We, the team at the Chocolate Museum and Gerda the Chocolate Girl, are delighted to tell you exciting stories about the Chocolate Museum Cologne on this blog. We'll take you behind the scenes of one of Germany's most visited museums and give you insights that regular museum visitors don't get to see.
Gerda is the chocolate girl from Cologne's Südstadt district. This series of entertaining stories about the Cologne Chocolate Museum, the history of chocolate and the cathedral city of Cologne is all about her. The stories provide an insight into the Chocolate Museum.
The aroma of fresh chocolate fills the air. We have been busy behind the scenes! The new exhibitions take you on a journey into the world of cocoa and chocolate. What new things are there to discover and what highlights await you?
The new exhibition invites you on an exciting journey of discovery through over 5,000 years of cocoa history. It starts with the origins in Ecuador and takes you all the way to modern chocolate production.
She would certainly have changed her mind at the Chocolate Museum. Trude Herr and chocolate. Everyone likes chocolate. Don't we? After all, Woody Allen made a whole film about it. But, as we all know, tastes differ.
Sustainability is a huge topic and often feels abstract. Many people understand that global problems such as hunger exist, but there is a lack of concrete recommendations for action.
In December 2000, Hans Imhoff established the charitable Imhoff Foundation. In doing so, he turned his desire to do good in his home town into reality.
In 2025, the redesigned exhibition section on the cultural history of cocoa and chocolate will open step by step. The first room is now open: The colorful world of chocolate from the late 19th to the 20th century is on display in a historic drugstore.
Have you ever taken part in a wine tasting or other tasting event? Then it is unfortunately likely that you have been given an explanation of our human taste with a ‘tongue atlas’.
Cargo bikes were not invented to transport Amazon packages around town, even if that is the impression given in many large cities.
The Christmas holidays are over, but maybe you still have some delicious leftover chocolate? Instead of just putting them in the cupboard and forgetting about them, you can turn them into something new and delicious!
We made this unique creation in our confectionery at the Cologne Chocolate Museum and, of course, tasted it too. Let yourself be enchanted by the tempting combination of melt-in-the-mouth chocolate, crunchy kadayif and aromatic pistachios.
On a study trip to Côte d'Ivoire. We would like to share our exciting travel impressions with you. We report on how we helped to harvest cocoa fruits and prepare them for further processing.
With the new exhibition "Chocolate is a feeling", the Chocolate Museum creates a sensual and emotional journey that will make the hearts of chocolate lovers beat faster.
