Museum of Food and Drink

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MOFAD Lab in Williamsburg

The Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) is a New York City educational non-profit and museum that seeks to change the way people think about food and drink. The museum's work explores "the ways food and beverage impact our culture, politics, economy, history, and more.[1]"[2] It is located at 62 Bayard Street, Brooklyn in the Williamsburg section, opposite McCarren Park.[3]

History[]

Dave Arnold founded and chartered the museum in 2005, but it remained an idea until 2011.[4] In 2013, Arnold and museum Executive Director Peter Kim raised over $100,000 through a Kickstarter campaign for the museum's first exhibition.[5]

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.[6][7]

In 2015, the museum gained the support of its first major sponsor, Infiniti, which helped fund a permanent space. [8][9] That space became known as MOFAD Lab, a 5,000-square-foot gallery space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Chef Alex Guarnaschelli is the chair of the museum's Culinary Council.[10]

Before the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shutdown of museums in New York City, MoFAD had announced a collaboration with The Africa Center for an exhibit entitled African/American: Making the Nation's Table. [11][12]

Gallery[]

  • Chow, an exhibit at MOFAD Lab in 2018

  • Tasting bar

  • Guests at the exhibit

References[]

  1. ^ Fabricant, Florence (7 September 2020). "Policy on the Menu at the Museum of Food and Drink". New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ^ Shunk, Laura. "MOFAD Executive Director Peter Kim: "We Encourage Self-Directed Exploration of Food"". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. ^ The 'Visit' page of MOFAD website https://mofad.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0S50000006qy5CEAQ
  4. ^ Rudess, Ari. "Details on the Museum of Food and Drink with Dave Arnold and Peter Kim". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  5. ^ "BOOM! Museum of Food and Drink's Explosive First Exhibit". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  6. ^ Polis, Carey (1 July 2013). "Museum Of Food & Drink Launches Kickstarter Campaign For First Exhibit". Huffington Post. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  7. ^ Hancock, Alexander (July 2013). "Dave Arnold Kickstarting Food Museum's Cereal Exhibit". Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  8. ^ http://www.infinitiusa.com/now/news-and-events/infiniti-celebrates-foodies-with-mofad
  9. ^ Tove Danovich, NPR, September 11, 2015 "A Food Museum Grows In Brooklyn" https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/11/436301458/a-food-museum-grows-in-brooklyn
  10. ^ "Advisors".
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Groushevaia, Irina (5 November 2019). "Local Museum Curates The Nation's First Exhibit Celebrating Black Culinary History". Bklyner. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

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