The Hershey Story

A museum on Chocolate Avenue telling Milton Hershey's life story, with a hands-on Chocolate Lab where you make your own bar.

63 W Chocolate Ave · Hershey, PA

About The Hershey Story

The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue, follows Milton S. Hershey from struggling entrepreneur to chocolate maker, town builder and philanthropist. A coin you get at the front desk activates more than 30 animated stories, and the exhibits include the only recording of Mr. Hershey's voice and the canceled check he wrote to the White Star Line before skipping the Titanic. In the Chocolate Lab you learn how chocolate goes from bean to bar and make a treat to take home.

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Hersheypark
$50+
Spend a day on roller coasters and family rides at Milton Hershey's 1906 park, with a water park and zoo included.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Hershey's Chocolate World
No admission fee
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Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sightseeing
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Hershey
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Chocolatetown, USA: the Pennsylvania town built around the Hershey chocolate legacy.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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