The Lindt Home of Chocolate is a chocolate museum, research center, and visitor attraction located in Kilchberg, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, adjacent to the headquarters of Lindt & Sprüngli. Opened in 2020, the building was developed by the Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation and designed by the Swiss architecture firm Christ & Gantenbein.
With over 800,000 visitors per years it claims to be one of Switzerland’s most popular and frequently visited museums.
Architecture
The Lindt Home of Chocolate was designed as a monumental yet minimalist structure inspired by industrial forms. The museum's centerpiece is a light-filled atrium measuring 64 meters in length, 15 meters high, and 13 meters wide, supported by mushroom-shaped concrete columns. It features dramatic spiral staircases and a nine-meter-tall free-standing chocolate fountain, the largest of its kind in the world.[1][2]
Over 3,000 m² of Statuario Altissimo porcelain stoneware slabs by the Italian ceramics company Ariostea were used in the museum's interior. These high-performance ceramic surfaces, inspired by Carrara marble, provide durability, hygiene, and elegance in high-traffic areas such as floors and staircases.[3]