chocolate museum

This was OK, nothing to get to excited about. I had high hope for this but was let down. There were a couple high points but not enough to make up for everything else. Honeslty wouldn't recommend.

Good size exhibition about chocolate, it's history, how it is grown, made...... You can watch chocolates being made, have your own made to order -as a previous reviewer said - go upstairs and place your order first, then go and see the rest of the museum. That way you won't get bored. Or you could go across the street and see the very small Senfmühle und -museum (historic mustard mill and museum) - and collect your chocolate bar afterwards!?!The chocolate shop is a dangerous place for your wallet! So many different chocolates and cakes, sooooo tempting!

What better than being greeted by a small delicious chocolate as you're purchasing your tickets? That's exactly how it goes at the Chocolate Museum! After that comes the tour and let me tell you, it's much more than discovering the history and origins of chocolate! Not only do they show you, step by step, how chocolate is produced, cut, wrapped and boxed, but you also get to create you own chocolate based on your favourite ingredients! We found the whole experience to be quite unique and fun!

This museum is certainly worth a visit. Plan carefully though, we tried to visit a few days before we actually did, and left as the entrance que's were out the door and down the steps. The day we did visit was still terribly busy, it makes a difference when you first arrive as you can only read and see exhibits easily if it is not crowded. Once past the initial part though the crowds thinned out and it was much better.The museum takes a start to finish approach, examining the history of chocolate, how it was first made, the geographical influences on trade and so on, then gives you a working factory type area to see the chocolate being made, packaged and marketed.There is a nice area where you can design your own chocolate bar, however the wait was approx two hours, we decided against it and just bought some chocolate later in the gift shop, if it hadn't been such a long wait we would have got some. It was interesting to watch the people preparing others personalised bars though and see all the ingredients used.The entrance fee for a family was very reasonable and there were plenty of bathrooms and a cloakroom to store your belongings, while you were visiting.We didn't visit the cafe but the cakes looked delicious. I would recommend a visit but plan carefully to allow for crowds.

Good and interesting place to spend 1-2h; If you go during "rush-hours" and plan to get your customized chocolate bar it's best to place your order right away and explore the museum afterwards. In my case preparing the chocolate took more than 1h and as I did most museums parts before, it got quite boring and annoying to wait for the order.

Quite interesting and they really tried to tell the story how the chocolate is created from A to Z. Idea about the producing of chocolate just behind the glass was enjoyable.

This is a realy great place to visit in Colonge if you like chocolate or not. It is very interesting.Recommend go early as it gets busy at 12 noon

As a chocolate lover, I was keen to explore the Chocolate Museum having missed it on an earlier visit to Cologne. I started my visit with lunch in the restaurant, which offers splendid views over the river Rhine. I thought the food was excellent - delicious and beautifully presented. I tried the "single origin" chocolate ice-creams, which I can recommend.When going around the museum, I found that there is a lot to see. When I visited, there was an initial exhibition about spices, their cultivation and usage. This is followed by the "factory floor", which spans several levels. Here, machinery from a real chocolate factory has been set-up to show the various stages of preparing the chocolate (roasting and grinding the beans, conching and moulding the chocolate). I particularly liked the moulds on display for amazing chocolate creations including elephants! The chocolate fountain is well worth a look - golden cocoa pods make it resemble a cocoa tree and there are free samples on offer.The upper levels offer a history of chocolate. This starts in South America, with displays showing the cultural significance of chocolate to the indigenous peoples and moves to Europe in the 18th and 19th century with collections of crockery used to consume chocolate when it was a luxury drink. The story continues with the production of chocolate bars available to all - this is illustrated with shop displays from Cologne confectioners of days gone by and vending machines in all shapes and sizes.A final exhibition considers the advertising and marketing of chocolate over the years.My German is poor so I was glad of the English translations, which are provided for most of the exhibits.There is a small tropical house where cocoa plants are grown and an extensive shop offering all manner of chocolates.I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and found the staff friendly and helpful.

my grandchildren just love to go there. The best attraction is the chocolate fountain. But expensive to get in. It's definately not a "must".

We went to the schokoladen museum after people had recommended it to us. I'm afraid to say that it was really quite boring... The best bit was seeing how the mini chocs that they give you on arrival are made. Definitely not worth the 9 euro entrance free. However the cafe has some nice chocolate drinks and superb looking cakes. All in all we were disappointed with the museum.

As far as museums go this one is very average. They have tried hard but its just a bit boring! There are some interesting bits, but many dispalys are looking tired and the museum doesn't seem to flow. It's not all bad though.Positives: Free chocolate samples at the chocolate making demonstrations, amazing cafe (with views of the Rhine) - the cakes and hot chocolates are wonderful, the gift store is a chocolate buyers paradise AND the toilets are lovely and clean. TIP: You can go to the cafe, gift store and toilets without going into the Museum. All in all, its fine. I'd go back for the cake. For something a bit more interesting the Sports Museum nextdoor wins hands-down.

Static exhibits. Expensive to go in. Not very interesting. Best bit was the chocolate fountain and biscuit! No comparison to Cadbury world in the uk.

a recommended travel through the theme cocoa, impressive illustrations and presentations with tasting of chocolatethe chocolate museum belongs to the famous Swiss company "Lindt & Sprüngli", a recognized term for chocolates, pralines, truffles and other sweet delights,

we went to the chocolate mueseum and had a great time we saw chocolate through the ages and also for a small charge designed a chocolate bar and watched it being made it was well worth a visit

We really enjoyed our visit here. We walked from our hotel which was near the Dom and it took around 20mins at a leisurely pace. It looked really busy when we arrived but the queue moved very quickly. There's an area where you can see how they make chocolate & package it. There is also a museum about chocolate. On exiting there is a cafe and the hot chocolates are definitely worth trying & for those wanting more chocolate there are plenty of sweet treats to tempt you!