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Cheese Museums

Cheese museums around the world: what you see and taste, opening hours and prices.

Australia

Cheese travel in Australia
The Bega Cheese Heritage Centre building

Bega Cheese Heritage Centre

Bega, NSW, Australia

Free dairying museum with cheese tasting and a café, open daily.

Canada

Cheese travel in Canada
The Ingersoll Cheese Museum grounds in Ontario

Ingersoll Cheese Museum

Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada

A re-created 19th-century cheese factory, open all year by donation.
The old Perron cheese factory in Saint-Prime, Quebec

Musée de la Vieille Fromagerie Perron

Saint-Prime, Quebec, Canada

The last 1890s village cheese factory in Quebec, with a tasting and workshop.

France

Cheese travel in France
The Maison du Comté seen from the Croix du Dan viewpoint above Poligny

Maison du Comté

Poligny, France

The Comté visitor centre in Poligny, open daily, with a tasting of two Comtés.
The Maison du Fromage in Gunsbach, Munster valley

Maison du Fromage Munster

Gunsbach, France

Live Munster cheesemaking with a tasting, in the Munster valley.
The Fromagerie Clos de Beaumoncel in the village of Camembert

Maison du Camembert

Camembert, France

The Camembert museum in Camembert village, with a hand-ladling dairy next door.

Germany

Cheese travel in Germany
The Westfalen Culinarium building housing the cheese museum in Nieheim

Deutsches Käsemuseum

Nieheim, Germany

Germany's cheese museum, open two Sundays a month in season, in the town of the cheese market.

Italy

Cheese travel in Italy

Parmigiano Reggiano Museum

Fontevivo, Italy

The Parmesan museum, now in a former church in Fontevivo, €5.
Salting Fontina at an alpine pasture dairy in the Aosta Valley

Fontina Visitor Centre, Valpelline

Valpelline, Italy

See Fontina wheels cared for by hand in the Aosta Valley, €6.

Netherlands

Cheese travel in Netherlands
Shop front of the Amsterdam Cheese Museum at Prinsengracht 112

Amsterdam Cheese Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Free tastings of 20+ Dutch cheeses and a small cellar museum on the Prinsengracht.

Portugal

Cheese travel in Portugal
Azeitão cheeses

Azeitão Cheese and the Museu do Ovelheiro

Quinta do Anjo, Palmela, Portugal

The sheep museum and spring cheese festival in Quinta do Anjo, near Lisbon.

Spain

Cheese travel in Spain
Cabrales cheese at the cave in Arenas de Cabrales

Cabrales Cheese Cave

Arenas de Cabrales, Spain

A 45-minute guided visit to a natural ageing cave, with a tasting.
A Torta del Casar cheese

Torta del Casar Cheese Museum and Dairies

Casar de Cáceres, Spain

The cheese museum, dairy tours and October cheese week in Casar de Cáceres.
The windmill at the Majorero cheese museum in Antigua

Majorero Cheese Museum

Antigua, Fuerteventura, Spain

Fuerteventura's goat cheese museum, with a windmill, garden and €4 tasting.

Switzerland

Cheese travel in Switzerland
The Maison de la Tête de Moine at Bellelay

Maison de la Tête de Moine

Bellelay, Switzerland

Museum and wood-fire dairy in the grounds of Bellelay Abbey, where Tête de Moine began.

United States

Cheese travel in United States
The National Historic Cheesemaking Center museum in Monroe, Wisconsin

National Historic Cheesemaking Center

Monroe, Wisconsin

A restored farmstead cheese factory and museum in Monroe, May to October.

Cheese Counter and Dairy Heritage Center

Plymouth, Wisconsin

A downtown cheese shop, lunch counter and history display in Plymouth.