Museu do Pão

In the bread country of the Serra da Estrela, the Museu do Pão in Seia tells the story of the loaf — from the wheat in the field to the bread on the table. Part museum, part working bakery, it is one of the most original museums of central Portugal, in the town below the mountain.

History and character

The museum was created in Seia as a home for the traditions of Portuguese bread, gathering tools, ovens and the memories of the rural world around it. Its collections move through the cycle of the cereal year — sowing, harvest, threshing and baking — and celebrate the regional breads of every corner of the country, from the broa of the mountains to the sweet loaves of the south.

What to discover

• The exhibition rooms, with ovens, tools and the cycle of the wheat.
• The regional breads of Portugal and their traditions.
• The working bakery, where bread is baked through the day.
• The flavours of the Serra da Estrela around the museum.

Visiting

The museum is in Seia, in the Serra da Estrela region, reached by road. It keeps its own opening hours and tickets; check the official page before your visit.

Nearby

The town of Seia surrounds the museum, and the Serra da Estrela rises above it, with the mountain village of Manteigas beyond.

Information: museudopao.pt.

Image credit: Museu do Pão, Seia, by Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.