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Pop-up Ice Cream Museum Coming to L.A. Arts District

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Los Angeles ice cream museum to feature mock banana split.
Los Angeles ice cream museum to feature mock banana split.

In what is probably best described as a real-life re- imagining of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, the downtown Los Angeles Arts District will be getting a Museum of Ice Cream for one month, beginning April 22.

Operators announced Tuesday the Los Angeles pop-up location will be four times larger than the wildly popular New York installation, which sold an estimated 30,000 tickets in a matter of days, leading to a customer wait-list of more than 200,000 people hoping to explore the ice-cream-themed exhibits.

The New York installation featured ice-cream-inspired artworks, including a wall of waffle cones and -- the highlight of the exhibit -- a swimming pool filled with 100 million colorful "sprinkles." The Los Angeles location is also expected to include a mock banana split with 10,000 "bananas," along with a "melted Popsicle jungle" and a mint "grow house."

Of course, ice cream will also be available at the museum, featuring rotating offerings from creameries such as McConnell's, Salt & Straw, Coolhaus x Cuisinart and CREAM. Visitors will also be able to compete for prizes in the rainbow sherbert room and purchase ice-cream inspired gifts, such as custom sprinkles, ice-cream scoopers and even a ping pong table.

The museum at 2018 E. Seventh Place will only be open from April 22 to May 29, with tickets costing $29 for adults and $18 for children and seniors.

You can get more information at www.museumoficecream.com.

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