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The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue is devoted to the history and legacy of
Milton S. Hershey Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist. Trained in the confectionery business, Hershey pioneered the manufacture of caramel, using fresh milk. He launched t ...
and the
chocolate Chocolate is a food made from roasted and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed in some form since at least the Olmec civ ...
candy confections he invented. It is located at 63 West Chocolate Avenue in downtown
Hershey, Pennsylvania Hershey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is home to The Hershey Company, which was founded by candy magnate Milton S. Hershey. The community is lo ...
, and opened in January 2009. The museum includes interactive exhibits including a Chocolate Lab, where visitors can pour and decorate their own chocolate bar, and exhibits about Milton Hershey, the Hershey business, and chocolate.


History

In 1933, the Hershey American Indian Museum was founded. Its original collection consisted of Native American items. In 1935, Hershey expanded the collection by purchasing artifacts from the Pennsylvania German culture. In 1938, the museum moved from its original home to the convention hall in Hershey. In 2009, the museum moved into a new building and was renamed The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue. The museum still retains its Native American and Pennsylvania German collections but they are not on view to the public.


See also

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List of food and beverage museums This is a list of food and beverage museums. Food museums, beverage museums and wine museums generally provide information about how various foodstuffs are produced or were historically produced. Many of these museums are owned and operated by sp ...
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Hershey's Chocolate World Hershey's Chocolate World is the name of five visitor centers that started in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. Open year-round, Hershey's Chocolate World offers marketplace shops and restaurants, specializing in Hershey's chocolate products. ...


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