Exhibition: “Food serving, between medieval and modern”

Location: The Altemberger House Museum of History, inner courtyard (Mitropoliei Street, No. 2)
Duration: 20.07 - 31.12.2018
Curators: Dr. Raluca Teodorescu, Dr. Dana Hrib, Dr. Raluca Frîncu
Photography: Alexandru Olănescu
Graphic Processing: Chris Balthes


The exhibition presents, through the means of photo-documentary panels, a brief history on the evolution of the dishes and cutlery used in the European space, at the crossing between medieval and modern.
From serving meals on slices of stale bread, to using special dishes for keeping the warm or cold temperature of the food, the stories of the exhibition follow the evolution of the knife from the white weapon to the table knife, the materials chosen for the production of the spoons or the story about the Cinderella of cutlery – the fork, whose generalized use only succeeded in the era of industrialization.
Also, the narrative of the exhibition follows the way in which the social status is underlined through the purchase and use of tableware.
There are presented silver, tin, copper and steel items from the collections of the Altemberger House Museum of History, dating back to the 16th-19th centuries, objects that are less known or have not been displayed until this date.