| MISSION
The FOOD Museum is committed to connecting people
of all ages with the essential subject of food.
The FOOD Museum celebrates food, and through
its collections, educational programs, publications
and website engages people in an exploration of
what we eat and how we eat it, where it came from,
how it has evolved, what its impact is on the
world, and what its future may be.
The FOOD Museum is committed to the identification
and preservation of sites and artifacts associated
with our rapidly disappearing local and global
food heritage.
GOALS
To tackle childhood obesity by giving school children
enlightening offbeat experiences that nudge them
away from poor food choices and towards healthy
eating, child by child, and family by family.
To actively promote the preservation of food
heritage sites by recognizing community initiatives
from around the world.
To delve deeply into food issues affecting people,
places and the planet itself.
To locate an appropriate permanent home for The
FOOD Museum, its collections and the Global Food
Heritage Project.
COLLECTIONS
The
Potato Museum, the non-profit entity from which
The FOOD Museum evolved, comprises the world's
largest collection of artifacts and memorabilia
on the history and social influence of the potato.
The FOOD Museum's collections on the world's foods,
from corn to cassava, from guinea pig to guava,
build from that foundation.The archives and library
are available to scholars.
PROGRAMS
The
FOOD Museum brings lively multi-cultural and interdisciplinary
programs to schools, individual classrooms, teachers,
festivals, and organizations. Its artifact-driven
programs entertain and educate people of all ages.
EXHIBITIONS
The
museum has been exhibiting its collections for
25 years. An integral part of the Smithsonian's
Quincentenary exhibition, "Seeds of Change," at
the same time the museum was a principle participant
in "The Amazing Potato," created by Canada's National
Museum of Science and Technology.
The
FOOD Museum loans artifacts to other institutions
and also creates special exhibits on food subjects.
The museum's kiosk program features a different
mini-exhibit each month in natural foods groceries.
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