Museums and Palaces

The Terra de Miranda Museum was founded in 1982 by Father António Maria Mourinho. The 17th-century building that it is housed in used to be the Domus Municipalis (Town Hall) of Miranda do Douro, and was also used as a prison.

The museum’s pieces consist of archaeological collections covering various historical periods, as well as an important ethnographic collection illustrating the region of Trás-os-Montes. Overall, the most significant section is the one dedicated to the Terra de Miranda.

The different arts and crafts of the region are represented in various rooms, through agricultural implements and objects used in the promotion and production of wine.

Illustrating the region’s weaving traditions is an exhibition of the apparatus used for making wool and linen, together with a large number of linen and woollen pieces and a collection of regional costumes.