The Sugar Museum in Berlin

The Sugar Museum in Berlin was opened in 1904. The museum is divided into seven different thematic halls. These are sugarcane, sugar production, slavery, alcohol and sugar, sugar beet in Prussia, sugar in the era of colonization, a world without sugar. In the museum you can learn about the production of sugar, see the equipment for its manufacture.

India is considered the birthplace of sugar. In different countries it was extracted differently. For example, the Chinese made sugar from sorghum, the Canadians from maple juice, and the Egyptians from beans. It was in India that sugar was made from cane. And in Berlin, a German scientist found sugar crystals in beets, so sugar was also made from beets.

In the museum of sugar you can get acquainted with the production of sugar, learn its history. See the manufacturing equipment and packaging. You can also see different types of sugar, as it can be hard, loose, crushed, brown, candy. Visitors will be able to see many interesting things, such as sugar specimens from around the world, tools used in ancient times, and modern sugar wrappers and packaging. On Sundays, the masters make various interesting items and figures from sugar. The museum has a relatively small area of 450 square meters. To enter the museum, you need to pass through a high tower with 33 steps.