Edible preserves - a cultural heritage

Jugendherberge: Gäste am Kochen in der Gemeinschaftsküche, 1968. Foto: Hans Bertolf, Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt, BSL 1013 1-3787 2
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German
Workshop
Workshop with: Dubravka Vrdoljak, food activist and food scientist, and Rosa Gasparoli, cultural anthropologist and production manager in a work integration kitchen

Together, Dubravka Vrdoljak and Rosa Gasparoli combine culinary heritage, performative formats and participatory exhibitions with questions of food security, tradition and community coexistence. They see food, its processing and consumption, as a unifying cultural practice.

The starting point is the emergency canning mobile, which is used with the findings of research into old (Sicilian) canning techniques. Preserving is a performative "learning by doing" in which smells, tastes and hand movements are reproduced and visitors are invited to participate.

Free admission, participation possible at any time (incl. admission to the exhibition)
Please bring your own preserving jars

There is a cooperation with the Foodsave Banquet Basel. Some of the filled preserving jars from the workshop will therefore be donated to the Foodsave Bankett Basel on Unterer Rheinweg on September 12, 2026. On this day, admission to the exhibition is also free from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Adresse
Unterer Rheinweg 26
4058
Basel
+41 61 267 66 25
Tarif
Free entry with the Museums-PASS-Musées
Dates
On 12 July 2026
Sunday: 13:00-17:00
Additional informations
Exhibitions in this museum
Frau mit einem Teller «Rosekiechli» an der Basler Herbstmesse, 1950er-Jahre. Foto Jeck Basel. StABS, BSL 1060c 3/8/377
Exhibition
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The journey through Basel's food culture begins with a look at the popular "Basler Kochschule" from 1877 and continues through the city's culinary diversity - served in themed snacks from the past and ...