Description of the attraction
Cologne is considered one of the most developed cultural centers in Germany; those who want to get acquainted with the unique historical values and works of art tend to come here. A huge number of tourists and vacationers never cease to be amazed at the unusual sights of the city, one of which is the Chocolate Museum.
This attractive museum was created in 1993 by the renowned confectionery company Imhoff-Stollwerk in the country. The history of the company dates back to 1839, when it was founded by Hans Imhoff, and its products became popular and subsequently very famous. The Chocolate Museum is very popular, it is visited every year by a large number of residents and guests of the city, it is one of the ten most famous museums in the country.
To immerse yourself in such an amazing world of chocolate, you need to go to the Rheinauhafen Peninsula. It is here, on an area of over 2 thousand square meters, that this fascinating exposition is presented. The building of the chocolate museum resembles a large ship in its appearance. The exposition contains items that illustrate in detail the history of chocolate making, which begins from the time of the Aztecs and ends with modernity with its new progressive technologies in this area.
Here you can find old recipes for some dishes. The chocolate museum contains a huge number of photographs; those photographs of the first laboratory, where the quality of the obtained chocolate was monitored, are worthy of special attention. It was created back in 1869.
The museum is divided into several parts, where you can get acquainted with the products used to make chocolate, see the full cycle of chocolate production at the factory, visit the pastry shop and shop-cafe.
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Sweet temptation
Where there was a dock for merchant ships in medieval Cologne stands today
Chocolate Museum. The museum was founded in 1993. It was founded by Hans Imhoff, head of the Imhoff-Stollwerk confectionery company, which has been producing chocolate treats since the mid-19th century. Building
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Where there was a dock for merchant ships in medieval Cologne stands today
Chocolate Museum. The museum was founded in 1993. It was founded by Hans Imhoff, head of the Imhoff-Stollwerk confectionery company, which has been producing chocolate treats since the mid-19th century. The museum building was erected on an island, in appearance it looks like a ship made of glass and brick
The museum occupies 3 floors and a total area of 4000 square meters presents the history of cocoa and chocolate, and is one of the attractive tourist attractions of the city of Cologne.
The task of the museum is not only to collect exhibits, their timekeeping and research work, but also to present interesting and fascinating exhibitions.
In 2007, about 700,000 visitors to the city of Cologne from around the world visited the Chocolate Museum.
The museum building, which resembles a huge ship made of glass and metal, was the first building on the territory of the Cologne port "Rainau".
Chocolate fountain
One of the wonders of the world in this museum is the chocolate fountain. It is impossible to pass by, especially for the museum, a work of art created. The chocolate fountain contains 200 kg of warm, liquid chocolate mass.
This attractive stainless steel object was created by the Düsseldorf-based engineer Gines Guinskens and was designed by the museum's architect, Professor Robert Walter.
Warm liquid chocolate gushes in four jets and fills the fountain bowl. The museum staff dip the waffles into the sweet hot mass and bring them to the guests so that they can taste the temptation of fresh chocolate.
Glass chocolate factory.
The production part of the museum consists not only of the Chocolate Fountain, but also makes it possible to fully trace the process of making chocolate - from roasting beans, grinding them in a mill, mixing the raw cocoa mass with the necessary ingredients and rolling the raw chocolate mass to the conching process - intensive mixing at high temperatures.
The Glass Chocolate Factory produces about 400 kg of chocolate a day. Visitors to the museum can, thanks to the machines, which are specially equipped with observation windows, trace the modern process of the production of sweets, slabs or figured chocolate.
Museum Treasury
In the treasury of the museum, visitors have the opportunity to get acquainted with the culture of Central America, the representatives of which are the Olmec, Atzec and Mayan tribes. For centuries, cocoa was not only the "drink of the gods", but also served as a means of payment - "currency" in these regions of the South American continent.
Exceptionally rare exhibits enable museum guests to plunge into antiquity and imagine what value cocoa beans possessed among these peoples and how they prepared their "divine drink".
Valuable porcelain, as well as silver of the 17th and 18th centuries, indicates that in Europe the "divine drink" - hot chocolate played an important role in the courts of feudal society.
The cult of chocolate
At the beginning of 2007, a new part of the museum's exposition was opened, which was dedicated to the most popular chocolate products. The main exhibits of this part of the museum are the "Golden Hare" and "Lindor" candies by "Lind", as well as "Mars", "Ritter Sport", "Surprise Eggs", "Mozart", "Sarotti", "Milka" candies, "Nutella" and much more. Here you can get acquainted not only with the history of various chocolate companies, but also see this or that rarity, read this or that story, or hear this or that anecdote. Museum guests can take part in various educational, interactive games. A visit to this part of the exhibition can be a special experience for both adults and children.
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| All reviews 3 Umya Patronymic 11/2/2012 5:27:07 PM
Give little It will be interesting for both children and adults. However, little is served with chocolate - not like in Moscow, where everyone is overeating. In Cologne on a piece of waffle. But children are given a supplement if asked
