Tula Pryaniki Museum, Gingerbread museum in Tula, Russia

The Tula Pryaniki Museum is a museum in Tula, Russia, dedicated to the history and making of the traditional Russian spiced honey cake known as pryanik. It holds a collection of wooden molds, historical packaging, and actual examples of the baked good spanning different periods.

The museum opened in 1996 in the former wings of a property belonging to the Lyalin brothers, gunsmiths and samovar makers. The building is a regional cultural heritage site, listed by a decree of the Tula region administration in 1991. A pryanik workshop and shop occupy the same building.

Pryaniki were made for specific rites: special cakes for name days, weddings and memorial meals. The exhibits include a cake given to the sailors of the cruiser Varyag and one baked for the coronation of Nicholas II, alongside boards once owned by confectioners Serikov, Grechikhin, Belolipetsky and Kozlov.

The museum fits inside a single building and is easy to move through, with displays arranged in a clear order. It is worth setting aside enough time to look closely at the wooden molds, as the carved details reward a slow visit.

The collection includes the largest and the smallest pryanik in Russia, shown together. Many wooden boards once belonged to famous Tula confectioners such as Serikov, Grechikhin, Belolipetsky and Kozlov. Old balance weights used instead of standard weights to compare ingredient shares are also on display.