Museum of Food and Drink
The Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) is a
History
Dave Arnold founded and chartered the museum in 2005, but it remained an idea until 2011.[3] In 2013, Arnold and museum Executive Director Peter Kim raised over $100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign for the museum's first exhibition.[4]
The first exhibit, which debuted in New York in August 2013, was the result of the campaign: a 3,200 pound puffing machine, also called a puff gun. The puffing machine is part of a cereal-focused traveling exhibit.[5][6]
In 2015, the museum gained the support of its first major sponsor, Infiniti, which helped fund a space for their first series of exhibitions.[7][8] That space became known as MOFAD Lab, a 5,000-square-foot gallery space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shutdown of museums in New York City, including the MOFAD Lab, MOFAD announced a new exhibition entitled African/American: Making the Nation's Table, exhibited at the Africa Center's Aliko Dangote Hall in Harlem, NYC.[9][10] The museum held a series of public programs during the shutdown, and the exhibit ultimately opened in February 2022 and included the Ebony Test Kitchen.[11][12][13][14]
In February 2024, MOFAD opened its doors to the public once more at its new location in the Empire Stores building in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. MOFAD's inaugural exhibit, Flavor: The World to your Brain,is an interactive sensory exhibition exploring the many aspects of how people experience flavor, a look at the flavor industry, and an examination of what natural and artificial flavor really mean.
Gallery
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Chow, an exhibit at MOFAD Lab in 2018
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Tasting bar
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Guests at the exhibit
References
- ^ Fabricant, Florence (7 September 2020). "Policy on the Menu at the Museum of Food and Drink". New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ Shunk, Laura. "MOFAD Executive Director Peter Kim: "We Encourage Self-Directed Exploration of Food"". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ Rudess, Ari. "Details on the Museum of Food and Drink with Dave Arnold and Peter Kim". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Boom! Museum of Food and Drink's Explosive First Exhibit". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ Polis, Carey (1 July 2013). "Museum Of Food & Drink Launches Kickstarter Campaign For First Exhibit". Huffington Post. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ Hancock, Alexander (July 2013). "Dave Arnold Kickstarting Food Museum's Cereal Exhibit". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Infiniti Celebrates Foodie Culture with MOFAD". Infiniti. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ Danovich, Tove (September 11, 2015). "A Food Museum Grows In Brooklyn". NPR. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
- ^ "MOFAD and The Africa Center Presents Virtual Museum Mile: Live with Jessica B. Harris and Pierre Thiam". Museum of Food and Drink. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ Groushevaia, Irina (5 November 2019). "Local Museum Curates The Nation's First Exhibit Celebrating Black Culinary History". Bklyner. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ Hutcherson, Aaron. "This breathtaking quilt depicts Black people's impact on American food, 406 times over". Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ Lane, Hannah (2021-03-11). "Amid a Pandemic, MOFAD Is Mapping A Nation's Table". Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Comprehensive African-American food exhibit to open in Harlem". 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-24.