Hershey Museum
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The Hershey Story is a museum devoted to the history and legacy of Milton S. Hershey
and the chocolate
candy confections he invented. It is located at 63 West Chocolate Avenue
in downtown Hershey, Pennsylvania
, and opened in January 2009.
Milton S. Hershey
Milton Snavely Hershey was an American confectioner, philanthropist, and founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company and the "company town" of Hershey, Pennsylvania....
and the chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
candy confections he invented. It is located at 63 West Chocolate Avenue
Chocolate Avenue
Chocolate Avenue is a street in Hershey, Pennsylvania that runs past Hersheypark, and is considered to be the main street of the town. It runs from Hersheypark Drive to the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 3017, at which the road continues as Main Street. Most of Chocolate Avenue is a segment of...
in downtown Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey is a census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The community is located 14 miles east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality...
, and opened in January 2009.