Deutsches Currywurst Museum
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Established | 2009 |
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Location | Berlin, Germany |
Type | food museums |
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The Deutsches Currywurst Museum is a museum in Berlin dedicated to the German sausage currywurst.
The museum is located in Berlin Mitte near Checkpoint Charlie and is the first and only museum about currywurst.[1] The museum receives approximately 350,000 visitors annually.[2]
History
The museum opened on August 15, 2009, 60 years after the invention of currywurst in 1949 by Berliner Herta Heuwer.[3] Museum founder, Martin Löwer came up with the idea for the museum during a holiday trip to Jamaica. There he visited an exhibition about the yam root and started thinking about what food type would be as popular in Berlin.[4] Löwer considered the currywurst to possess "cult status" in Germany and used the sausage's fame as justification to create the museum.[5]
Exhibit
Patrons follow a "sauce trail" through the history of currywurst.[3] The museum is highly interactive, with exhibits and displays aimed at engaging the senses of sight, smell, and sound.[1] Highlights include a spice chamber with sniffing stations, a sausage-shaped sofa, audio stations playing currywurst-themed songs, and a virtual currywurst making game called "Curry Up!" The museum also has special installations at children's eye-level.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Data and Facts" (PDF). currywurstmuseum.com/. Deutsches Currywurst Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ Meyer-Radtke, Marion (19 March 2009). "Berliner Museum: Kult um die Currywurst". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- 1 2 Copley, Caroline (13 August 2009). "German cult sausage gets own museum". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ↑ https://www.museumbookstore.com/blogs/blog/museum-spotlight-deutsches-currywurst-museum-berlin
- ↑ von Leszczynski, Ulrike (14 August 2009). "Heiß und fettig: Berlin eröffnet Currywurst-Museum". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 July 2014.