Top 10 Amazing Facts About World of Coca-Cola Museum  

World of Coca-Cola Museum-Wikimedia

Top 10 Amazing Facts About World of Coca-Cola Museum

The World of Coca-Cola Museum is a famous historical site situated in Atlanta. The historic site attracts many visitors as it allows them to experience and learn more about the history of Coca-Cola. 

Coca-Cola was invented by a pharmacist known as John Pemberton while he was trying to find a way to stop his addiction to morphine. These top ten amazing facts will give you a deeper insight into the history of the soft drink that many enjoy

1. The museum’s current location is not its original site

 The World of Coca-Cola is located a few blocks away from where the pharmacist, John Pemberton first made the original Coca-Cola. The historical site sits on a 20-acre land. 

However, the current location is not its original site in that the World of Coca-Cola was first opened in 1990 underground Atlanta where it was popular for entertainment and shopping.

2. Tourist can view the bottling process

The bottling process at World of Coca-Cola Museum-Wikimedia

The historic site gives the tourists a chance to see how the drink is bottled. This is because they have a small processing plant inside the museum which allows visitors to experience the bottling process and learn more about the whole process. 

The plant produces 20 bottles per minute unlike the large plants that can produce up to 200 bottles in a minute so that it can allow the tourists to look at the process keenly. The bottling plant is a nice addition to the museum as many tourists want to learn more about Coca-Cola.

3. Visitors can go into the “Vault”

The vault where the secret formula is kept

The historic site contains a vault in which the secret formula of Coca-Cola is stored. Previously, the vault was not opened to the public. However, in 2011, the vault was opened to allow tourists to look at the secret vault in which the 125-year-old formula was kept.

Therefore, the vault gives the visitors a rare chance to learn about the mythology, history and fascination that surrounds the secret formula through different multimedia. The experience makes visitors appreciate the drink more as they can see the brand’s humble beginning and the steps they have made since the product was discovered.

4. The museum has a pop culture gallery

The gallery houses several original paintings made by different artists featuring Coca-Cola. One of the artists is Haddon Sundblom who painted the iconic Santa and sprite boy. To ensure that the tourist interact with the influence Coca-Cola has on popular culture, they can create their own coke art. When the visitors create their own art, they can relate with the paintings being displayed in the historic site. 

Furthermore, the gallery features ‘It’s the Real Thing’ which the iconic 1996 campaign is featured. In 1996, Coca-Cola came up with a new campaign that featured a new brand identity and photography style. The campaign was also accompanied with a song that encouraged the world to sing in perfect harmony. 

5. The museum has a 4-D theater

The World of Coca-Cola Museum has the theater in which a 3-D movie titled ‘In Search of the Secret Formula’ is shown. The movie features an unconventional professor and his assistant work to determine the formula to the drink’s success. The fourth dimension comes to play when the seats become part of the special effects. This makes the experience enthralling.

6. The museum has a testing room

A sample of the free dring in the testing room-Wikimedia

Coke lovers get a rare chance to test more than 100 flavors from different parts of the world. The testing room provides unlimited testing which means that the tourists can try as many flavors as they want. 

Additionally, the taste-testing room allows the tourists to learn why there are different flavors for different regions and also find one that they love.

7. World of Coca-Cola explorer application

The historic site has its own mobile application that visitors can download. The mobile app allows the tourist to acquire information about the museum beforehand as it gives fascinating facts about Coca-Cola and thus make the experience wholesome as the people will know what is being discussed and also features, they come across. 

Additionally, the application also allows the visitors to make custom photos which ensures that their experience is memorable. The application can also be used after the tourists finish their adventure which means that they will not lose their pictures and can continue discovering new things even after they leave the historic site.

8. Tourists can take pictures with the Coca-Cola bear

The ‘Always Coca-Cola’ campaign featured a white panda bear which became sensational. Therefore, to make the experience interesting, the lobby of the museum contains the famous bear. Tourists can take this opportunity to snap a picture with the bear which is seven feet tall. The bear is one of the popular attractions that tourists who visit the museum look at.

9. The museum is built green

The historic site was built green according to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards. More than eighty percent of the materials used in the construction of the 92, 000 square foot site was recycled. The carpets used inside the museum are made from recycled plastic and the flooring is bamboo. 

Additionally, the cups used in the taste-testing room are biodegradable cups made from corn starch. The historic site also advocates for the conservation of water and energy by using waterless urinals to ensure that water is not wasted.

10.  Visitors can go home with souvenirs

A picture of a child’s shirt from the gift shop-Wikimedia

The museum gives tourists a free Coca-Cola bottle to go home with at the end of the tour. The museum also has a gift shop that provides visitors with different kinds of merchandise to remember the experience with. Some of the merchandise include, clothes made from recycled plastic bottles, accessories and decorative keepsakes. The merchandise sold at the museum are unique to the store and thus make them more special.