Hat Museum (Hat)

São João da Madeira, Aveiro, Portugal

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The Museu da Chapelaria is under the supervision of the São João da Madeira City Council, which acquired in 1996 the industrial estate resulting from the closure of several factories related to the headgear industry and also acquired the building of the most important industrial unit of this branch. activity, the Industrial Headgear Company (EICHAP), where the Museum would be installed.



The Hat Museum is unique in the Iberian Peninsula and is a tribute to the men and women who made the hat industry one of the most important activities in the history of São João da Madeira.

From the oldest hat factory, was born in 2005, the Hat Museum.



Visit the Museum and find in its museum space the images, machinery, tools and hats that illustrate the magical world of hats, but also the human, social and cultural dimension of a community to which this activity has always assumed relief paper.

Explore long-term exhibitions and learn about the lives of workers in this industry. Learn how to make a hat. Go back in time to a time when no one went out without a hat.



Contacts

Oliveira Junior Street, 501

3700-204 St. John of Madeira

Phone | +351 256 200 206

museuchapelaria@cm-sjm.pt



Schedule

Tuesday to Friday: 09h00 - 12h30 | 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Saturday: 10am - 1pm | 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Sunday: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | 2:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Monday: Closed



Prices

Museum and temporary exhibitions: 2,00 €

Free admission: Sundays between 10h30 and 12h30; native or resident of SJM; SJM schools students; former headgear workers; members of the Museum Friends Association
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