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A History of Marketing Food to Children.
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See how your food choices impact your health and our planet’s health.
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Short videos, from serious to hilarious, reflect food’s major role in diverse films.
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From cooking to synthetic food additives, human creativity has changed the world for better and for worse.
History • Culture • Nutrition • Farming • Climate Change/Environment • Social Justice • Animal Welfare
The National Food Museum spurs visitors to see food in a new light, envisioning a world where food and how it is grown contribute to healthy people, a sustainable planet, and a more vibrant culture.
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Our Mission
To celebrate and explore the transformative power of food to nourish people and our planet.
Food is culture, it is health, it is the environment, and it is community. The new food museum will celebrate the power of food to uplift, nourish, and inspire - and encourage us to come together to promote good health and protect our planet.
- Chef José Andrés
At the Museum
Future Exhibition Topics
How Food Can Enhance – or Undermine – Health
Delicious Diets—Imported from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe
Industrialized Animal Agriculture
Sugar, Sugar... The Silent Killer
Six People Who Changed How We Eat - For Better or Worse
Food Cultures Around the World
History and Future of the Human Diet
What people are saying
“….a basic human need encompassing …science, health, and culture, National Food Museum will be a civic treasure and essential destination for people of all ages."
Art MolellaCurator Emeritus and Founding DirectorSmithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
“A National Food Museum is a fabulous and important idea! Food can be a cause of good or ill health, and this museum can help tilt the balance toward health.”
Tom FriedenPresident and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives; former director of the CDC
“In the quest to regain control of our eating habits …., there isn't a more powerful move we could make than to create this food museum."
Michael Mossauthor of Hooked and Salt, Sugar, Fat; former New York Times writer
"Food is culture, it is health, it is the environment, and it is community. The new food museum will celebrate the power of food to uplift, nourish, and inspire - and encourage us to come together to promote good health and protect our planet.”
Chef José AndresFounder, World Central Kitchen and Food Systems Advocate
“The Food Museum will be an important way of increasing public understanding of and support for a different, vastly better food system for all.”
Ricardo SalvadorFormer Director, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
“A museum that looks at our changing food opportunities and at the same time examines the diversity of foods and cultures will be a great addition to our heritage.”
Alan GoldbergProfessor of Environmental Health and Engineering, Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
“This new food museum looks like just what we need to teach and learn about the role of food in health and society. Even better, it looks like fun. I’m all for it.”
Marion NestleProfessor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, New York University, and author of books about food politics
"What a wonderful idea! More than just about any other subject, food and its production has defined our world, no matter where we live. A museum devoted to the subject will be a great educational window on this critically important subject."
Harold SkramstadPresident Emeritus, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village; Former Director, Chicago Historical Society (now Chicago History Museum)
"The food we consume, and the way we produce it, affects our lives, our health, billions of sentient beings, and our planet more than anything else we do. The National Food Museum will recognize that fact and help the public to appreciate its significance."
Peter SingerPROFESSOR OF BIOETHICS, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, AND AUTHOR, ANIMAL LIBERATION NOW.
“I hope that everyone who cares about the impact of food on our health and our planet will join me in supporting the National Food Museum. The museum promises to be an informative, engaging means of encouraging adults and children alike to become an essential part of the solution to food-related problems.”
Daniel LubetzkyFounder of KIND Snacks


