I got to meet Milton Hershey last week while on vacation in Egypt. You don’t believe me? I can send you an email to prove it, complete with a picture of Mr. Hershey and me, riding a “surly camel.” Or at least I can send you an “edition” of The Hershey Press which says that Milt and I are tight.
The newspaper memento is courtesy of The Hershey Story, a fantastic “interactive state-of-the-art museum” in Hershey, Pennsylvania which celebrates the life of Milton Hershey, the founder of The Hershey Company. There are many cool things to do in the museum including two hour-long chocolate labs. “Where in the World?” takes you on a journey to the countries that grow cocoa and lets you create your own unique chocolate bar with chocolate from the country of your choice. “Choconomics” finds you designing your own candy bar with the specific ingredients you chose based on flavor, cost and your ultimate consumer.
There’s also an apprenticeship program – a treasure hunt to solve pieces of a puzzle throughout the Museum. One part of this program lets you create one of several newspaper headlines, complete with your picture and that of Mr. Hershey. In addition to the printout of your newspaper you can email it to yourself or anyone you choose. Other exhibits let you easily create your own classic candy advertisement, again allowing you to email your creation.
I could go on and on, because really, except for the chocolate itself, not much is better than a chocolate museum, especially one that sneaks up and educates you when you don’t even know it.
12:48 pm on June 25th, 2009
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