The Deutsches Currywurst Museum was a museum in Berlin dedicated to German currywurst sausage.
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| Established | 2009 |
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| Dissolved | 2018 |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Type | Food museum |
| Website | currywurstmuseum |
The museum was located in Berlin-Mitte near Checkpoint Charlie and was the first and only museum about currywurst.[1] The museum received approximately 350,000 visitors annually.[2]
The museum has been permanently closed since 21 December 2018.[3]
History
editThe museum opened on 15 August 2009, 60 years after the invention of currywurst in 1949 by Berliner Herta Heuwer.[4] 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.[5] Löwer considered the currywurst to possess "cult status" in Germany and used the sausage's fame as justification to create the museum.[6]
Exhibit
editPatrons followed a "sauce trail" through the history of currywurst.[4] The museum was interactive, with exhibits and displays aimed at engaging the senses of sight, smell, and sound.[1] Highlights included 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 had special installations at children's eye-level.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ http://currywurstmuseum.com/permanently-closed.html
- ^ a b Copley, Caroline (13 August 2009). "German cult sausage gets own museum". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "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.