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| Chocolate Museums |
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| Imhoff
Stollwerck Schokoladenmuseum,Cologne,Germany – the biggest
in the world of its art, founded in 1993 by the owner of Stollwerck
company, after selling the company in 2002, in private ownership of
Imhoff family ,who formed a foundation |
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| Le
Musée du Cacao et du Chocolat, 13 Grand – Place, Bruxelles,Belgium
– a small museum in the centre of Brussels, the owner is Mrs. Jo Draps,
descendant from the Draps family who created the Godiva company. Second
museum should be created in Havana,Cuba in 2003. |
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| Choco-Story
The Chocolate Museum Sint-Jansplein, B-8000 Brugge, Belgium,
a nice new museum opened in March 2004 by Van Belle family and donated
by Belcolade company. www.choco-story.be E-Mail: info@choco-story.be |
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| Museo
del Chocolate Astorga/León/ Spain – one of the oldest specialized
chocolate museums, formerly was Astorga the centre of Spanish chocolate
industry. Astorga-León |
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| Museu
de la Xocolata Barcelona, Spain – smaller museum in Catalan
capital, where is a long tradition of chocolate production. |
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| Musee de la Patisserie, Chateau de Harze, Route de Bastogne, 4920 Harze, Belgium | |
| Virtual
Museum in Amsterdam, Holland www.chocolade-museum.nl |
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| Bakkerijmuseum
Hattem, Holland – bakery museum which also cares of Droste
archive. www.bakkerijmuseum.nl |
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| Museeart du chocolat, 13 place Paul Saissac, 81310 Lisle sur Tarn France | |
| Le musee virtuel du chocolat – virtual Museum in France | |
| Csokolade Museum Bekecs u.22, Budapest, Hungary | |
| Chocolate Museum 551-18,Ilgwari,Daejeong-eup,Namjeju-gun,Jeju-do,Korea – the first chocolate museum in Korea since 2002 | |
| Alimentarium,
Food Museum , Quai Perdonnet, CH-1800 Vevey, Switzerland Nestle collection www.alimentarium.ch |
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| Chocolate Museum in Habana,
Cuba, opened in 2004 in the historical centre in cooperation with the Barry Callebaut company from Belgium. | |
| Chocolate museums created by producers |
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| Jacques
Chocolaterie, Industriestrasse 16, B-4700 Eupen, Belgium |
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Museum Temlple du Chocolat Cote d´Or, Brusselsesteenweg 450, 1500 Halle, Belgium Tel. 322 362 3747 ,Fax 322 362 3164 - for children only |
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| Chocolat
Alprose Schokoland, Caslano,Lugano, Switzerland |
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Rausch
SchokoLand Peine, Germany |
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| Halloren
Museum Halle, Germany www.halloren.de |
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| Ritter
Sport,Waldenbuch, Germany since 2001 Besucherzentrum SchokoLaden www.ritter-sport.de |
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| Bonbonmueum
Jung, 71665 Vaihingen-Enz, Industriestrasse 9-11, Germany www.bonbon-museum.de |
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| Le Musée du chocolat, Biarritz , France. Museum created by company Henry Chocolatier Serge Couzigou . 14 Avenue Bourivage, 642 00 Biarritz , Tel. 0033 559 415464 | |
| Haribo Bonbonmuseum Uzes , France | |
| Confiserie
Walter Heindl, Wien, Austria the first chocolate museum in
Vienna since 2002 |
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| Demel
Marzipan Museum, Kohlmarkt 14, Wien 1, Austria - a small marzipan
story and company history in well-known confectionery www.demel.at |
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| Chocolates
Valor S.A., Pianista Gonzalo Soriano, 13 ,03570 Villajoyosa,Spain
– factory and museum in Spanish chocolate city on Costa Blanca |
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| Chocolates
Clavileòo Hermanos Lopez Lloret, S.A. C Colon, 187, 03570
Villajoyosa, Spain |
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| Museo de Turrones, Juan Antonio Sirvent Selfa, S.A. C Alcoy,62 - Apdo 17, 03100 Jijona, Spain Tel. 965 610 225.Fax 963 612 103 - the only museum of Spanish specialty - turron | |
| Museo
del Chocolate, Chocolate Artesano Comes, Calle Sant Josep,29
46410 Sueca-Valencia, Spain Tel. Fax 96170 19 42 www.chocolatescomes.com/museo.htm E-Mail: info@chocolatescomes.com |
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| Perugina Museo storico, 06132 San Sisto, Perugia, Italy Tel. 075 527 6796 | |
| Caffarel
s.p.a. Luserna S.Giovanni/TO/ Italy www.caffarel.com |
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| Antica
Norba Dol.C.I.P.P. Norma, Italy www.anticanorba.com E-Mail: dolcipp@anticanorba.com |
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| Chocolatrium
Initiation au Chocolat Michel Cluizel, Avenue de Conches, 27240 Damville,
France www.cluizel.com |
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| Wilbur
Chocolate Candy Americana Museum, Lititz,PA USA |
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| Hershey Chocolate Corp.Hershey World, Hershey,Penna. USA – the whole chocolate city with chocolate amusing park including chocolate museum |
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| Cadbury
World, Bournville,Birmingham, England – since 1990 chocolate
amusing park with Cadbury Museum. |
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| Confectionery
Museum Kalev, Tallinn, Estonia, since 2002, www.kalev.ee/pages.php/020106 |
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| Nidar Schokoladenfabrik Trondheim, Norway | |
| Krasnyj Oktjabr Chocolate Factory Moskau, Russia | |
| Chocolates
Prawer Avenida das Hortensias,4100 CEP: 95670 - 000 Gramado
RS Brazil www.prawer.com.br/enhanced/english_contact.html E-Mail: chocolate@prawer.com.br |
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| Érico
Choco-Museum Faubourg Saint-Jean Baptisti Quebec Canada – a
small museum with production and shop managed by Eric Normand www.chocomusee.com |
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| The
Chocolate Museum Ganong, 73 Milltown Blvd., St. Stephen, NB
E3L 1G5 Canada, seit 1999, St. Stephen is supposed to be the Canadian
chocolate town www.chocolatemuseum.ca/contact.htm?id=5 E-Mail: chocolate.museum@nb.aibn.com |
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| Ishia
Seika Chocolate Factory Co.,Ltd. 11-36, 2-chome,Miyanosawa
2-jo, Nishi-ku, Sapporo 063-0052 Japan in amusement park you also find
a small chocolate museum with interesting collection of chocolate cups
among others. www.hiroikoibito.ishiya.co.jp |
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| Wolfgang Candy Inc. 50 East 4th Avenue, York, PA 17405 USA www.wolfgangcandy.com |
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| South Bend Chocolate Company 3300 West Sample Street South Bend, IN 46619 USA. Museum opened in 2003. www.sbchocolate.com |
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| Musée du chocolat Confiserie Bromont 679 Shefford Bromont, Quebec J2L 1C2 Canada www.makisoft.net/confiseriebromont |
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| Bovetti Artisan Chocolatier ZA du Moulin Rouge 24120 Terrasson-La-Villedieu France www.bovetti.com |
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| Des Lis Chocolat Musée du chocolat Zi du Rocher Vert – 6,rue Louis Blériot 77140 Nemours France www.deslischocolat.com |
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| Wawi Schokoladenwelt Germany www.wawi-schokolade.de |
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| Chocolate Festivals |
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| Eurochocolate
– already since 1995 started arch. Eugenio Guarducci to organize these
festivals in Italian town of Perugia. Later on also in other Italian
cities – Torino, Rimini, Roma, Pisa and also in selected European
cities. The festival in Perugia is held every year mid October and
takes 9 days. |
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| Milka
– Schokoladenfest Bludenz,Austria. This weekend festival
is held since 1984 in the beginning of July and is designated especially
for children. It is a celebration of Milka chocolate, which is on
the market already since 1901. |
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| Salon
du chocolat Paris France – this chocolate festival is held
always in the beginning of November, very commercial, you can buy
superb chocolate products from the whole world. |
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| Salon de chocolate Barcelona
– for the first time in 2005 from the 3rd to 6th of November. |
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| Salon del Chocolate Madrid www.salondelchocolate.com |
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West Coast Chocolate Festival
– since 2002 in the middle of October in the town of Coquitlam near
Vancouver on the west coast of Canada. www.chocolatefestival.ca |
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| Fete du Chocolat/The Chocolate Fest
Bromont, Quebec, Canada www.feteduchocolat.ca |
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| Choco-Laté Chocolate Festival
Brugges, Belgium www.choco-late.be |
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Cioccolató Torino www.cioccola-to.com |
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Choco Vienna www.choco-vienna.at |
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ChocolArt Tübingen www.chocolart.de |
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| Chocolate Fairs |
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| ISM
– International Sweet Fair, Cologne, Germany – the biggest
chocolate and confectionery fair held already since 1971,over 1500
exhibitors begins last weekend of January. For branch specialists
only |
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| Chocolate Associations |
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| Caobisco Brussels, Belgium – European Associations of Chocolate,Cocoa and Confectionery Producers. |
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| ICCO
International Cocoa Organisation London |
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Chocosuisse
Bern, Switzerland - Swiss chocolate association of chocolate
producers in Switzerland already since 1901. Nowadays has 14 members. |
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| BDSI Bonn, Germany – German Chocolate
and Confectionery Association since 1877. |
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| Choprabisco and Fenaco Brussels, Belgian Chocolate and Confectionery Associations |
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