Belgium is synonymous with chocolate and for chocoholics the Chocolate Museum is an amazing Brussels attraction. The museum was the brainchild of Gabriella Draps, wife of Belgian chocolatier Joseph Draps who founded Godiva Chocolates. The museum is housed in the historic De Valck Building which dates back to 1697. Learn about the history of European chocolate and its origins. Find out how chocolate is made and the special properties it has.

The building which houses the museum serves as a chocolate shop, demonstration room and the two upper floors are devoted to the museum. In the museum you can trace the history of chocolate from the discovery by the Aztecs, to the cocoa fields of West Africa and the invention of Belgian praline. See a canoe used in West Africa to collect the cocoa and learn about the production process.