About Us
The Museum
The Museu do Tabaco da Maia (MTM) is a scientific-cultural organization of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Divino Espírito Santo da Maia, dedicated to research, documentation, conservation, interpretation and dissemination of the tobacco agro-industry, in perspective of social and local development.
Mission
The Maia Tobacco Museum's mission is to promote the conservation, enhancement and dissemination of the tobacco agro-industry, from a perspective of social and local development.
Vision
To be a reference institution at regional, national and international level in safeguarding a heritage associated with improving the quality of life of the populations that inhabit the territory.
Values
1. Respect- for the local heritage (material, immaterial, natural, cultural) and for all the people who hold this heritage.
2. Excellence- evident in the competence, professionalism, quality of reception of the public and, above all, in the relationship that the museum has with the community in which it operates.
3. Solidarity- manifested in the protagonism that the local community has in the museum and in the trend impact it is expected to have throughout the territory.
4. Collaboration- based on the principle of partnerships with a view to improving the living conditions of the local community.