Harvest Museum / Museums and Galleries

Roughly speaking, Museo de la Zafra covers an agricultural topic, though a special attention is paid to the growing of tomatoes. The museum tries to unveil the traditional ways of Canarian agriculture, and it provides an insight into how sundry plants, such as vegetables and cereals, were cultivated in the particular climatic and geographic circumstances of Gran Canaria. A special emphasis is laid on the history of tomato growing, since the moment this precious vegetable was brought on the island.

Name:
Harvest Museum (Museo de la Zafra)
Address:
33, C. Isla de la Graciosa, Vecindario, 35110, Santa Lucia, Gran Canaria, Spain
Telephone:
0034 928 759 706
Email:
museozafra@santaluciagc.com
Website:
www.santaluciagc.com

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