Alimentarium Food Museum, Vevey
Alimentarium Food Museum is a museum about Nestle, tools to make food, and food packaging. It is located in a gorgeous spot on the waterfront promenade in Vevey, so it's a great place to visit if you want to also take a stroll along the water and explore Vevey. It has an interesting garden facing the water and mountains, full of vegetables and foods such as wheat. You can enter the garden for free which also makes for a great outing when combined with a stroll.
Inside the museum there are exhibits with historic tools that are interesting. There is a kitchen with a checkered floor and 1950s toaster and gadgets, where kids can pretend to cook you a meal. The museum is located in an elegant mansion with views of the water, and you can see the grand office where meetings by Nestle were held. There are exhibits about the way people eat food around the world, plates and flasks from around the world, and the way food is digested. Kids can play a light-up game about digestion where they jump from spot to spot on the floor. I liked the food packaging exhibit, where you can see the way wrappers for chocolate and treats looked back in the 1950s.
For some reason, they don't open the windows in this museum, and it is unbearably stuffy and hot in summer.
After, walk over to the water and check out The Fork (La Fourchette), a silver statue that rises out of the lake! It is beautiful and matches the lake perfectly.
You can arrive here by ferry on Lake Geneva.
Parsley in the garden.
Visitors check out The Fork, rising out of the lake!
The Fork, in the sparking lake.
The elegant mansion where the museum is located.
Artichoke flower, in the garden.
Flowers in the garden, with the waterfront promenade behind.
Anise plant in the garden.
The waterfront promenade outside the garden is wonderful!
Strawberry flower.
Leafy greens in the garden!
Wheat in the garden.
Oats, in the garden.
The museum has a vegetable garden that you can walk around for free.
Cabbage in the vegetable garden in front of the museum.
The vegetable garden is right on the waterfront promenade.
Tools that were used for weeding farms. The RoundUp at the bottom of the exhibit is a sad excuse for a tool.
Tools used to grow food.
A room in the museum.
Pots and pans hanging from the ceiling.
Tools used to make food.
Crown-shaped rack from Switzerland, ice chisel, etc.
Moulds, mixers, graters, from around the world.
The grand room where Nestle meetings were held.
Milo! That makes a very yummy chocolate drink when added to milk!
Polo. The mint with a hole. Historic packaging.
Smarties packaging across time.
Chicken stock packaging.
Chocolate packaging.
Vinegar, oil, cinnamon...spice jars.
Table where your kids can pretend to serve you food in the kitchen.
Old-fashioned kitchen with checkered floor.
View of the lake!
The way people eat food around the world.
Bread shaped like a mermaid, wedding menu, and almond wedding favors.
Bread shaped like angels, and Christmas tree decoration.
The kitchen where your kids can enjoy pretend cooking.
Flasks, and teacups set.
Plate and book from Iran.
Ghee pot and plate for Puja rituals, from India.
Cocoa bean cracker and winnower.
Refractometer, by Carl Zeiss.
A room in the museum.
Room with giant exhibit showing how the body works when you eat.
The lights move around to show what happens when you eat.
A game kids can jump on.
Charlie Chaplin sculpture across from the museum.
The Fork. I love it!
Alimentarium is located at Quai Perdonnet 25, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland.
Closed Mondays. Open Tues-Sun 10-6.
It is easy to catch the train to Vevey and then walk nine minutes to Alimentarium. There is also a large parking lot in the main square (Vevey Grand Place) which is a six minute walk away.
Last Updated: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:23:06 GMT
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