Lindt Home of Chocolate

Om museet

The Lindt Home of Chocolate is located on Schokoladenplatz in Kilchberg, right next to the historic production site where Lindt & Sprüngli has been making chocolate since 1899. It is run by the Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation, which opened it in September 2020 as a chocolate competence centre. In its second year of operation it already counted over half a million visitors, and in 2023, according to the foundation, there were 752,053.

The tour through the multimedia chocolate museum leads from the cocoa plantations in Ghana through the thousands-of-years-old history of chocolate in Central America, its journey to the European royal courts and the Swiss pioneers of the 19th century, to the making of chocolate today. In the glass-walled research facility visitors can follow how cocoa beans are turned into cocoa mass and liquid chocolate and then into bars and pralines. Tasting stations are placed along the way.

The building also includes a very large Lindt Chocolate Shop with a Maître station, a café, a chocolate fountain in the entrance hall, and rooms for courses and events. An audio guide accompanies visitors, and there is a separate audio track for children.

Højdepunkter

• Interactive chocolate museum from cocoa bean to bar
• Glass-walled research facility with a view into chocolate production
• Chocolate fountain in the entrance hall
• Lindt Chocolate Shop of 500 m² with Maître station and café
• Audio guide in German and English, additional audio track for children

Permanente udstillinger

• Schokoladenmuseum – Multimedia tour from cocoa cultivation in Ghana through the history of chocolate and the Swiss pioneers to tasting and chocolate production.
• Forschungsanlage – Glass-walled research facility where visitors can follow the creation of new chocolate products and the processing of beans into bars and pralines.
• Schokoladenbrunnen – Multi-storey chocolate fountain in the entrance hall of the building.

Grundlagt

2020

Ejer

Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 752.053 (2023)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Discounts according to the museum website: 10% off museum admission when booking travel via SBB RailAway, 20% with the Zürich Card; also discounted combination tickets via the SBB's "Explore'n'Rail". Private tours CHF 13 to 35, school tours CHF 10 to 17.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The building is wheelchair accessible (step-free). Animals are not permitted in the building, except for assistance dogs with identification.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Interaktive stationer
• Barnevognsvenlig: findes ikke

Children's audio guide, interactive stations and tastings; chocolate courses for families and groups. Prams are not allowed in the exhibition; strollers are available free of charge. Picnic area for school classes outdoors.

Transport & parkering

Five minutes from the Thalwil-Rüschlikon motorway exit, follow the brown "Lindt" signs. Reachable by public transport from Zurich in around 20 minutes.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik
• Opbevaringsskabe
• Wi-fi

Lindt Café (daily 10 a.m.–7 p.m.) with waffles, ice cream, hot chocolate and savoury dishes; Lindt Chocolate Shop of 500 m² (daily 10 a.m.–7 p.m.). Free small luggage lockers, free USB charging points and free Wi-Fi.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester
• Firmaarrangementer

Op til 100 personer.

Chocolateria or lounge for up to 60 people, auditorium for up to 100 people; events from 30 people, also with a course, museum tour and catering.

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