BETHLEHEM, Pa. (WPVI) — “Baked into Bethlehem” is a celebration of baking across two museums.
Mark Steigelman is the Director of Collections and Programming at Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites as well as the curator of the exhibition.
Steigelman says visitors can start their exploration over in the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem to learn “the whole Moravian history of baking.”
Then, just a few blocks away, see the Kemerer Museum, one of the Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites.
“We have the bakery section with all sorts of ephemera and machines of baking,” he says.
One of those machines is the Colborne pie dough rolling machine.
It’s on loan from Richard Groman, Jr. He’s giving tours to share stories about his grandfather’s once iconic bakery, where he and his father, Richard Groman, Sr., also worked through the years.
“It was Ezra D. Groman Bakeries, and it was started about 1926, 1927,” says Groman, Jr.
A lot of artifacts from the bakery are also on view.
“We made Moravian Sugar Cake, which was famous,” he says.
The bakery also made a lot of Pennsylvania Dutch items too.
“They were the go-to place to get all cakes,” says Steigelman.
Next, is a section on ‘Domestic Play,’ with ovens for kids, starting in the 1920s. There is also an array of Easy-Bake Ovens from 1963 up until the turn of this last century.
In ‘Home Is Where the Hearth Is,’ you’re immersed in a 1930s kitchen.
“This Hoosier cabinet was in my family,” says Steigelman. “They were like the cooking center of the kitchen.”
There’s also a Krispy Krust rolling pin, along with antique refrigerators.
“We have recipes on those refrigerators with magnets,” he says. “And we’re also inviting people from the community, bring your recipe and put it on the refrigerator.”
And you can include it in the StoryCorps Archive.
“People will be able to record their histories of their fond memories of baking as children, family recipes,” he says. “And that gets put into the Library of Congress.”
Visitors can also register for the upcoming “Baked into Bethlehem” Baking Challenge in April.
“There’s something for everyone here,” he says.
“Baked into Bethlehem” is on view through July 26, 2026, at the Kemerer Museum and the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem.
For more information:
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites
Link to Tickets for “Baked into Bethlehem” Exhibition
Sign up for Tour with Richard Groman, Jr.
Participate in the StoryCorps Archive
Register for the “Baked into Bethlehem” Baking Challenge
Kemerer Museum
427 N. New Street Bethlehem, Pa. 18018
Moravian Museum of Bethlehem
66 W. Church Street Bethlehem, Pa. 18018
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