Museum of Ice Cream LA

The Museum of Ice Cream first popped up in New York last year. When I saw the photos from the event, I knew I needed to check it out when it came to Los Angeles. The pop-up interactive museum event is located in the LA Arts District and is the hottest ticket in town. It's sold out until August currently, but maybe if you sign up for the newsletter, you'll be notified if they release additional tickets.

Getting these tickets were like buying tickets for Coachella, there was a virtual waiting room and everything the day tickets were released. You had a time limit to pick your tickets once you were let in, and those who took too long missed out on scoring the times they wanted. Luckily, I was able to get in and get the tickets to visit this Instagram-worthy place. Keep reading to see all the photos and details from my event.

As you drive up to the location, you cannot miss the building in the Arts District that is fully coated in millennial pink paint. There is a line of people waiting for their turn outside. The line wasn't too bad as we showed up at 12:15 pm for our 12:30 pm timeslot on a Saturday. Across from the line, there's a little courtyard area where there are games to pass the time and even someone handing out Soylent. How Soylent and ice cream are related beats me, but I grab one to try anyway since I've always been curious. 

You are put into small groups to start your walk through the museum together. It's interactive so there's things you can touch and even small tastings in each room. Not all the tastings are amazing by the way, but they do somewhat fit the different themed rooms.

Do kids even know what these are nowadays?

This experience is a one-way walk through, so once you move from room to room, you can't go back. Do it for the gram and stay in each room as long as you need to to get those perfect photos.

All the rooms were seriously cuteness overload and total unicorn vibes.

The banana room installation was probably one of my favorite rooms of the overall exhibit. I love the whole aesthetic of these painted bananas and all the pink and yellow just made me happy. 

 

Make sure you take a turn on the swings with your "Instagram husband"

Minty Mindy

Welcome to the Mint Chocolate Chip Room. The live mint really gave the room an amazing smell. Plus they gave us the best mint chocolate chip mochi ice creams! So Yummy!

Give me all the Gummy Bears!

Giant Popsicles? Yes, please! I want these installed into my living room.

Charcoal Cookie Dough Mini cones - I was warned not to eat these - as they turn your teeth black. Not cute for what's coming next in the final room!



The final room! This is where you will find a giant pool of sprinkles that you can swim around in and take photos. Your time in the sprinkle pool is timed and you share it with other people. Take your claim to an area and get the photos you need! They make you take your shoes off, so keep that in mind with what kind of footwear you're going to wear that day.

On their site: "Museum of Ice Cream designed close to one hundred million sprinkles out of antimicrobial plastics to fill our signature sprinkle pool. The museum also cleans the sprinkles daily" so there you have it, it's not as gross and you think it could be.

 Overall, I loved the Ice Cream Museum. It was a fun experience with lots of photo ops. This is more an activity to do with your girlfriends or people who love to take photos in general. I've heard previously of it being pretty crowded and long lines to get in, but my experience was smooth. Maybe they have worked out all the kinks now.

Would you visit the ice cream museum? Also, what's your favorite ice cream flavor? Mine's coffee. :)