Journées du Patrimoine 2023: gourmet and fun tours at the Maison du Pain Museum (95)

Bread for Heritage Days ? It's a French art that's often imitated, but never equaled. A tradition that has even been declared a World Heritage Site! It's certainly worth a little museum dedicated to it...

Welcome to Commeny, a charming Val d'Oise village of around 500 inhabitants. This small commune in the French Vexin region boasts a four-century-old farmhouse, a listed church... and a bread museum! And a bread museum! In the heart of this cereal-growing region lies the Maison du Pain museum, an unusual historical and educational site.

Located in the former flour loft of a bakery still in operation, this museum welcomes the curious and the gourmet, and offers tours dedicated to thehistory of bread.

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Considered one of the world's oldest foods, bread has undergone many changes since the first cakes were concocted in prehistoric times. From the growing of wheat to the baking of baguettes, this museum retraces all the stages in the creation of bread, stages that differ from one century to the next. The museum puts our senses on alert, as visitors are also invited to knead or taste the commented "works".

This unusual museum is usually only open to groups, by appointment. So take advantage of the Journées du Patrimoine, on Sunday September 17, 2023, to visit this exceptional place hidden away in the small village of Commeny.

The program of visits for the Journées du Patrimoine :

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A gourmet and unusual way to spend a weekend discovering France's heritage! And if you get peckish on the way out...

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