From 29 January-25 April 2011, The Museum of Childhood will be serving a large helping of foodie memories, taking at look at food’s place in British culture in an interactive exhibition with lots of sound recordings and hands on areas.
Food – how we grow it, prepare it and eat it – is at the very heart of our society. What we eat, when, and who we share it with reflects who we are and forms a large part of our daily lives. Food Glorious Food will draw on The British Library’s vast oral history archive and interviews with people from across the regions to look at what’s gone from our farms into our shopping trolleys and onto our plates over the last fifty years.
From the influence of rationing, through the post-war expansion of world flavours, to our present crusade against fast food and focus on nutrition, this interactive exhibition will show how the nation’s changing relationship with food reflects the concerns of the age.
Budding cooks of all ages can enjoy the eclectic displays of labour saving gadgets, historic culinary devices and unusual recipes, before delving into the larder, stocked with interesting food stories and nostalgic packaging. Little green fingers will be kept busy in the vegetable patch play area, while the Food Forum will showcase footage from the British Pathe archive and allow visitors to share their own food likes, dislikes, recipes and memories.
Admission to the exhibition is FREE.
V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA. Nearest tube: Bethnal Green.