Established 1998 Website www.mucc.be | Director Peggy Van Lierde Phone +32 2 514 20 48 | |
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Location De Valck building, Grand-Place,
Rue de la Tête d'Or 9-11, 1000,
Brussels, Belgium Type food museum
historic site Address Rue de la Tête d'or 9, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium Hours Open today · 10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSunday10AM–5PMMonday10AM–5PMTuesday10AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Brussels Comic Book Mus, Artisanal chocolate Planete C, Brussels City Museum, Royal Museums of Fine Ar, Grand Place | ||
The demo in the museum of cacao and chocolate belgium
The Museum of cacao and chocolate (French Musée du cacao et du chocolat, Dutch Museum van cacao en chocolade) is a privately held museum in Brussels, Belgium, established in 1998 at the initiative of Gabrielle Draps, the wife of a famous Belgian chocolate artisan Joseph "Jo" Draps, founder of the Godiva Chocolatier.
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History
Gabrielle Draps represented the third generation of a Belgian chocolate artisans and was married to the founder of the Godiva chocolate manufacturer Jo Draps. She opened the museum in 1998 in the De Valck building (dating from 1697), and it was taken over by her daughter, Peggy van Lierde, in 2007.
Trivia
The chocolate and cacao products follow a long tradtition in Belgium. The praline is an innovation of Belgian chocolate artisan Jean Neuhaus.