Alimentarium — Attraction in Vevey

I learnt today that an interactive museum doesn't necessarily mean interesting. The first exhibit was nicely done with huge end to end interactive wall screens on all 4 sides explaining about the origin of various foodstuffs. The children spent some time here. After that, it went kind of downhill for all of us. The museum is huge and has a good outlay but the slides and exhibits are packed with information about origin, discoveries, scientists, scientific methods etc. None of these actually speak to children, it was even too much for us. We were exhausted reading stuff and I lost my interest in less than an hour. The top floor has interactive games for the children, especially one where there is digestive track projected on the floor and the children complete the whole journey of food from the mouth to the rectum. We couldn't wait to get out. Maybe we were exhausted after the whole day at Chaplin's World (absolutely wonderful) and the Fete Parade happening that day, but it failed to live up to our expectations. It's not too expensive by Swiss standards, but don't go thinking it will be a fun trip...

The food museum is located near the Lake of Geneva; that is why it has a beautiful view. The museum itself is a good scientific museum with lots of information about food history, devices and even internal digestive and sensitive systems of human body. I think it is a good place for children (due to lots of interactive games related to food industry) and for adults it can be also an interesting place, if you are really into this kind of informative museums. We were there in a hot summer day and unfortunately inside the building was also very warm. I think the ticket is also too expensive. Keep in mind, if you don’t want to read all of the signs and information; you can finish it in about one hour. It has also a restaurant and a coffeeshop inside the museum; but I think they are very expensive too. Here also you can get student discount :) so don’t forget your student card. After visiting Chaplin’s world, this museum was not that attractive for me. (I visited both of...

The Alimentarium is located right in front of Lake Geneva where the iconic giant fork of Vevey stands. It’s primarily a food museum that spans two storeys. There are lots of information about the origins of food, exhibits of cooking equipments from different periods in time, food in cultures and how they behave in our bodies. Very interesting info, however the museum may be more appealing to kids as some of the exhibits are interactive.

The restaurant at the ground level serves up great food. The chefs are really friendly, and you can watch how they carefully plate the dishes. The staffs working in the building are extremely friendly and polite as well.

I enjoyed my visit very much but don’t think it’s a must to enter the museum (entry is 13 euros for adults). Visiting the giant fork and the Alimentarium for a meal would make a great...