An exhibit, in Omaha, Nebraska that will engross it’s visitors with a story of chocolate. Showing a rain forest treasures that are from the cacao tree, to a sweet for European royalty, and an all the time snack in America.
A tropical rain forest area where they can learn about ecosystem that produces the Therobroma cacao trees. Another area depicting the Maya of Central America, who first turned the bitter cacao seeds into a spicy drink for their celebrations and ceremonies. A different area explores the lives of Aztec people, who introduced chocolate drinks to the Spanish hunters. Others exhibits show how the Europeans adapted chocolate, the chocolate manufacturing methods, the chocolate trade, how cacao is grown and how chocolate is enjoyed by everyone today.
Created by Chicago’s Field Museum, the exhibit will be open through April 26, 2009. There is a small entrance fee, but I am sure it would be well worth the charge. And on Saturdays and Sundays, there will be chocolate samples (1pm to 4pm), or until they are all gone.
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