| Deutsches Currywurst Museum | |
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| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| Type: | Food museum |
The Deutsches Currywurst Museum was a museum in Berlin dedicated to German currywurst sausage.
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]
The 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]
Patrons followed a "sauce trail" through the history of currywurst. The museum was interactive, with exhibits and displays aimed at engaging the senses of sight, smell, and sound. 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.