MEXICO CITY CHOCOLATE MUSEUM: DEFINITIVE GUIDE

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A wonderful space where you can go to enjoy the delights of chocolate, learn about its history and even become an expert chocolatier.

Why a museum for chocolate?

Mexico is a country with the aroma of cocoa and chocolate since pre-Hispanic times. When they came to Veracruz 500 years ago, the Spaniards wondered what would be the properties of those strange seeds that the indigenous people used in abundance as food, in rituals and even as valuable currency.

It is said that the emperor Moctezuma, between sessions of sex with the women of his large harem, recovered his vigor with a succession of up to 40 cups of cocoa a day.

In all the Mexican towns where cocoa is grown, it is part of their ancient culture through hot and cold drinks, sweets, and as an ingredient in meals. It is impossible to imagine a mole poblano without the chocolate.

With so much cocoa and chocolate tradition, the perfect place for a chocolate museum is Mexico and it was opened in 2012 in the country's capital under the name of Mundo Chocolate, popularly known by its abbreviation of MUCHO.

How do I go to MUCHO?

Mundo Chocolate operates in a spacious and beautiful two-story house, from the early 20th century, located on Calle Milan 45, on the corner of Calle Rome, in Colonia Juárez. The house was restored to provide the visitor with a comfortable, welcoming and elegant environment.

The Mexico City metro station closest to Mundo Chocolate is Insurgentes. To go by car from Insurgentes Norte, turn right onto Calle Roma, before crossing Reforma; go through the traffic lights in Vienna and continue to the next corner, where the MUCHO headquarters are located. The closest public parking lots are located above Lucerne and Lisbon.

What does the Chocolate Museum show?

MUCHO has been conceived as an experience for the 5 senses with which you can observe, taste, smell and touch cocoa and chocolate, and also listen to everything that the institution has to say about its reason for being.

The collection of pieces exhibited in the museum is made up of objects from Mexico, Mesoamerica, South America and Asia, linked to the culture of cocoa and chocolate, and dated between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. Likewise, you are building a collection of works of art.

During the tour, visitors learn about cocoa cultivation and the objects and tools used over time to manipulate and process the seed.

There is also a set of engravings that document the artisanal and industrial history of chocolate, twentieth-century advertisements and a model in which you can appreciate the industrial circuit for the elaboration of this delicacy.

Are there temporary exhibitions at MUCHO?

Frequently, Mundo Chocolate offers exhibitions whose pieces may eventually become the permanent heritage of the institution.

The last exhibition was "From Chocolate to Philanthropy", a sample of about 100 pieces including photographs, documents, molds, patents, labels, manuals, books and cookbooks related to the fascinating universe of cocoa and chocolate.

Likewise, this exhibition saw a collection of funny chocolate figures and the boxes of chocolate that are so enchanted, especially by children.

Can I attend a special chocolate learning event?

In its Chocolate Academy, MUCHO offers courses, workshops and other learning events for you to become an expert chocolatier, whether you want to venture into a chocolate-related business or if you do it as a personal hobby.

Among these courses they teach you how to make tempered chocolate, lollipops, swarms, amaranths, chocolates with nuts, chocolate turtles, chocolate traps with marshmallows, chocolate truffles, ganages and filled chocolates.

Likewise, the museum gives workshops on sensory tastings of chocolate, elaboration of traditional drinks with cocoa; metate chocolate and chocolate gourds, among others. Likewise, MUCHO offers a workshop for you to learn how to use your mobile phone's camera like a professional, so that you can save incredible images of your masterpieces as a chocolatier for posterity.

Is there night activity in the museum?

Like all museum institutions in Mexico City, on the last Wednesday of each month the Chocolate Museum participates in the "Night of Museums"

During these nights there are guided tours of the museum at 7, 8 and 9 PM; and chocolate tastings at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 PM. The prices of the guided tours are the regular ones to get to know the museum, while the tasting has a price of 75 MXN. Try to make your reservation in advance, as spaces are limited.

This schedule may change every month, so we recommend you consult the portal of A LOT before going to your Museum Night.

Likewise, during the Night of Museums the presentation of musical concerts and other cultural events is frequent.

What are the opening hours and prices?

The museum area is open to the general public from Monday to Sunday, between 10 AM and 6 PM, with a price of 70 MXN for adults and 45 for children from 5 to 12 years old, students, teachers and seniors.

The museum also accepts group visits by reservation and by appointment, from 10 AM to 3 PM.

Likewise, they offer guided tours between 11 AM and 3 PM (one every hour) for a minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 60. Group rates have lower unit prices. Guided tours must be requested by filling in a form on the museum portal.

The store and chocolate shop area is open between 9 AM and 8 PM.

Is there a place to relax and enjoy a meal and a drink?

The MUCHO area that fans of good chocolate appreciate the most is the Fonda Cacao, a place to enjoy the most exquisite creations in snacks, dishes and drinks with cocoa and chocolate.

The menu at Fonda Cacao has been designed to publicize traditional recipes based on cocoa and chocolate, also offering a space for contemporary inventions developed by Mexican chocolate chefs.

In Fonda Cacao you will spend an exquisite time, alone or in the company of your partner or your group of friends and without a doubt you will leave the site planning your next visit.

Did you like our virtual tour of Mundo Chocolate? We hope that you can go to meet him very soon.