Scheduled for publication in 2025, the book Kitchen Objects – Biographies (1860-1960), formerly titled Illustrated Historical Repertoire of Kitchen Tools and Equipment, is the main product of the project “Food Processing in the Domestic Space, São Paulo, 1860-1960,” coordinated by Prof. Dr. Vânia Carneiro de Carvalho and carried out by the GEMA team in collaboration with the Paulista Museum of USP (Ipiranga Museum). This publication compiles texts and illustrations about 151 kitchen objects, with the aim of providing support for other museum collections and for historical research in general.
In addition to filling gaps in the museum’s collections, by providing information about existing objects and identifying the need for the acquisition of others still missing, the research also informed the curation of the “Work and Happiness” room in the Houses and Things exhibition, one of the long-term exhibitions at the Ipiranga Museum, which was reopened in September 2022.
- Read more about the history, objectives, and the list of 151 biographed artifacts in the book Kitchen Objects – Biographies (1860-1960)
- Discover the “Work and Happiness” room, focusing on the kitchen and its objects, in the Houses and Things exhibit at the Paulista Museum-USP (Ipiranga Museum)
- More information about the database and sources of our research
- Bibliography of the project “Food processing in the domestic space, São Paulo, 1860-1960”