Choco-Story: The Chocolate Museum in Bruges

Overview

Available languages

Arabic

German

Russian

Portuguese

Chinese

Japanese

English

Italian

French

Dutch

Spanish

1 hour 30 minutes

Mobile ticket

A great experience! You are immersed in the ancient Mexican world of the Mayas and the Aztecs for whom chocolate was the drink of the gods and cocoa beans a means of payment.

The chocoholic gets to find out all about the production of chocolate truffles, chocolates, hollow figures and bars of chocolate.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Children must be accompanied by an adult

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Food tasting

Transportation to/from attractions

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting points

Choco-Story, Chocolate Museum

Wijnzakstraat 2, Sint-Jansplein Bruges Belgium

End points

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Choco-Story, Chocolate Museum

The Choco-Story museum can be found in Bruges, housed in an ancient building dating from the 15th century. The museum occupies 4 stories and recounts the history of cocoa and chocolate. More than 1,000 ancient objects and 80 information boards, explain the story of how chocolate evolved from its origins as a spicy Mayan drink to become the delicious sweet that we all love today. The children’s visit has been specially designed with low information boards and show-cases. The visit will end with a demonstration of how to make Belgian chocolate sweets which can be sampled.

Admission Included

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Choco-Story: The Chocolate Museum in Bruges

Reviews

3.88

533 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

199

168

102

A bit boring
991hannaht,
Nov 10, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
A bit boring honestly. So much to listen to... information overload. There's only so many different pots and bowls for storing chocolate I can look at. The gift shop was pretty tacky.
Educational and delicious activity
PeterFournet,
Nov 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
We were welcomed with the smile. The host showed us the way to use the devise to listen the explanation. It is very thorough. At the end , chef chocolatier shows us how to make filled chocolate. Very good experience
Not worth visiting
karencR5028PI,
Oct 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00
Individual handsets was the main method used to share information, which really limited the interactions and natural communications in sharing a museum experience. I found the American accent on the English handset quite distracting. On the plus side, the chocolate-making demonstration & easy bilingualism of the chocolatier was great, as was the sample chocolate. Nice gift-shop. On the whole, I would recommend skipping the visit and spending the entrance fee (€57 for our family of 5) instead in any of the wonderful chocolaterie in the city. Will come back to Bruges again though not to the Choco-Story.
Museum way too crowded and quickly suffocating
jeanineb59,
Oct 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00
After queuing to enter (only one person at the cash register!), we moved between the 4 levels of this museum in confined spaces. Everything is too much! Too many narrow stairs, too many exhibits, too many readings to do, with many visitors (including very agitated children). The idea of the museum is interesting but the setting is not right. It’s a shame!
Excellent museum.
Stephen C,
Oct 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
4.00
Excellent museum but very crowded. Detailed history of discovery of cacao and production of chocolate.
The audio guide is really...
Elina R,
Oct 19, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00
The audio guide is really great! The museum is complete it was a great experience that I recommend obviously
Great.
gwendolinep22,
Oct 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Great chocolate museum! We really loved the visit. The tasting at the end was excellent and the smell test, a brilliant idea 👃🍫. The museum is more focused on making and cocoa, but we had a great time!
Lost money
71crisv,
Oct 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00
I thought I'd get an educational performance from extracting the cocoa bean to processing and obtaining chocolate. But if the story begins with a dragon taking cocoa bean, you'll have lost me before it even begins. It is amateurish, not interesting for children themselves, the price of €14 is therefore far too high. Not worth visiting and certainly not for that price.
Nice museum, inviting but almost nowhere a chair to sit, more than 2 hours inside. entertained us.
theclahoensbroek,
Sep 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Super nice museum where we enjoyed more than 2 hours of lots of instructive and fun information about the cocoa bean and of course the chocolate. after more than an hour we were exhausted and couldn't find a chair to rest for a while. too bad because we are already old and couldn't stand for that long. the information was nice and clear with audio equipment that functioned well. too bad we couldn't book online without a credit card. I called the customer service, who incidentally only spoke English and he insisted that it couldn't be done without a credit card. we couldn't buy tickets at the box office either. we went to the tourist information of Bruges and they said that on quiet days it can just be found at the box office of the museum. a nice museum just too bad that there was hardly a seat to be found. also at the shop where we bought hot chocolate we had to drink it standing up. the chocolate demonstration at the end was nice but the employee frayed the text and only in English. hopefully they will do something about it, also many young people were looking for a chair to rest for a minute. well worth it, we were there for more than 2 hours.
Informative and worth a visit
K1599TWjohn,
Sep 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Very informative on the origins and development of chocolate, from South America to Europe. Uses hand held audio players which worked well. Certainly worth a visit.