Cologne Chocolate Museum, Germany

"The sweetest museum" - that's what they call the Cologne Chocolate Museum. It is located on an island, on the Rhine coast, near the lighthouse. The shape of the museum building is a ship, built of adobe and glass, and occupies an area of ​​about 2000 square meters. 
The Cologne Chocolate Museum in Cologne is not located in a candy factory, but only collects and preserves the exhibits. The Cologne Chocolate Museum was opened on October 31, 1993 next to the local Imhof-Stolwerk chocolate factory, which has been famous for its production since 1839.
In the building of the Cologne Chocolate Museum, there is a special glass control booth where the process of making the chocolate takes place. Anyone can go there without entering the museum itself. When one climbs the stairs, one finds oneself in a rounded, cape-like platform with benches and glass fragments through which one can look into the museum.
The exposition of the Cologne Chocolate Museum begins with a description of the plants that are the raw material for the production of this temptation. Following are boards where the harvesting process can be seen. The fruits are removed with sticks with a knife attached to the end, or only with a knife if the fruits are low, and then left to dry under banana leaves in the fresh air.
In the Cologne Chocolate Museum, you can learn the entire history of this aromatic delicacy, and you can personally taste the delicious mass before it spills over the molds. 
The chocolate museum has a 10-meter-high greenhouse. In addition to coffee and cocoa trees, banana palms and vanilla are grown in it, as well as 60 other types of tropical plants. It rains once a day.
Stands in the Cologne Chocolate Museum display photos of the first production quality control laboratory dating back to 1869. Next to the chocolate bars in glass stands are the recipes for the various types of chocolate. Association of German chocolate producers in 1975 officially legalized chocolate varieties and since then all producers in the world comply with it. 
The Cologne Chocolate Museum has a chocolate shop, which is probably the biggest temptation in the whole museum. It has an endless variety of chocolates with various fillings, candies in colorful papers, chocolate collections in original packaging, chocolate and fruit juices and even liqueurs.