Museu da Cachaça, Cachaça Museum in Maranguape, Brazil

The Cachaça Museum occupies a 19th-century building that displays maps, photographs, and agricultural tools related to spirit production. Wooden barrels and production equipment fill the space, showing how the drink has been made over time.

The building began as the first production facility for the Ypioca brand, founded in 1846 by a Portuguese immigrant. Over time, it became a center of local spirit production and shaped the region's economy for generations.

The museum takes its name from cachaça, the sugarcane spirit whose commercial history it documents. Its collection of maps, documents, photographs, films, machinery, bottles, farm equipment and balsam-wood vats traces the Ypioca brand, first produced by Portuguese immigrant Dario Telles after his arrival in Brazil in 1846. Visitors can also try kayaking and climbing on the grounds.

The museum sits in Maranguape, in the state of Ceará, on the site of the old Ypioca distillery. The grounds also host sport activities, including kayaking and climbing, alongside the exhibition buildings. Visitors should plan for both the indoor collection and the outdoor area where the large barrel stands.

Outside the museum stands the world's largest wooden barrel, with a capacity of 374,000 litres, entered in the Guinness Book in 2003. It is the largest object in the collection and the one visitors most often photograph.