany & housed in Renaissance building (1592). Ulm, Germany.Entrance to Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Colorful sparrow sculpture carrying a long straw, named "Pipe Sparrow", emblem of City of Ulm, outside Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Art related to history of bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Gallery at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Bronze statues of Egyptian Gods Osiris & Isis with her son Horus on her knees at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Egyptian relief depicting man sacrificing bull & people carrying baskets of bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Egyptian carving of bread carrier grave offering at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Gallery at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Bronze statues (7th - 4thC BCE) of Egyptian Gods Osiris & Isis with her son Horus on her knees at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Egyptian relief (3rdC BCE) depicting man sacrificing bull & people carrying baskets of bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Egyptian carving (2ndC BCE) of bread carrier grave offering at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Model of Egyptian bakery grave offering at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Egyptian sculpture depicting woman baking bread by placing dough in heated clay mold on glowing charcoal at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Greek terracotta sculpture of woman pounding grain at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Greek terracotta sculpture of woman selling bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Model of Egyptian bakery (2ndC BCE) grave offering at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Egyptian sculpture (3rdC BCE) depicting woman baking bread by placing dough in heated clay mold on glowing charcoal at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Greek terracotta sculpture of woman pounding grain (5thC BCE) at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Greek terracotta sculpture of woman selling bread (5thC BCE) at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Bronze figure of Roman Empress as Demeter donating bread to the people at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Model of commercial bakery in Pompei at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Breaking of bread at Last Supper oil on wood panel painting by Westphalian Master at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.St. Anthony the Hermit with his attributes staff, bell & pig, wood carving by Michael Pacher school in Austria at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Bronze figure (150 CE) of Roman Empress as Demeter donating bread to the people at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Model of commercial bakery in Pompei (2ndC BCE) at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Breaking of bread at Last Supper (c1500) oil on wood panel painting by Westphalian Master at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.St. Anthony the Hermit (aka Anthony Abbot) with his attributes staff, bell & pig, wood carving (c1500) by Michael Pacher school in Austria at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
St Onuphrius painting on wood by Bernhard Strigel with Latin inscription referring to Onuphrius' retreat to wilderness at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Abraham & Melchisedek painting by Dutch Master at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Elijah being fed bread by an angel in the wilderness painting on wood by Dutch Master at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.The Seven Works of Mercy painting by Pieter Brueghel Younger at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
St Onuphrius painting on wood (c1520) by Bernhard Strigel with Latin inscription referring to Onuphrius' retreat to wilderness at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Abraham & Melchisedek painting (c1550) by Dutch Master at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Elijah being fed bread by an angel in the wilderness painting on wood (c1550) by Dutch Master at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.The Seven Works of Mercy painting (1616-38) by Pieter Brueghel Younger at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
The Summer painting by Pieter Brueghel Younger at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Still life with flask, goblet & bread painting by Sebastian Stoskopf at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Boy with bundle of grain painting by Julien Dupré at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.French Military Bakery painting by Eugène Chaperon at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
The Summer painting (1620-35) by Pieter Brueghel Younger at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Still life with flask, goblet & bread painting (1630-35) by Sebastian Stoskopf at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Boy with bundle of grain painting (1880) by Julien Dupré at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.French Military Bakery painting (1888) by Eugène Chaperon at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Housewives buying bread in Brittany bakery painting by Joseph-Claude Bail at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Snack break painting by Adolf Eberle at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Mob Demanding Bread at French National Assembly lithograph by Alexandre Debelle & C. Pegeron at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Don't Waste Bread! WWI English poster at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Housewives buying bread in Brittany bakery painting (1906) by Joseph-Claude Bail at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Snack break painting (c1880) by Adolf Eberle at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Mob Demanding Bread at French National Assembly (5 & 6 Oct. 1789) lithograph (1838) by Alexandre Debelle & C. Pegeron (engraver) at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Don't Waste Bread! WWI English poster (1916-18) at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Stoneware plate with slogan "War bread = no bread" meant to remind people of the years of war full of deprivation at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Bread ration coupons, valid for 4 weeks , issued by Leipzig at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Hunger lithograph , sheet from a series entitled "Hell" by Max Beckmann at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Hunger drawing in ink & pencil by George Grosz at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Stoneware plate (c1918) with slogan "War bread = no bread" meant to remind people of the years of war full of deprivation at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Bread ration coupons, valid for 4 weeks (cJuly 1920), issued by Leipzig at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Hunger lithograph (1919), sheet from a series entitled "Hell" by Max Beckmann at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Hunger drawing (c1924) in ink & pencil by George Grosz at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Post-war Profiteer Holds Bread Basket Above Heads of Three Hungry Children by George Grosz at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Hunger! painting depicting Dutch women demonstrating during the Depression by Harmen Meurs at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Posters depicting little children begging for food & family despairing at having no bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Nazi era propaganda posters at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Post-war Profiteer Holds Bread Basket Above Heads of Three Hungry Children (1920) by George Grosz at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Hunger! painting (1935) depicting Dutch women demonstrating during the Depression by Harmen Meurs at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Posters (Depression era) depicting little children begging for food & family despairing at having no bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Nazi era propaganda posters at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Nazi propaganda poster from Austria by Leo Adler with slogan, Peace-Bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Poster by Paul Senn for Swiss Social Democratic party with slogan Against Crisis & Emergencies - For Work & Bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Posters related to international food distribution at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Josef Stalin bust massed produced in the USSR & statuette of Mao Tse-tung, both absolute dictators notorious for their adept use of propaganda & for their reigns of terror leading to countless deaths at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Nazi propaganda poster (1938-39) from Austria by Leo Adler with slogan, Peace-Bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Poster (1931) by Paul Senn for Swiss Social Democratic party with slogan Against Crisis & Emergencies - For Work & Bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Posters related to international food distribution at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Josef Stalin bust massed produced in the USSR & statuette of Mao Tse-tung, both absolute dictators notorious for their adept use of propaganda & for their reigns of terror leading to countless deaths at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Hand tools for grinding grain & shaping dough at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Cast iron dough divider at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Shop sign advertising all the good qualities of Franconian farmhouse bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Sign advertising Mestemacher genuine Westphalian Pumpernickel at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Hand tools for grinding grain & shaping dough at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Cast iron dough divider (c1910) at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Shop sign advertising all the good qualities of Franconian farmhouse bread at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Sign (c1924) advertising Mestemacher genuine Westphalian Pumpernickel at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Copper bakery sign with two foxes holding pretzel & bread in Donauwörth at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Colored wrought iron sign for Ulm bakery with profile of Ulm Cathedral & two lions holding pretzel at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Bread stamps: Norwegian ; Tirol & Alpine at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Shop sign of baker boy balancing on a pretzel at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Copper bakery sign (18thC) with two foxes holding pretzel & bread in Donauwörth at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Colored wrought iron sign (c1900) for Ulm bakery with profile of Ulm Cathedral & two lions holding pretzel at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Bread stamps: Norwegian (17thC) (above); Tirol (1847) (below) & Alpine (c1800) (right) at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Shop sign of baker boy balancing on a pretzel at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Three Kings & star of Bethlehem enamel carried on pole in religious processional from Tirol at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Procession flag of bakers & millers guild with painted image of St George slaying dragon at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Collection of baker's signs at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Display of metal flask, candlestick & ornately carved wooden box related to bakers & guilds at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Three Kings & star of Bethlehem enamel (c1830) carried on pole in religious processional from Tirol at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Procession flag of bakers & millers guild (1852) with painted image of St George slaying dragon at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Collection of baker's signs at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Display of metal flask, candlestick & ornately carved wooden box related to bakers & guilds at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Commemorative or gift vessels, mostly metal, in a variety of forms related to bakers & guilds at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Jug display Ludwigsburg & Saltzburg: Each guild member had his own stein or jug with his name or initials for hygiene & to avoid mix ups at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Enameled glass beakers were sometimes gifts of friendship by people close to a guild at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Model bakery working area including working table, dough dividing machine & dough kneading machine at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Commemorative or gift vessels, mostly metal, in a variety of forms related to bakers & guilds at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Jug display (1667-1772) Ludwigsburg & Saltzburg: Each guild member had his own stein or jug with his name or initials for hygiene & to avoid mix ups at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Enameled glass beakers (1664) were sometimes gifts of friendship by people close to a guild at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.Model bakery working area (c1910) including working table, dough dividing machine & dough kneading machine at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.
Model bakery working area including working table & ovens at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.


Model bakery working area (c1910) including working table & ovens at Museum of Bread and Art. Ulm, Germany.


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