Deutsches Currywurst Museum

The Deutsches Currywurst Museum was a museum in Berlin dedicated to German currywurst sausage.

Deutsches Currywurst Museum
Established2009 (2009)
Dissolved2018 (2018)
LocationBerlin, Germany
TypeFood museum
Websitecurrywurstmuseum.com/en/

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

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]

Exhibit

Patrons 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
  1. "Data and Facts" (PDF). currywurstmuseum.com/. Deutsches Currywurst Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. Meyer-Radtke, Marion (19 March 2009). "Berliner Museum: Kult um die Currywurst". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  3. http://currywurstmuseum.com/permanently-closed.html
  4. Copley, Caroline (13 August 2009). "German cult sausage gets own museum". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  5. "Museum spotlight: Deutsches Currywurst Museum Berlin".
  6. von Leszczynski, Ulrike (14 August 2009). "Heiß und fettig: Berlin eröffnet Currywurst-Museum". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

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