La col·lecció del Museu de la Xocolata

The permanent exhibition shows the history of cocoa and its arrival in the city, the industrial evolution and the rise of creating artistic figures with chocolate.The 600 m2 of exhibition show the evolution from the first cocoa seeds to the spread and popularisation of chocolate in Europe, from the food of the gods and the high aristocracy to its spread and popularisation across the planet and for all audiences.A history that is of paramount importance in Barcelona and Catalonia, from the first cocoa paste workshops in the 16th century to the great Barcelona chocolate factories of the 19th century and their link with Catalan modernisme.The history of chocolate in Barcelona stands out especially for the artistic work with chocolate that began in the 20th century with the refinement and innovation of techniques for shaping and moulding chocolate.From the 1930s, master pastry chefs such as Lluís Santapau, Joan Giner, Jaume Sàbat or Antoni Escribà incorporated artistic knowledge into pastry work at the same time that the mona de Pasqua, in the form of a chocolate figure, arrived in all Catalan homes.This history is captured in the museum's collection of chocolate figures, which reaches up to recent figures such as the elephant with which Lluc Crusellas won the award for best chocolatier at the World Chocolate Masters 2022.