Chocolate Museum Barcelona
Chocolate Museum Barcelona
Chocolate Museum Barcelona
a kids dream
A museum ideal for visiting with young children. Here you can learn a lot about the history of chocolate, but you can only try it in the shop!
My Rating:
The positives:
For families with little chocolate fans.
The negatives:
Sure, you can see the history of chocolate here and look at figures made of chocolate, but you would expect more! How is chocolate made? Can you try some? And some figures could do with some restoration…
Last Modified: 25.01.2023 | Céline
Chocolate Museum Barcelona
Tickets
The details
at a glance
Barcelona Card
Free admission with the Barcelona Card.
Available for 3, 4 or 5 days.
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Chocolate Museum Barcelona
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What is there
to see?
When you go to a chocolate museum, you’ll want to try some and see how it’s made. Right? Unfortunately, that’s not exactly what you get in this case.
You’ll learn a lot about the history of chocolate – where it originally came from, and how the cocoa bean is processed. However, the individual steps from bean to chocolate aren’t explained in any great detail.
You also won’t be able to try the many kinds of chocolate that do exist, at least not here. However, you do receive a bar of chocolate (your ticket, in fact), which is very tasty.
The museum features sculptures made of chocolate instead. Some of them are masterful works of art with intricate carvings and structures, some others are well-known animated characters. Some of them really do need a redo…
All in all, a museum that you are happy to see with your young children. But if you go on a short trip to Barcelona, you should use your time elsewhere!
Chocolate Museum Barcelona
A bit of history
The museum itself is located in the old monastery of Sant Agustí. In the 18th century, this building was used as barracks for a while, and the soldiers were deeply connected to chocolate – every soldier received chocolate for breakfast. So the King’s personal guard was known as the “Chocolateros” due to the amount of chocolate they ate.
Columbus brought the first chocolate from his discovery of America to Barcelona to present it – along with other treasures – to Queen Isabella. Barcelona has been an important trading and transshipment point for chocolate since the 15th century – due to its port location.
Official website of the Chocolate Museum (EN): museuxocolata.cat
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