[3] The museum opened on 15 August 2009, 60 years after the invention of currywurst in 1949 by Berliner Herta Heuwer.

There he visited an exhibition about the yam root and started thinking about what food type would be as popular in Berlin.

[5] Löwer considered the currywurst to possess "cult status" in Germany and used the sausage's fame as justification to create the museum.

[4] The museum was interactive, with exhibits and displays aimed at engaging the senses of sight, smell, and sound.

[1] Highlights included a spice chamber with sniffing stations, a sausage-shaped sofa, audio stations playing currywurst-themed songs, and a virtual currywurst making game called "Curry Up!"