Cheese Museum Fuerteventura

The Cheese Museum in Antigua is one of the main cultural stops in inland Fuerteventura. It sits next to a traditional windmill and gives a simple look at rural life, farming and food production in the Canaries.

It’s not a large or formal museum experience — it’s more of a short, interesting stop if you’re exploring the centre of the island.

What it’s like

The museum is set in a quiet inland area, surrounded by open landscape and traditional buildings. It’s closely linked to the agricultural history of Fuerteventura and gives a feel for how life once worked away from the coast.

Inside you’ll find displays about Majorero cheese, local farming methods, and traditional rural life on the island.

There is also a small café-style feel to parts of the site, making it an easy, relaxed visit rather than a structured museum tour.

Inside the Cheese Museum showing displays of traditional Majorero cheese production and rural island life.

Cheese-making and traditional life

One of the most interesting parts of the visit is seeing how cheese production has been tied into everyday island life.

Traditional tools and kitchen setups show how cheese was made using simple methods, reflecting the resourceful way rural communities worked with what they had.

This connects directly to other inland traditions such as windmills and staple foods like gofio, which are still part of Canarian culture today.

Traditional cheese-making tools and kitchen setups showing how Majorero cheese was historically produced in Fuerteventura.

Windmills and surroundings

The museum sits next to one of Antigua’s restored windmills, which were historically used for grinding grain. These structures are some of the most recognisable features of inland Fuerteventura and are closely linked to farming and food production on the island.

Visiting

It’s an easy stop if you’re already in Antigua or passing through the centre of the island.

You don’t need long here — it’s the kind of place you visit briefly as part of exploring inland Fuerteventura rather than a main destination.

At certain times there are also small cheese tastings available on site, giving visitors a chance to try local Majorero cheese.

There is also a mechanical goat where you can have a go at virtual milking, making it a fun and interactive experience that gives a simple feel for traditional milking.

There is parking available right outside the museum, and refreshments are also available on site.

Interactive virtual milking at the Cheese Museum, where visitors can try a fun hands-on experience.

Places like this give a different view of Fuerteventura, away from the beaches and resorts. They help explain the island’s rural roots and how much of its identity comes from inland farming and traditional life.