A Sweet Beginning: Milton Hershey at the 1893 World’s Fair

Name: A Sweet Beginning: Milton Hershey at the 1893 World’s Fair
Start: 2026-06-13T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-13T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 63 W Chocolate Ave, Hershey, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17033

Schedule

Sat Jun 13 2026 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

63 W Chocolate Ave, Hershey, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 17033 | Hershey, PA

Free with Museum Experience admission; free for members. Includes special walk-up experiences in the Chocolate Lab.
In 1893, the World’s Fair in Chicago introduced Americans to innovations that would shape the modern world—among them, chocolate-making technology that would forever change Milton S. Hershey’s future. While attending the fair, Hershey encountered European chocolate machinery that inspired him to shift his focus from caramel to chocolate, setting the foundation for what would become one of America’s most iconic brands.
Join us for a special weekend as we celebrate that pivotal moment, exploring how curiosity, innovation, and a single encounter at the World’s Fair sparked the birth of Hershey’s chocolate legacy.
Includes special walk-up experiences in the Chocolate Lab.