Pottery has been an activity linked to the municipality of Candelaria for centuries. The Centro Alfarero "Casa de las Miquelas" continues to keep alive the tradition of ceramics in the municipality. It is located in a traditional rehabilitated house and owes its name to the last two potters in the neighborhood of Santa Ana, where the Center itself is located. It has three exhibition halls in which the traditional trades of the municipality are described, as well as a collection of vessels and traditional clothing and a workshop in which traditional pottery and all its production process are still being worked on.
Located in the Old House of Customs, in the heart of Puerto de la Cruz, this Museum of Contemporary Art has the permanent collection of the art critic Eduardo Westerdahl, gathered in the 60s, as well as an exhibition dedicated to the explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
The Granadilla de Abona History Museum is the perfect place to go and to know in depth the historical evolution of part of the island of Tenerife, the History Museum of Granadilla de Abona. This museum is located in an old typical Canarian house dating from 1800 and in one of the most stately streets of the town in the historic center of Granadilla.
The Museum was put into operation in 2002, in it you can see different collections that serve as an excuse to make a trip through time. The museum offers through the different rooms the steps that the municipality has followed throughout history, from its uses and customs, through work and its place its history since the Guanches populated this part of the island until today day.
The Museo de Historia de Granadilla of abona is divided into eleven rooms, the most important being the room dedicated to the aboriginal funeral world where it is possible to see the different types of burials with their trousseau. You can also know different data on culture, agriculture or aboriginal rites. Without doubt one of the most interesting places in this town.