Laima Chocolate Museum on Miera Street presents the history of a Latvian confectionery brand and the making of chocolate. Its displays include packaging, machinery and interactive activities, with chocolate workshops offered separately.
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A sweet wrapper can be a small piece of social history. At Laima Chocolate Museum on Riga’s Miera Street, packaging, old equipment and interactive displays are used to tell the story of a confectionery business as well as the journey from cocoa bean to chocolate. The museum is a branded visitor attraction, so its account of the company is part of the experience as well as a subject to examine.
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- The museum opened at Miera iela 22 in December 2013.
- The firm that became known as Laima was founded as Maķedonija in 1921, according to LSM’s account.
- The museum reopened after reconstruction in 2021.
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