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Bonnieux
Musée de la Boulangerie (Bakery museum)
Conservation - Conseil Géneral of the Vaucluse

12 rue de la République, 84480 BONNIEUX
Tel: 04 9075 88 34
Closed 1November to 31 March

The bread of Bonnieux has always had a great reputation. People came from afar for their famous ‘pain de levain’. Because of their tradition of bread making, in 1983 the Vaucluse General Council decided to install a bakery museum in Bonnieux, in the heart of Luberon.

The museum was set up in a 17C building which used to be an old bread shop with a huge oven. The entrance, (in the Rue de la République), is a reconstituted bakery of the period, with cases of bread in different forms, a counter, scales and a life size plaster replica of a baker making bread.

This establishment, sponsored by the Syndicate of Bakers and the Chamber of Professions of the Vaucluse, has a double purpose which is ethnological, as well as instructive. It covers the farming methods of an earlier agricultural society and the tools they used, as well as post industrial manufacture, marketing and the making of cakes.

The museum traces the history of different wheat processes, milling and bread making by showing different tools and agricultural and industrial materials.

Visit

Ground floor - the boutique, the oven in volcanic stone and “ the Gloriette’ ( the Provençal name for bread oven)

The tower staircase - exceptionally wide, which leads to the different floors

Basement - vaulted cellars where you can see, amongst others, the tools used for harvesting and objects for use in the home and for agriculture.

First floor- archives and documents dealing with the cultivation of wheat and numerous rules and regulations about cereals. There is also a collection of utensils in tin, terra cotta copper and pewter for making cakes, ice cream, chocolate and biscuits.

Second floor- the symbols used for bread used at different points in time in according to different religions, people with different customs and habits.

Ménerbes
Musée du Tire-Bouchon
Tel : 04 90 72 41 58
www.museedutirebouchon.com

This museum is a private collection of more than a thousand cork screws from all over the world and which date from the 17C to the present day.

The first cork screw appeared in the middle of the 17C. It was without doubt an English invention! The idea probably came from the gimlet screws furnished with firearms.

The first cork screws are simple, often in the form of a T, which required some strength.They were made by hand by blacksmiths or silver smiths, who were the only people who knew how to work metal. Until factories arrived on the scene in the 19C, cork screws were one off pieces. They were personalised with initials or seals.

After the industrial revolution and the use of machine tools, manufacturers gave their imaginations free rein and created cork screws that were more and more practical and efficient.

The oldest piece in the museum is French and dates from the end of the 17C.


	Museums Bonnieux Musée de la Boulangerie (Bakery museum) Conservation - Conseil Géneral of the Vaucluse 12 rue de la République, 84480 BONNIEUX Tel: 04 9075 88 34 Closed 1November to 31 March The bread of Bonnieux has always had a great reputation. People came from afar for their famous ‘pain de levain’. Because of their tradition of bread making, in 1983 the Vaucluse General Council decided to install a bakery museum in Bonnieux, in the heart of Luberon. The museum was set up in a 17C building which used to be an old bread shop with a huge oven. The entrance, (in the Rue de la République), is a reconstituted bakery of the period, with cases of bread in different forms, a counter, scales and a life size plaster replica of a baker making bread. This establishment, sponsored by the Syndicate of Bakers and the Chamber of Professions of the Vaucluse, has a double purpose which is ethnological, as well as instructive. It covers the farming methods of an earlier agricultural society and the tools they used, as well as post industrial manufacture, marketing and the making of cakes. The museum traces the history of different wheat processes, milling and bread making by showing different tools and agricultural and industrial materials. Visit Ground floor - the boutique, the oven in volcanic stone and “ the Gloriette’ ( the Provençal name for bread oven) The tower staircase - exceptionally wide, which leads to the different floors Basement - vaulted cellars where you can see, amongst others, the tools used for harvesting and objects for use in the home and for agriculture. First floor- archives and documents dealing with the cultivation of wheat and numerous rules and regulations about cereals. There is also a collection of utensils in tin, terra cotta copper and pewter for making cakes, ice cream, chocolate and biscuits. Second floor- the symbols used for bread used at different points in time in according to different religions, people with different customs and habits. Ménerbes Musée du Tire-Bouchon Tel : 04 90 72 41 58 www.museedutirebouchon.com This museum is a private collection of more than a thousand cork screws from all over the world and which date from the 17C to the present day. The first cork screw appeared in the middle of the 17C. It was without doubt an English invention! The idea probably came from the gimlet screws furnished with firearms. The first cork screws are simple, often in the form of a T, which required some strength.They were made by hand by blacksmiths or silver smiths, who were the only people who knew how to work metal. Until factories arrived on the scene in the 19C, cork screws were one off pieces. They were personalised with initials or seals. After the industrial revolution and the use of machine tools, manufacturers gave their imaginations free rein and created cork screws that were more and more practical and efficient. The oldest piece in the museum is French and dates from the end of the 17C.
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