Special tour: Together in the kitchen

Museum staff member Gudrun Kern uses many small details to show just how much our kitchens have changed over the past few decades. **Special Tour: Together in the Kitchen** Under the title “Together in the Kitchen,” museum staff member Gudrun Kern takes visitors on a journey through the history of Black Forest kitchens at 11 a.m. The trained architect focuses particularly on the structural and functional changes in kitchen spaces over time. Through numerous details, it becomes clear how technical developments and changing lifestyles have influenced everyday life—from cooking over an open fire to the advent of electricity. Dark smoke kitchens gradually gave way to brighter and more functional spaces, while at the same time, standards for hygiene, aesthetics, and comfort rose. The tour stops at various historic buildings within the museum, including the traditional smoke kitchen at the Vogtsbauernhof and the comparatively modern 1960s-style kitchen in the Ortenauhaus.