Museums and Palaces

The Museum of the Olive and Olive Oil is located in the city of Mirandela, by the Tua River in the center of the ""Trás os Montes e Alto Douro"" region. It opened on August 3rd, 2017 and has increased the adherence of visitors who have shown admiration and empathy for the museological offer.   

The museum was designed by the Architect Graça Dias and works in the old Mirandelense´s Milling facilities and is an extraordinary example of the impact this structure has on the local community. The old Milling, practically a piece of industrial archaeology, accuses the passage of time and history, with a series of compartments and additions, materialized in different ways, such as wood, iron and concrete, revolving around a square and central pavilion, in stone that has as main attraction a hydraulic oil mill with more than 100 years in perfect working conditions. The space is rich in architectural suggestions either through the unexpected utilitarian and pragmatic solutions that have been introduced over time, either through the light and way of capturing what space announces. 

Is rich in themes associated with olive oil. On the lobby, you can find the Sale Shop where you can buy some nice souvenirs. Walking around the Museum you can find: Olive Oil Mill Room, Olive Tree Yard, Field and Fruit Room, Olive Grove Sounds, Olive Processing and Laboring Room, Olive Oil and Its uses Room, Gallery of Temporary Exhibitions and an Auditorium.  

The Museum takes visitors on a journey back in time, exalts the distant memories and declaims an enunciation of emotions that exalts and reaches the exponent in the tastings of olive oil when the exhibition course finishes. It is a tourist and cultural focus of excellence in Mirandela, which characterizes Olive Oil as an anchor product and an economic asset of the territory, region and country. We hope that the Olive and Olive Oil Museum will be a national and international reference with a strong increase in tourism, culture and an Intangible Heritage.