FARM PROGRESS
https://www.farmprogress.com  (events; education - courses)
https://www.farmprogress.com/new-york-farm-show/take-step-back-in-time-at-witter-museum  

FARMLAND INFORMATION CENTER
https://farmlandinfo.org/ ~ Information on Farmland Protection; Stewardship; Conservation

Kansas Wheat Commission and Kansas Association of Wheat Growers    
https://kswheat.com/
NOTE: The Kansas Wheathearts, an auxiliary organization, existed from 1970-2001.  They established a "Bake & Take Day," a tradition the wheat industry continues to support.  Read more about it here:    
https://www.homebaking.org/bake-and-take-recipes/

National Association of Wheat Growers -- i.e. Wheat Organizations (14 currently listed)
https://wheatworld.org/wheat-organizations/

Nebraska Wheat (Board) -- The MENU TAB "For Consumers," a link under "Education," is an excellent 40-page PDF booklet -- "Wheat ~ from Field to Flour." 
https://nebraskawheat.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WheatFromFieldToFlour.pdf

NORTH AMERICAN MILLERS' ASSOCIATION - NAMA
https://namamillers.org/about-nama/  ~  Member companies operate 150+ mills across 30+ states, Puerto Rico, and Canada.  Check out the "Members" link to learn of 37 milling companies in the U.S. which is not a complete list of those who provide flour & grains for us, but it's a good beginning for researching & learning.  Also, we can't equate names of mills w/name brands of baking flour, as so many "corps" own various, & sometimes many, name brands.
- - the Members' Directory ~ a great visual:  https://namamillers.org/member-directory/ 
The NAMA history is rooted in THE MILLERS' NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE U.S.A.  Read the HISTORY link:
https://namamillers.org/about-nama/our-history

Oklahoma Wheat Commission
https://okwheat.org/ 

U.S. Wheat Associates -- 17 state wheat commissions are members
https://ourstory.uswheat.org/ 

NOTE:  Also see section 5) Food Journalism, Online Info Sites, & a Cookbook Publisher.

COOKBOOK RESOURCES of Various Areas of Interest  ~~  Study through this section & you'll have the knowledge equal to a "Cookbook-ology"😄 certificate or degree! ($$ = You can buy books from this source.)

Best of Wheat Cookbooks ~ Oklahoma Wheat Commission
https://okwheat.org/consumers/best-of-wheat-cookbooks/

CAVALCADE ~ Kevin Piotrowski in Michigan does videos of his cookbook collection. Choose "Cookbook Series." His collections (vast of kitchen appliances) are not open to the public, but he has 430+ YouTube videos so far.  https://www.youtube.com/cavalcadeoffood 

COOKBOOK CONFIDENTIAL - Historic Cooking School
A link to Cookbooks, booklets, & baking & so much more! (Link in scroll-down index on the right)
https://historiccookingschool.com/  

DOVER PUBLISHERS - $$ (bookseller of 1,000s of reprints of out-of-print books)
doverpublications.com    

FOOD TIME LINE by LYNN OLIVER (librarian researcher & prolific, priceless writer)
https://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaqindex.html  (the full, main index of categories, i.e. bread; then 100s of breads)
https://www.foodtimeline.org/index.html  (the actual "Time Line" of foods)

HAMILTON BOOKS - $$ (reduced-price, mail order, bookseller)
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/Cookbooks 

HISTORY OF COOKBOOK CULTURE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookbook 

INTERNET ARCHIVE ~ Began with 3,000, & now 12,620 digitized cookbooks, booklets, & can page all the way through to read many, page-by-page, & you can then hand write-out recipes! Have a stack of index cards😉.
https://archive.org/details/cbk?tab=collection 

PATRICIAL MITCHELL - $$ (researcher, author) ~ "FOOD HISTORY" website
https://www.foodhistory.com  (Link on "Compact Editions," then "Alphabetical" for a full list for the following site.)
https://www.foodhistory.com/inklings/books/abc.htm  (the page of the full list)

On the "atlas obscura" website, there is a story about Barbara Ketcham Wheaton & that it took her over 50 years to compile a database of around 8,000 items, mostly cookbooks. It's called THE SIFTER (thesifter.org).  I have a hard time navigating in this database website, & maybe it's just me not having the necessary computer skills!  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-find-historic-cookbooks  --  On this "atlas obscura" website there are a LOT of additional items which are noted in other RESOURCE sections, such as Museums, etc.

The Revolution Begins in the Cookbook Store (3-11-2024)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cookbook-stores-archestratus 

COMMUNITY WEBSITES:  
reddit.com - search line: reddit old recipes

a chronological history of Reddit Cooking BOOKLETS posts 
https://historiccookingschool.com/used-cookbooks/ 

- - - Also, see a few other Reddit items under 3b) FLOUR (after CEREALS) 

NOTE:  On Facebook there are an endless number of "Groups" affiliated with every word of food-baking-recipes that you can think of!  
~ YouTube "runneth over" with people from every corner of the planet posting recipe videos😂.
~ Do a "search" for "Cookbook Collectors" for added interest, & be it known that the article regarding the "Guinness World Records Largest Cookbook Collection" (by Sue Jimenez) has had 2 record-breakers since her time. 

 UNIVERSITY-LIBRARY WEBSITES:

Many universities have "Special Collections" Libraries/Archives. If they allow in-person viewing, usually by appointment, from my experience, you select from the digital database - you can't eyeball the archives in person. Also, you may need to have an "approved" reason to see these items. The requested books (usually a limit) are brought out; you wear cotton gloves which they give you, along with a pencil & pad of paper. You can't have your purse, etc. with you in the room. There are lockers to store personal items. The following are some of the libraries with cookbook collections for the possibility of visiting, & you should call ahead to find out the requirements.

***An UPDATE NOTE*** I recently came across this website:
https://www.recipegraveyard.com/free-cookbook-index
In the 68+ website resources, it includes an extensive list of USA university libraries of cookbook collections.  I am still going to leave my original list (below) because generally that website for the university's collection links to a different web page, which is why I originally posted it as a resource.  

ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF; Lupton Cookbook Collection
https://www.lib.ua.edu/collections/the-david-walker-lupton-african-american-cookbook-collection/lupton-list/
Besides the extensive list of cookbooks, click on the "The David Walker Lupton African American Cookbook Collection" item at the top of the page to read the history behind this collection of African American cookbook authors as historians of the African heritage in food culture and what became known as "soul food."

The ATLAS OBSCURA website lists the following 4 cookbook collections in libraries at this website:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cookbook-libraries
1) wine at UC-Davis, CA;
2) San Antonio Mexican Cookbook Collection at the Univ. of TX; N. America's largest known Mexican Ckbk. Coll.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mexican-cookbook 
3) Jewish Cookbook Collection at the NY Public Library; a Fabulous Article 
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/jewish-cookbook-collection 
4) Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive;  See Michigan State University Library in the list below.   https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oldest-cookbooks ~ worldwide libraries w/OLDEST world cookbooks.

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMUNITY COOKBOOK COLLECTION - a BPL blog w/general info & more links https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/community-cookbooks/

HARVARD RADCLIFF INSTITUTE ~ SCHLESINGER LIBRARY - 17th through 20th Century Cookbooks
https://guides.library.harvard.edu/c.php?g=434417&p=6544654

IOWA, University of - see Szathmary in the list.(10) WEBSITE RESOURCES
https://diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu/collections/show/7

KANSAS - University of Kansas in Manhattan - "Aug 5, 2024 · The manuscript portion of the cookery collection contains over 250 cookbooks in many languages and countries of origin, from the late 17th century to the present."
"The full collection includes over 38,000 volumes related to cookery dating from 1487 to the present and represents nearly every country or region."
https://lib.k-state.edu/research-find/archives-and-special-collections/collections/cookery/

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Community Cookbooks:  https://guides.loc.gov/community-cookbooks (Not a site to view items - just titles.)  
Food & Drink in History:  https://www.foodanddrink.amdigital.co.uk/Introduction  

LYNN OLVER's 2200+ volume cookbook collection (Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives [SCUA])
https://www.foodtimeline.org/ 

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Library - special collections - about 7,000 cookbooks (includes Longone's Archive)
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-american-cookbook-expert-and-rare-book-curator-peter-berg/ 
"Feeding America" is their Digital Repository of 76 selected cookbooks + more info, at: https://d.lib.msu.edu/fa 

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY's Fales Studies Food Collection Library (info from an article in 2011):
There are more than 55,000 books at last check, and all of them are about food. This is said to be the largest collection of its type in the United States, and a valuable resource for food researchers, writers, and of course, serious cooks.  The Fales Library inherited all 3,500 cookbooks from Gourmet magazine's library (closed in 2009), and acquired 21,000 books about food and cooking from George and Jenifer Lang, the owners of Café des Artistes in 2011. Read more about this special book collection here.
https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/with-latest-donation-n-y-u-food-library-joins-big-leagues/
To actually navigate inside the website to locate what they have in their Food/Cookbook/Recipe-related collections, begin here:
https://library.nyu.edu/about/collections/special-collections-and-archives/
* * * Click on: Marion Nestle Food Studies Collection & you'll go to:  https://guides.nyu.edu/speccol/food-studies  
Read the top part to learn of the vast content of the collections. Then scroll down into the list of all the "food-related resources of papers" the library has, but you have to be at the library to have access to them. 
In the list, click on: "The Food Studies Ephemera Collection" (https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/fales/mss_310/)  This is the "COLLECTION OVERVIEW" page.  You'll read that they have 7.75 linear feet of 18 boxes of info. 
On the left, Click on "CONTENTS, View Inventory."  You'll be at:  https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/fales/mss_310/contents/items001/  
* * *ANOTHER COLLECTION SECTION NOT TO BE MISSED is the Early American Cookbook Collection.   
1 ~ This page isn't easily found. It's the library's very extensive list of Early American Cookbook Authors: https://wp.nyu.edu/early_american_cookbooks/category/famous-cookbooks/  
2 ~ On the main website, I'd suggest following through the tabs without clicking on links the first time around, just to get an overview of the vast amount of content.         https://wp.nyu.edu/early_american_cookbooks/ 
3~ Then go to the "HathiTrust Digital Library" of 1,458 digitized Early American Cookbooks Collection.  Click on the icon link on the right of any page, or use this link:  https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/mb?a=listis&c=1934413200

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY - Community Cookbook Collection - Can download these to read all the pages😊.  https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_cookbooks/ 

SZATHMARY, LOUIS; UNIVERSITY OF IOWA has Szathmary's reported 20,000+ ephemera items. His artifacts went to Johnson & Wales Culinary School. Typing for his info in a Search Engine will provide various other links with different website views. (The following is one of the website versions for viewing covers of very old books.)
https://diyhistory.lib.uiowa.edu/collections/show/7 - (all books on one scroll down page)
Recipe Pamphlets: https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Aszathmary   

HOME BAKING ASSOCIATION - This website & its links is like a "look no further" source of everything you'd want & need to know regarding all sorts of home baking-related information.  https://www.homebaking.org/ 

THE BREAD BAKERS GUILD OF AMERICA, founded in 1993, is a non-profit alliance of professional bakers, farmers, millers, suppliers, educators, students, home bakers, technical experts, and bakery owners and managers.  home.bbga.org

NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF BREADS - began in 1990 for the state of Kansas, & with much success, was expanded to a "national" event every odd year in June in Manhattan, Kansas, through 2019.  When COVID hit, it was continued  online.  https://nationalfestivalofbreads.com/

 PUBLISHER:  Jumbo Jacks has now merged with Cookbook Specialists (Iowa) - Founded 1996
https://www.cookbookspecialists.com/ 

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JOURNALISM ONLINE TODAY

FOOD WRITING & RESEARCH - CONCLUSIONS: The 13 Best Flours of 2024
https://www.thespruceeats.com/best-flours-5097366  

This seems to be A GIGANTIC INFORMATION SITE - THE NEWS regarding "everything grain" worldwide.
https://www.world-grain.com/

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CULINARY HISTORIANS & MORE - I recently (end of 2025) came across "Culinary Historians" groups and "Food Historians" throughout the U.S., & then those two connected to additional areas of interest, studies, and professional associations!  Each area covers a great expanse of connections and information.  I am listing the "search words" for you to explore if interested.

Culinary Historians

Food Historians (There are "groups" in areas, states, countries, & some individuals; books; & check on YouTube.)
https://www.thefoodhistorian.com/blog/so-you-want-to-be-a-food-historian
https://rootkitchens.substack.com/p/how-do-i-become-a-food-historian

ALSO:
Bread Culture Historians
Bread Associations
Culinary Associations
Culinology Degrees / university level
Food Blogs
Food Science
Research Chefs Association

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ONLINE INFO SITES     ---    For right now, the following doesn't even begin to include bread or many other baked goods.  The following only touches on cookies - biscuits (i.e., cookies in the U.S.) - some crackers . . . and it goes on and on.  The overwhelming array of "cookies" that we have today began to be introduced within the food culture around the 1900s.  The major influences were from England, Scotland, and The Netherlands (i.e., Holland - Dutch).  The following are a few related to England & the Dutch. 

A - American "Cookies - Crackers" 

ARTICLE:  U. S. History of Cookies - How Sweet It Is!  -  -  -  The research behind this outstanding document begins in B.C. time, continuing with historic background through the past 20+ centuries, plus what's behind 17 classic cookies that we're now familiar with in the U.S.  From What's Cooking America.  The Bibliography lists 32 exceptional sources.     https://whatscookingamerica.net/history/cookiehistory.htm 

ARTICLE:  The Stories Behind 22 Well-Known Cookie Companies
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/10/16/the-stories-behind-americas-favorite-cookie-brands/

Keebler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keebler_Company

Nabisco
https://americanbusinesshistory.org/uneeda-business-history-the-nabisco-story/

Continue to do your own search in your search engine or on wikipedia for other companies.

A - B -- American & British "biscuits" . . . or when is it a Cookie? . . . or a Baking Powder Biscuit?
An assortment of articles, each interesting with various tidbits of info to add to the recipe of baking knowledge!

ARTICLE: What is a British Biscuit?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-a-british-biscuit 

ARTICLE:  The Great British Biscuit - Historic UK  (There are 6 additional "History of . . ." at the bottom of the page.)
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/British-Biscuit/ 

ARTICLE: The History of Biscuits - A Crumbly Journey (from Corn Bakery in California; Note: Biscuits = Cookies)
https://cornbakerycalifornia.com/the-history-of-biscuits/

ARTICLE:  The rise:  a history of the American biscuit (a blog post)
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2023/01/30/history-of-american-biscuits

ARTICLE:  Biscuit Chronology from 1750 - 1890, from The Victorian Web (England)
https://victorianweb.org/technology/food/biscuit.html 

ARTICLE: Rich Tea Biscuits - Nibble My Biscuit
https://nibblemybiscuit.com/biscuits/rich-tea-biscuits/

STORY:  These Biscuits Reach All the Way Up to Heaven 
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/angel-biscuits-recipe

STORY:  A Salt-Rising Saga & Chick-Pea Flour
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-bread-that-almost-broke-me

For the above 2 "Stories" I typed "baking" into the SEARCH box.  There are still others:  scroll & click . . . It's surprising what history one can learn through these stories!  
 https://www.atlasobscura.com/search?q=BAKING&lat=&lng=

C - D -- Dutch connections began with koekje which then became our cookie.

ARTICLE:  Where Did Cookies Originate? Exploring the Sweet Origins and Cultural Significancehttps://outrageouscookiedough.com/where-did-cookies-originate/ 

ARTICLE:  The History of Cookies in America (a blog post) from The Nibble:  Cookie History
https://www.thenibble.com/REVIEWS/MAIN/cookies/cookies2/cookie-history2.asp  

ARTICLE:  A Dutch cookie company, history, WWII, 1886 & continuing . . .
https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/one-tough-cookie-the-business-and-branding-of-the-verkade-biscuit-company 

ARTICLE:  Reflecting on history is not always comfortable, but it shouldn't be covered up or destroyed because to not know history and its consequences might allow events to happen again, in the future, or to even continue as this article tells, but possibly change "could" come about given a change in societal mores!  Therefore, an article on the history of some cookie-candy items discloses "names" given at their time in the past, which are racial slurs and culturally offensive today.  Through my almost 80 years so far (thank the Lord), I have been in 100s of museums and even more historic sites throughout 48 states and a few dozen countries, and seen and read what's said to be "the good, the bad, and the ugly," and sometimes truly even worse as in horrific and unspeakable, "by" and "upon" every ethnic group of people worldwide, and throughout all the ages.  No people group has escaped this pain.  Thus, when we're confronted with history of what we don't like that's been done to others, it helps to instill compassion to help us be a loving and considerate person to influence our culture to change.  So with that introduction, take caution with this food history.
https://www.untold-stories.net/?p=Dutch-Sweets   (A Taste of Dutch Colonialism)

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AIB – American Institute of Baking International - Manhattan, Kansas -- NO MUSEUM TODAY -- This baking school still exists, but mostly to teach about cereal science, nutrition, baking production, food safety, and hygiene.  You will still see (old) articles posted online that the AIB has a museum, but NO, IT DOESN'T - - - IT NO LONGER EXISTS!  AIB began in 1919 in Chicago (a history point I remember reading when I was at the one-room museum in the early 2000 years).  An article online today said the museum began in 2012, but I was there 10 years before & was in the one-room museum for around half-a-day.  When it closed, the artifacts went to the Bundy Baking Solutions Museum in Ohio (which is only open to the "Trade" customers), but watch the short online video linked in the "Bundy" entry below.    

Arizona Copper Art Museum - Clarkdale, Arizona - an astonishing collection of copper kitchenware!
https://www.arizonacopperartmuseum.com/  

Bakery/Factory Tours
https://www.factorytoursusa.com/category/bakeries/

Bundy Baking Solutions in - Ohio; This museum is only open to the Trade (company reps/sales people who go there).  It is a vast 40-year collection of signage & items/artifacts of the commercial baking industry.  Today there is a very interesting "touring" video online by Russell T. Bundy (deceased, 4-25-2024).  https://www.bundybakingsolutions.com/bundy-baking-museum/     

Chuck Williams Culinary Arts Museum - CIA at Copia, Napa, CA - - 4,000 culinary artifacts of devices, gadgets, & cookware ~ Many people are familiar with the Williams Sonoma stores and the mail order catalog. Through the years of his business, Chuck Williams set aside 4,000 items which, upon his death, were donated to the CIA in Napa Valley, California (Culinary Institute of America in the wine country). The museum is in downtown Napa & at the time of this writing, is free to see.
This is the main CIA museum site, not many photos; scroll down half a page: www.ciaatcopia.com 
Here are 58 photos: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/chuck-williams-culinary-arts-museum-napa 

A list of some of the world's FOOD & BEVERAGE Museums 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_food_and_beverage_museums

Another list of FOOD MUSEUMS throughout the United States.  But be aware, some on this list no longer exist (such as Harold M. Freund - AIB in Manhattan, KS), or Culinary Arts Museum/Johnson & Wales (exhibits not open to the public, but there is an online archive - see the "Johnson . . ." entry below)!  Then most others on the list are in the overall "food" category which is not the focus of this NBM website which is for "baking-related" connections.   
https://www.museums.us/type/food

Gold Medal Flour Museum / Washburn-Crosby / General Mills - See the "Mill City Museum" listing for an extensive article, and the "Pillsbury" listing for websites.  Also, there's a Podcast item at the end of this Index section.

Grannie's Cookie Jars & Ice Cream Parlor, Metamora, Indiana
https://franklincountyin.com/directory/grannies-cookie-jars-ice-cream-parlor/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grannies-cookie-jars-ice-cream-parlor
The above website is for a place in Indiana, still open in 2025.  There had been 2 restaurants in smaller rural cities in Nebraska, St. Paul & McCook, which each had around a 1500-2,000 cookie jar collection when they closed - - no charge to see them as they lined the walls.  The cookie jars were sold off, and the "collections" are no more!  So, again, people & places come & go, so it's best to first check if you want to go the distance for something!  

Historic Cooking School - A long list of museums in the U.S. which, pre-COVID, had historic cooking classes. 
In the "About" link it says, "We're an archive with thousands of vintage recipe booklets." 
https://historiccookingschool.com/historic-cooking-classes/   

Johnson & Wales in Providence, Rhode Island  -  Your best bet to see online items is to click on " Culinary Arts Museum Online Catalog" & then on "objects." There are 12,971 items & you just need to go page-by-page; you can't jump around, etc.  It's a process.  You could use the SEARCH box to try & find something.  But, if there's an object on a specific page that you might want to return to, check the page # (there are 500 total), make a note of it, & in the URL address (from Page 2 onward), you can change the page number to skip around.  
https://www.jwu.edu/culinarymuseum/  (home page)
https://culinaryartsmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/WebObject  (where the objects begin)

Julia Child's kitchen in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/press/fact-sheets/julia-childs-kitchen  

"Kathleen Hill's Kitchen Memories" ~ A lady in California, Kathleen Hill, collected kitchen items for 40 years and in 2026 they are now being relocated to the DeLoach Winery in Napa Valley. 
***The best story with some photos was when the display was at the Elizabeth Spencer Winery: 
https://yountville.com/blog/the-kitchen-memories-collection-at-elizabeth-spencer/ 
***Here are 26 short videos regarding the history behind each of the 26 kitchen artifact categories:
https://kitchenmemories.deloachvineyards.com/   
***ONE OF HER ARTICLES – 2013:
https://ediblemarinandwinecountry.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/cook-quirky-kitchen-antique-utensils/
***If you'd like a bit more about her & the collection of kitchens gadgets and gizmos (Photo of 5 items), do a copy & paste of this website as it doesn't work as a click-on link in this website:  
https://napavalleymuseum.org/blogs/previous-exhibitions/kitchen-gizmos-gadgets-from-the-kathleen-Thompson-hill-culinary-collection?srsltid=AfmBOorwkjjdZ5MrzOfLbgmm GNIH7aKuop 0eR06 azq VIH8UEyp5ZNcQb

Lunch Box Museums:  

(1) https://www.columbuscollectivemuseums.com/the-lunchbox-museum/  - Columbus, Georgia

(2) Clarkes Collectibles & Lunchbox Museum, Nice, California 
https://www.retrodeb.com/

(3) Museum of American Speed Lunchbox Collection, Lincoln, Nebraska
https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/lunchboxes.html

Michigan State University - Kitchen Utensils Collection (157 items) 
https://d.lib.msu.edu/search?fq=subject_display:Kitchen%5C%20utensils

Mill City Museum (an article regarding the history of flour milling in Minneapolis, Minnesota, especially Gold Medal & Pillsbury)  https://www.wonderfulmuseums.com/museum/minneapolis-mill-museum/ 
And see the "Gold Medal" entry above and the "Pillsbury" entry below.  They're all attached to Mill City.

Mississippi Agricultural & Forestry Museum - Jackson, Mississippi
https://www.msagmuseum.org/

National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Bonner Springs, Kansas (west of the Kansas City, Missouri area)
www.aghalloffame.com 

National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. - Overall, this is a difficult website to navigate for something specific, but beginning at the following web address, there are 103 pages of kitchenalia-related items.  Since, at the bottom of the page there's a forward/backward movement of a controlled number of pages, if you see an item you might want to go back to, write down the page # (it's at the end of the URL - web address), & in order to return to it, just change the # in the URL address.
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search?edan_q=kitchen%20items&edan_fq%5B0%5D=online_visual_material%3Atrue

National Cookie Cutter Historical Museum, Joplin, Missouri
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-cookie-cutter-historical-museum 

Open Air - Living History Museums - The following list is not complete, but it's the best for now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-air_and_living_history_museums_in_the_United_States 
Besides the more focused collections at the museums & university archives, there are also small-to-large acreages of "open air museums" throughout the U.S. (& other countries) which have sections of artifacts or entire buildings devoted to the historical preservation of the house (baking & cooking) & farm buildings (ag-related equipment) & the other related historical artifacts.  

Pillsbury "Mill City Museum" - Minneapolis, Minnesota (For more websites - Search Words:  Pillsbury Mills Museum.  Also, see the "Mill City Museum" entry above for a very extensive article, and the Podcast Note at the end of this Index section.  The "Mill City Museum" regarding the flour mills is part of the Minnesota Historic Society, i.e. mnhs, so what's on the following websites includes the events & places of the MN Historic Society beyond the Flour Mills.)
https://www.mnhs.org/millcity 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_City_Museum 

Putnam History Museum - Historic Kitchen & 19th Century Objects – A Virtual Exhibition (Baking: Wks. 3-8 & 11) 
https://www.putnamhistorymuseum.org/education/historic-kitchen-and-19th-century-objects-a-virtual-exhibition/ 

Reher Center for Immigrant Culture & History ~ Historic Reher's Bakery in Kingston, New York.
https://www.rehercenter.org/

Shelburne Museum - Vermont  (a living history museum) -  On their website they mention a collection of "food molds."  I believe they are referring to their carved wooden cookie molds used for springerle (if they're the small ones in the 2" - 3" range, sq., rect., round); for spekulatius or speculaas (if they're in the 4"x7" range); & if there are larger ones, for whatever are called molded ginger cakes. I have not seen the collection - don't know how many or the quantity they'd put out for viewing if they do have an exhibit, etc. But just to know for further inquiry for a visit. Their website slideshow in the Dutton House has a photo of a cooking fireplace & a kitchen.
https://shelburnemuseum.org/collection/dutton-house/ 

Smithsonian Institute - The main complex of museums is in Washington, D.C. with "affiliates" throughout the United States. Online I've found two "main" websites for zeroing in on NBM-related collectibles. It says that they have 8.3 million online images, so use a SEARCH box for specific words. For instance, typing in "lunch boxes," it says there are 1,612!  I typed "cookie molds" into each of the sites, & one came up with 56 & the other with 72!  So, for anyone wanting or needing to do research, this is a good resource.
https://www.si.edu/collections
https://collections.si.edu/search/ 

SPOOM - Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
https://www.spoom.org/ 
Milling History - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill 

CLOSED Pond Lily Mill Restorations - https://www.angelfire.com/journal/pondlilymill/index.html  - (NOTE 2-15-2026:  When I posted this source, I wrote:  "The resources on this website seem endless!  There are some museum links included, along with enough info for a masters or doctorate in milling👍."  Currently, the website is no longer available!  If anyone has info or a connection to this information/website author, please let me know.  Thanks.  Donna)

Tennessee Agricultural Museum - near Nashville
https://www.tn.gov/agmuseum.html 

The Home of Sliced Bread is Chillicothe, Missouri. Otto Frederick Rohwedder (1880-1960) invented the machine, and Frank Bench was the first baker to use it in his bakery on July 7, 1928. Today the bakery building is the home of the Visitor's/Welcome Center (660-240-0753) with a replica machine & info.  
thehomeofslicedbread.com      The "About Us" link in the MENU, has a link to a 27-minute Documentary.
***The Grand River Historical Museum, also in Chillicothe, Missouri, has the 2nd "original" slicer. (660-646-1341) Chillicothemuseum.com  
***History of Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Iowa (1880-1960), also known as the "Father of Sliced Bread" 
https://historicmissouri.org/items/show/169
***Another history story with photos. 
https://kcyesterday.com/articles/sliced-bread-chillicothe?srsltid=AfmBOoopoJ5W-d4Z4qL01kpKPqwkH6Y5b5zS_w-XcBgmo3sZV47KXDwP 
***History of the Bakery Building
https://chillicothedowntownhistorictour.weebly.com/chillicothe-baking-company.html

***Throughout the country, most counties have a Historical Society Museum.  Some of them will have a few items, to a full kitchen or a cupboard/pantry area of shelves on which are displayed "kitchenalia" - kitchen artifacts.  But there's usually no story/history given about them & most guides have no knowledge of names & how used!  Also, there are State Historical Societies.  Check yours to see if they do exhibits regarding home baking/food/grains, etc.

PODCASTS:

Podcast: Gold Medal Flour ~ The speaker begins at 8:40.  (Prior to that he talks about going into the abandoned bldg. & painting graffiti all over inside!  But at 8:40 he begins about the part of the mill being converted into the Mill City Museum, which has a lot about Pillsbury besides General Mills' products.)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/podcast-gold-medal-flour

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MUSEUMS with TINS (or Lithographed Tins)

Belgian Lady, Yvette Dardenne (b. 1938-06-24, d. 2025-06-27), privately owned 60,000 tins in the Museum of Lithographed Tin Cans.  With her death, I don't know about the future of the museum at this time. 
https://en.terres-de-meuse.be/discover/once-upon-a-time/the-worlds-largest-collection-of-tin-cans/  
On this following website, you can click on the first (or any) individual tin to enlarge it & use the right arrow to keep going through all on the page.  There are 88 of Yvette's tins.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Museum_of_Lithographed_Tin_Cans  
Also, on the above website, France, The Netherlands, & Germany are listed as to having "Tin Can" museums.  But only France has one:  https://francescas.info/cultures/musee.htm  
The museum listing for The Netherlands is an article of info with 21 photos of tins.   https://lourensbas.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/wed-j-bekkers-zn-in-speelse-verpakkingen/comment-page-1
The Germany listing/website is no longer active.

Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York City, has one tin, said to be "Not Your Average Biscuit Tin."  One tin from England of Egyptian design.  Produced by Huntley & Palmers, Ltd. (Reading, England)  
https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/10/10/not-your-average-biscuit-tin/

Germany's Digital Cultural Heritage  ~~  Deutsch Digitale Bibliothek  ~~  This website has a catalog of 70 Lebkuchen dose (tins), most quite old.
https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/searchresults?query=lebkuchen%2Bdose&isThumbnailFiltered=true&viewType=list 

Huntley & Palmer, Reading, England - - - A bit of history of the company:  
https://collections.readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=topic&mwsquery=%7Bcollection%7D=%7Btopic%7D&filename=REDMG&hitsStart=25
A Timeline of the company:  https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/online-exhibitions/huntley-palmers-history/huntley-palmers-timeline
Intro to the Gallery with the tins:  https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/your-visit/what-see/huntley-and-palmers-gallery 
FINALLY!!  The page that has the photo index to the sections of tins.  Click away on the photo sections or the index on the right hand side of the page:
https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/online-exhibitions/history-huntley-palmers

National Museum of American History  --  sort of hard to navigate in this in order to find what I was looking for.  When I got to one page someplace in "Collections," I typed in "cookie tins" & got here, which has some items of interest:
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search?edan_q=cookie%20tins

Olive Oil in Italy    
https://museocollezioneguatelli.it/en/  --  an intro.  Then click on each MENU tab because you'll see different photos on each one . . . extremely interesting!

The Tin Heads in Australia -- a privately owned museum of 12,209 tins by mid-2025, by Margaret and Robert Gaston in a large shed on their farm near Geraldton in Western Australia.  There is no website, but there's an online interview from 2021:  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-12/apprentice-tin-heads-wanted-to-take-on-large-collection/100121700
 In 2024, there was an article with a few photos:  https://www.everythinggeraldton.com.au/geraldton-news/2014/06/25/is-this-the-largest-collection-of-tins-in-australia
On September 11, 2025, there was another interview:  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=834900453808528

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England -   
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/biscuit-tins-a-bite-sized-history/#slideshow=562394146&slide=0
In the MENU link is "Collections."  That page has a Search Bar in which I typed "tins."  It went to:   
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?page=1&page_size=15&q=tins
At the bottom of the above page, you can click on "50" so you have 50 tins show up on each page.  In that way, you'll have tins up through page 29.  You can change the pages in the URL where it says "1&page ..."  You'll be able to see almost 1,500 tins!

A Most Interesting Article on the beginning of tins used as containers for food:
"The story of how the tin can nearly wasn't"  -   21 April 2013
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21689069 

7a) - PROFESSIONAL - DEGREES - Today (2025), throughout the U.S. there are dozens of Pastry & Baking schools within Culinary Institutes.  Now before you spend time in a Search Engine (with words such as Culinary Institute Pastry & Baking schools in [enter a state], or Baking & Pastry Arts, etc.), use this outstanding website for a "public school" listing.  It spans across all 50 states and will save you tons of hours of searching!  If you know of other public college/university-type baking & pastry schools not listed, send bakingschools.org a note via their "Contact Us" link to help provide that info. 
"Baking Schools" Online Website Resource
bakingschools.org
"BakingSchools.org" is a $upporting Partner with the National Bread Museum of Grain-Baking-Bread Culture.  We are very thankful they have joined in this historical preservation and educational endeavor.  It's a marvelous blessing to have this "one-stop shop" source of certificate or degree programs for the community/technical and 4-year public schools in your state and the rest of the country.

Culinary Institute of America (CIA) -- Napa Valley, CA; Hyde Park, NY; San Antonio, TX
https://www.ciachef.edu/cia-student-life/

Escoffier -- Boulder, CO
https://discover.escoffier.edu/boulder/

Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI
https://www.jwu.edu/academics/majors-and-programs/baking-and-pastry-arts-bs.html

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NOTE:  If you've heard of the AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BAKING - INTERNATIONAL (AIB), it is no longer teaching what it used to.  (This is being written in 9-2025.)  It began in Chicago in 1919, & in 1977, moved to Manhattan, KS.  In 2018-19, the school realigned it's focus to change with the changing times of the baking industry & what people wanted to learn.  This school still exists in association with baking, but mostly to teach about cereal science, nutrition, baking production, food safety, and hygiene.  There is one curriculum on "Baking Training," & it has the 3 courses of Baking Science, Applied Technology, & Function of Ingredients.  

The AIB is where the BAKING HALL OF FAME began in 2006, & today the framed photos of those who've been honored through the years are at Bundy Baking Solutions Corporate Headquarters in Ohio.  (P.S.  No matter what you read online, there is NO AIB museum today!  All the artifacts went to Bundy's.)
https://www.aibinternational.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIB_International
https://www.world-grain.com/articles/12503-aib-international-discontinuing-certain-services  (2018-2019)

7b) SPECIFIC BAKING SUBJECTS

This couple's special interest is in heritage techniques and heirloom grains - - all dough things.  (England)
https://theartisanbakeryschool.com/ --- https://theartisanbakeryschool.com/online-baking-courses/ 

- Type: German Academy for Professional Bakers --into a Search Bar & scroll through the various programs offered regarding German Bread Baking.  Also, do a search for Culinary, Bakery, Pastry Schools or Courses or Short-term Courses in (insert the name of a country).

- Type:  baking classes in Europe or pastry baking classes in Europe --into a Search Bar & you should find a variety of baking-pastry-bread options.  Diploma courses & short-term traveler classes came up for Paris, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, chocolate in Switzerland😉💝 besides a pastry school, & more.  

7c) HOME BAKING COURSES/CLASSES - Today there is such a huge selection online, & one different word typed into a Search Bar can provide an entirely different set of websites!  The following give classes online, so they  literally are stay-at-Home Baking Courses/schools (not to mention the "probably hundreds" of blogs with step-by-step photos & instructions -- which I'm not including).  (NOTE as of 2025: I have not attended any of these, nor spoken to anyone about them.  They came up in searches for the subject of "Home Baking Courses."  So I am only providing them to you in order to give you an idea of where to begin to learn who is "out there.")  . . . alphabetically:

https://bakefromscratch.com/better-baking-academy/ --- Behind these online baking classes & baking retreats both in the U.S. & in various cities/countries in Europe is the magazine, bake from SCRATCH.
https://www.iapcollege.com/program/cake-decorator-course/   --  Cake Decorating Course 
https://www.ice.edu/online-baking-pastry-arts
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/baking-school - company is located in Vermont.
https://www.masterclass.com --- https://www.masterclass.com/sessions
https://www.surlatable.com/cooking-classes/

7d) The Agricultural Side of Baking

An interesting note if you missed it elsewhere, there were 22,000+ grain mills in the U.S. by 1870. 
(Stella Standard's Our Daily Bread  book, © 1970, pg. xii.)

Nebraska had about 300 (Nebraska State Historical Society info).

Other topics/areas of study for COLLEGE DEGREES to search for are --Food Science, --Grain Science, --Cereal Science, --Agriculture, --milling, --food chemistry, & more.
For example:
Grain Science and Industry (technical training for baking, cereal, & animal food):  www.grains.k-state.edu
Cereal & Food Sciences (CFS) , Fargo, ND State University:  catalog.ndsu.edu > course-catalog > descriptions

For Mills, Milling, & everything you've always wanted to know about this subject, do not miss this website:

"angelfire.com" CLOSED - - - NOTICE:  Feb. 3, 2026:  The following (angelfire.com) website doesn't exist at this time.  I don't know if it's temporary or if the info is now lost forever!   I'm trying to make a connection re the owner in order to possibly obtain the info and post it for our educational and research benefit. If anyone can help with this, please send an email to breadmuseum@aol.com.
(Feb. 3, 2026)

https://www.angelfire.com/journal/pondlilymill/index.html - Home Page
https://www.angelfire.com/journal/pondlilymill/menu.html - Beyond a Doctorate Degree of this subject😂 https://www.angelfire.com/journal/pondlilymill/bookshelf.html - The Miller's Bookshelf https://www.angelfire.com/journal/pondlilymill/elton.html - Evolution of the Flour Mill & Foreign Connections

8) Mental Health Resources
& Bread Baking Project Proposals

Not to forget ~ ~ ~ There was a time 35 years ago (in the 1990s after the Gulf War) when we were living in Germany, & soldiers were returning from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, & other countries from the very short conflict, but mentally affected by the killing, death, & war of human suffering which came back home with them.  As men have been aging who were in the swamp lands, jungles, & other horrible zones in Vietnam, more & more physical disabilities are being diagnosed because of Agent Orange, taking a mental toll on otherwise, healthy men.  Then on the home front, being affected by or witnessing 9-11 has caused various mental health situations.  Beyond that are other military wars & conflicts, accidents, drugs, a condition at birth, trauma events, and a long list of other conditions which have affected what should be a "normal life" for the average American today.  

Because I've known of the Bread House project which began in Bulgaria, & how it's spread to other countries, I've also known of the "healing qualities" of baking . . . whether on your own or with others. 
One goal of having a baking center with this National Bread Museum when it's established on land, is bread baking sessions to help people mentally & emotionally by baking with others, or even learning how to bake from scratch in the first place!🙏  But as "The Bread Haus" link below tells, someone or a few in this community can begin without a museum👍🤗.  (Send me, Donna, an email to connect about this:  breadmuseum@aol.com)

Now recently I received a request from Stacy at LawFirm.com, telling of their "RESOURCE" Guide. Since providing "resources" is what this page is all about, possibly someone will be drawn to this website who will benefit from this Guide of information.  If so, it'll be a blessing if this will help someone to move forward toward a better understanding of what they are going through, being able to get help, & hopefully, healing.

Remember . . . Not all "food, i.e. daily bread," is tangible.  There is also "bread of life" which feeds the mind and soul (the Bible, Mental Health programs, Al-Anon - below, etc.).  As it's said in the headline for World Bread Day (October 16th) on the European-based breadculture.net hub, 
"Bread is the Soul of Man ~ Culture of Memory."  

LawFirm.com ~ An extensive Mental Health Guide of Resources ~ Check it out!
https://www.lawfirm.com/resources/mental-health/

Bread House Network ~ Teaching people HOW to learn to bake and develop community relationships at the same time, sharing skills of different cultures, empowering people to believe "they can do!"   
https://www.breadhousesnetwork.org/about-us/12-countries-and-growing/

The Bread Haus ~ Bread therapy of baking bread and sharing/learning/showcasing traditional skills amongst people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, & such.  Read this "Story."   
https://givebutter.com/BreadHaus   

Florida ~ Reaching out across the entire state of Florida in 34 areas, is Mark Behavioral Health.  A long-term Firefighter and Paramedic told me of "the devastating toll that mental health and substance-use struggles can take on individuals, families, and communities."  He said that, "Through my years of helping so many, I've seen TOO MANY lives lost that could have been saved with the right support.  I've made it my life's purpose to help people find the support and understanding they deserve. Through this work, I'm focused on connecting families with trustworthy information, breaking down stigma, and making it easier for anyone struggling to take that first step toward hope and healing."  

I say, Amen & Amen!  People do not need to be or go it alone in this country if they really want change and help.  This grateful Firefighter and Paramedic has the HEART of what it means to be an American🙏.  I pray that if you are looking for hope and need support, you will seek him wherever you are & find him or her in your own community.  
https://markbehavioral.com/