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  1. Bakers' pride and guilds
  2. Protection and preservation
  3. Punishment
  4. Hunger and power
  5. In the fields
  6. Operations and sales
  7. Workmanship
  8. Faith and religion
  9. The world's knowledge
  10. Porcelain ballett

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Bakers' pride and guilds

As more and more people moved to the cities, the baking profession was established. The craft became sought after and, as its importance grew, so did that of the guilds.

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Protection and preservation

Man has always had his hands full trying to protect bread. When rodents, mould and the like tried to “get a piece of the pie”, ingenuity was required.

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Punishment

Rules and harsh punishment dominated the medieval bakers’ existence. Whoever broke the rules had to endure wearing a shame mask or even be subjected to a “baker’s baptism”.

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Hunger and power

Since the time when Rome was governed by “bread and circuses”, bread has been a political weapon. Whoever distributed it had power and influence. If it was rationed, the days of those in power were numbered.

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In the fields

Farmers and bakers share a common destiny; one’s harvest is the other’s raw material. So, grain cultivation and bread developed in parallel.

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Operations and sales

Bread is not only a cultural asset of the highest order; it also serves as a fuel for technological progress – in more ways than one …

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Workmanship

Grain porridge ran onto a hot stone and became bread, but it took a few more years after this Neolithic period “invention” to master the art of baking bread.

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Faith and religion

Regardless of which belief or which religion, from ancient China to today, bread is a divine gift and a central part of faith and rites almost everywhere.

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The world's knowledge

As long as knowledge is not written down, it is destined to be forgotten. To avoid this, man preserves knowledge as a vital commodity, also in the PANEUM.

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Porcelain ballett

Reapers, confectioners and bread sellers in three-four time

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A UNIQUE
DESTINATION

In the PANEUM – Wunderkammer of Bread, pioneering architecture meets age-old stories about bread, told by the impressive pieces of the backaldrin collection.

Egyptian corn mummies and toy cars, Peruvian totem poles and Meissen porcelain, Chinese granaries, guild equipment, paintings and thousands of books – the collection that forms the foundation of the PANEUM spans not only the ages, but also the world. On the one hand, the exhibition takes us on a journey through time and space, from the probably accidental “invention” of bread in the Neolithic period to the Egyptian sophistication and Roman efficiency, mediaeval bakers’ pride and modern industrialisation to today’s almost immeasurable bread diversity. On the other hand, the collection depicts how the journey of bread begins in the grain fields and continues through the mills and bakeries to our homes. The stations along this route have not changed over the millennia, yet nothing has remained the same. You can discover all this in the PANEUM.

Experience pioneering architecture

The tour through the PANEUM is also an architectural journey of discovery. At the beginning, new accessions and curiosities await on the ground floor. The “finest of the finest” are artfully staged in the stairwell.  A sweeping gaze upward catches beautiful exhibits floating in mid-air. The journey begins at ground level and extends upward from the concrete base through the impressive cantilevered staircase to the “cloud ship”, which is made entirely of wood on the inside. Along this way, you can discover stories and the history of bread, brought to life by individual exhibits.

Discover the Wunderkammer!

The exhibition in the PANEUM was modelled on the concept of a Wunderkammer, which originated in 16th century Italy as “gabinetto delle curiosit curiosità” or “mirabilia”. The rarities and curiosities on display often had nothing more in common than the collector himself. It was about the perspective that the collector had, the knowledge he displayed and the stories he told about the objects. Thus, the collection is characterised by its unique mixture, not by strictly scientific criteria. Uli Prugger and Alfonso Demetz from GRUPPE GUT about the design: “In the presentation of the themes and exhibits, we focus on a mixture of discovery and information, amazement and job-related knowledge. The result is an element of surprise, opening not only mouths but also minds.”

Making noise is part of the trade

All great things
start small

All great things start small. This is, quite literally, true of the backaldrin collection, since its very first object is a small porcelain figure of a confectioner from Meissen, collected in the late 1980s. At first, the figure was alone but, gradually, it welcomed the company of hundreds of other exhibits. Even if one wouldn’t think so by looking at the small porcelain confectioner from the second half of the 18th century, it became the basis for what is quite possibly one of the most comprehensive private collections on the subject of bread worldwide.

Story of the backaldrin collection

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Opening times

Tue-Sat 10h00-16h00
(Last entry 15h00)

Closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays.

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ADDRESS

PANEUM – Wunderkammer des Brotes
Kornspitzstrasse 1
A-4481 Asten
T +43 7224 8821 400

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