Bakery Museum in Veurne

We visited the Bakery Museum on the way back from France and were unfortunate to pick one of the days without a workshop. There are about 200 workshops per year, so make sure you visit when there is one scheduled.
The setting of the museum is in the restored, 17th century Zuidgasthoeve (‘hoeve’ means ‘farm’ in Flemish and Dutch). It collects material related to Belgium’s (recent) bakery heritage.

The visit goes through a series of exhibits of what can be expected - a reconstruction of an old bakery shop, tools from the atelier, … Interesting are the videos showing the intricate, artisanal process of producing a caramel candy called babelutten, a specialty from the Belgian coast.

The best part however starts when you move to the barn. There you see wax displays of the hundreds of types of bread used around the world. You can also see some heavy machinery, and a display on the different types of cereals and flowers.