Coffee Museum, Coffee history museum in Santos, Brazil.
The Coffee Museum occupies a large building with multiple rooms and display spaces dedicated to coffee production and trade history. Inside, visitors find a documentation center with coffee-related books and a café where they can taste different brews.
The Coffee Exchange was created by State Law No. 1416 of 14 July 1914 and began trading in 1917 in a rented office on XV de Novembro Street. Trading volume grew, so a dedicated palace was built by the Companhia Construtora de Santos, begun in 1920 and inaugurated on 7 September 1922, the centenary of Brazil's independence. The exchange operated there until the late 1970s, when it was abandoned; after a 1998 restoration the palace reopened as the Coffee Museum.
The trading hall's stained glass and side panels by Benedito Calixto show Braz Cubas reading the charter of Vila de Santos, the town in 1822 beside the city in 1922, and a nation built from pioneers, farming, the port and coffee. A six-pointed star inlaid in the floor and the layout of the benches carry Masonic symbols.
The building sits on Rua XV de Novembro in the historic centre of Santos, near the old coffee export offices. The long-term exhibition "A trajetória do café no Brasil" is laid out in three modules, so follow them in order. The ground-floor cafeteria serves beans from Cerrado de Minas, Alta Mogiana and other regions, including Jacu Bird Coffee.
The 40-meter clock tower features four sculpted figures representing agriculture, commerce, industry, and navigation. These sculptures once served as signals to call traders to the exchange during business hours.
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