The kitchen: design and use through the ages

Please note: The tour will be conducted in German.

The combined kitchen tour explores the question of what tasks the kitchen fulfils today and how this came about - from pre-industrial times to the present day. In the past, the kitchen was primarily the strictly functional ‘realm of women’, but in recent decades it has opened up and developed into the centre of many flats and houses, where a large part of (family) life takes place beyond cooking and baking. The tour illustrates this change using examples from the past (Ruhr Museum) and present (Red Dot Design Museum) and provides exciting insights into social and technological developments in the context of the kitchen.

Combined tour of the Ruhr Museum and the Red Dot Design Museum
Meeting point: Visitor centre of the Ruhr Museum
Duration: 2 hours
Participation fee: 18 euros per person (incl. admission to both museums), reduced rate: 8 euros per person

Please note: Half of the participation fee is payable at the Ruhr Museum and half at the Red Dot Design Museum (i.e. €9 per museum or €4 reduced).
As the number of participants is limited to 20 people, please register in advance at the Ruhr Museum Visitor Centre:

Tel: 0201-24681444
E-mail: besucherdienst@ruhrmuseum.de 

Please note: The tour will be conducted in German.