Museo de la Almendra
Private museum in Zamoranos with antique machinery and almond varieties, created by a century-old family business.
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About the museum
The Museo de la Almendra was created in 2010 to mark the centenary of the company Almendras Morales S. A. and pays tribute to the family that founded it. The Morales family has been working with almonds in Zamoranos, a hamlet of Priego de Córdoba located in the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park, since 1910, when José Mateo Morales Ruiz began to harvest, crack and sell the first almonds of the area. Today the company is run by the fourth generation.
The Junta de Andalucía registered the museum in the Registro de Museos de Andalucía (Andalusian Museum Register) in 2012 as a privately owned centre. It occupies two newly built buildings, and its founding collection consists mainly of machinery and utensils for processing almonds.
The visit begins in a room with the first electric machines built to crack and grade almonds, made of solid wood. It continues with a sorting bench (banco de partido), where hundreds of women from the area checked the almonds before packing, and with an exhibition of almond varieties in the shell, some of which are no longer in use. The visit is completed by an audiovisual room, a viewpoint over the olive groves and fields of Zamoranos, and a shop with local products.
Highlights
- The first electric machines built to crack and grade almonds
- Sorting bench where almonds were checked before packing
- Display of almond varieties, some no longer in use
- Audiovisual room and viewpoint over Zamoranos
- Shop with olive oil, wine and almonds from the area
Permanent exhibition
- Exposición permanente sobre la almendra – Antique machinery for cracking and grading almonds, a sorting bench, almond varieties in the shell and an audiovisual room on their cultivation and history.
- Founded
- 2010
- Operated by
- Almendras Francisco Morales, S. A. (titularidad privada)
Admission & discounts
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Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Car and coach parking area near the main entrance.
Navigation address: Carretera A-333, km 6, Zamoranos (Priego de Córdoba).
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Museum shop
Museum café, open every day. Shop with extra virgin olive oil, wines, souvenirs and a selection of almonds.
Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The museum’s website is also available in English. |
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