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MehlWelten Museum Wittenburg and its collection
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The MehlWelten Museum in Wittenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, is a privately-run institution that showcases a unique collection of almost 4,000 flour sacks. These sacks have been collected from 150 countries across all continents, making it a truly global representation of this everyday item. The museum provides an interesting insight into the cultural and historical aspects of flour and its production.
Origins of the MehlWelten Museum
The MehlWelten Museum is an initiative of Mühlenchemie, a company of the Stern-Wywiol Group. The idea for the museum was born when the Hamburg entrepreneur Volkmar Wywiol discovered a flour sack from an Arab mill operation on a beach in Dubai in 1998. This sack, which was artistically reworked by Hamburg painter and graphic artist Armin Sandig, is now displayed in the museum's foyer and serves as the cornerstone of the museum's concept.
Permanent Exhibition on the Cultural History of Flour
In addition to its collection of flour sacks, the MehlWelten Museum also features a permanent exhibition dedicated to the cultural and historical aspects of flour. The second stage of the museum's development focused on the cultural history of cereals, which began in 2012 with the detailed research of two grains of einkorn found in the hem of the glacier mummy Ötzi. This exhibition, curated by Berlin cultural historian Oliver Seifert, traces the development of cereals since the Neolithic Revolution over 11,000 years ago.
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#32 History & Anthropology in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
#2 Agriculture museums in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
#4 Ethnology museums in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
#131 Free museums in Germany
#39 Agriculture museums in Germany
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