Makuasioita

The multisensory exhibition of the Hotel and Restaurant Museum, Makuasioita (Matters of Taste), takes you to places where food and drink culture is built and shaped. In the exhibition you can sit down at a camping spot in nature and experience being a descendant of hunter-gatherers. In the restaurant, food novelties are fragrant, in school lunches equality tastes of something, and in the café there is a touch of everyday luxury. Food and drink culture is never permanent but changes all the time. It is influenced by individuals, communities, society and even the state. Taste related to food also signals social status and identity. The exhibition encourages reflection on what food and drink culture means to people and how its formation can be influenced.