Museum of Ice Cream opens in New York

From edible balloons, through the Chocolate Chamber, to a swimming pool filled with sprinkles, the temporary Museum of Ice Cream in New York, opened on Friday, July 29, 2016, offers it all to its visitors. The Museum is a lifelong fantasy of its 24-year-old founder, Maryellis Bunn.

The Museum tour through six rooms begins with a free ice cream, continuing with a tour of a room filled with edible balloons, the Associated Press reports. The biggest attraction is a large pool filled with 11,000 pounds of sprinkles with signs that say: “make a wish”, “dip at your own risk” and “Caution: may cause spontaneous happiness.”

The Museum also features the Chocolate Chamber, located behind a brown satin curtain, behind which a remix of “Pure Imagination” is heard. Inside, there's a chocolate fountain, free chocolates, cocoa-bean shards on the floor and a large chocolate video.

The tour ends at a playground featuring an ice cream scoop seesaw and an ice cream sandwich swing for two, and visitors can also find out which ice cream flavor suits them most, thanks to a special app.

The Museum is open till August 31.

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