Bread Museum

Gastronomy is always a good reason to explore new places and discover new flavors. If you are exploring the Beiras area, you cannot miss this opportunity to get your hands dirty and visit the Bread Museum, in Seia. Here, you will discover the best kept secrets of the art of bread making in Portugal.

Located in Quinta Fonte do Marão, close to Serra da Estrela, this museum dedicates its 3,500m² to this ancient art of making bread. The space is divided into four exhibition rooms and other complementary spaces that make this place unique.

The Bread Cycle Room is a reconstitution of the old traditional Portuguese bread cycle through fourteen illustrated panels, together with the implements and utensils depicted on each panel. In the Art of Bread room, you can see exhibited artistic objects inspired by bread, its implements, traditions and labors (tiles, glass, sacred art, wood, old postcards, diplomas, calendars, iconography, ceramics, silver, etc.).

In the Pão Politico, Social and Religious room, dare to travel to various periods of Portuguese history, experiencing its evolution in time and space. In the themed space, you can combine history and modernity, reality and fantasy in a space dedicated entirely to the youngest.

In addition to the Museum, you can also enjoy areas dedicated entirely to tasting. In the restaurant, delight in bread-based dishes. Visit the bar, and have a unique literary experience. Also take the opportunity to visit the old grocery store, where you can travel back in time and remember the typical breads from different Portuguese regions. If you still have time, roll up your sleeves and enter the studio, where you can wake up the chef in you, give free rein to your imagination and literally get your hands dirty.

You can also emerge on a journey through Fernando Pessoa’s heteronyms, as the museum acquired its estate and, among other pieces, you can admire a Poet’s desk, the first edition of the Mensagem as well as a pair of glasses.

How to get to the Bread Museum?

To get to the Bread Museum follow the coordinates: 40.4174708,-7.7071645

Check the Schedules and prices at: https://www.museudopao.pt