Located in an 18th century house, the wheat and bread museum (Musée du blé et du pain) presents the agricultural history of cereals and the process to transform wheat from the fields into baguettes.
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The professional boulangerie: how bakers came to be
The French term boulanger, began to appear in the 13th century and refers to someone who makes loaves of bread and bakes them in their oven.
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Home baking: bread branding
The breadmaking craft has given rise to an extensive range of remarkable popular traditions, like bread branding.
Wheat farming: blood, sweat and seeds
Agriculture began during the Neolithic period. In the Fertile Crescent, a region spanning from the Nile to the Indus valley, the warming climate after the ice age allowed for the development of vegetation that was rich in wild cereal grasses. This is where wheat farming began
Milling
Milling is the act of turning various grains into flour. The history of the machines that are used for this purpose goes back almost far as that of bread itself.
Wheat farming: harvest and threshing
Once it reaches maturity, wheat is harvested and threshed. Harvesting was initially done using flint, before the arrival of the sickle and then the scythe.
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