Museum of Chocolate, Chocolate museum in Pokrov, Russia

The Museum of Chocolate occupies part of the Pokrov Local History Museum building in Pokrov, Vladimir Oblast. Its exhibition covers more than 4,000 years of chocolate history and the founding of the Stollwerck factory, launched in Pokrov in 1997. After a six-month reconstruction it reopened in 2010, and its management system runs on "smart home" technology.

The Stollwerck factory opened in Pokrov in 1997; Kraft Foods bought it in 2001 and initiated the museum, which opened on March 12, 2004. In 2003 the museum won a contest held by the Vladimir Region government's committee for physical culture, sports and tourism among new tourist museum programmes. It is housed in the Pokrov Local History Museum and reopened in 2010 after a six-month reconstruction.

The Monument to Chocolate nearby shows a figure wearing a tall hat with a chest designed in the shape of chocolate bar squares. Sculptor Ilya Shanin created this piece, and it reflects the town's connection to chocolate manufacturing.

The exhibition is housed in the building of the Pokrov Local History Museum, and since a six-month reconstruction it reopened in 2010 with a management system running on "smart home" technology. Visitors can stop by the Shokoladnitsa café for tea or coffee and to try products of the local chocolate factory.

The museum opened on 12 March 2004, after winning a 2003 contest for new tourist museum programmes and exhibitions run by the Vladimir Region's committee for physical culture, sports and tourism. It occupies part of the Pokrov Local History Museum building and until recently had only one room; it reopened in 2010 after a six-month reconstruction, with a management system built on smart-home technology.