Long before tourism arrived in the Algarve Portimão made a living from fishing and canning.

This museum is housed in the evocative old Feu Cannery and presents an industry that boomed in the early 20th century.

A lot of the equipment from the factory has been left in place, and there’s a movie with archive footage recounting the days of canning in the town.

Downstairs there’s an interactive exhibition revealing the measures being taken to conserve the seabed off the coast, and there are also archaeological exhibits with finds from underwater and the megalithic complex at nearby Alcalar.