When and where does the tour take place?
The collector Bernabé Quintana leads a tour of the exhibition “El cuchillo canario a través de la historia” on Saturday 7 November 2026 at 11:30. Teror town council (Ayuntamiento) announces the tour as free of charge.
The meeting point is the Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The tour does not take place in Teror.
The museum gives its address as Muelle de Sta. Catalina, 35007 Las Palmas. The island tourist office lists the building under “Parque Santa Catalina”.
For visitors staying in the south, that means a trip to Las Palmas. The tour is not in Teror.
What happens after the tour?
After the tour, knifemakers (cuchilleros) show live how the traditional knife is made. On 7 November the demonstrators are Omar Suárez Navarro and Ylenia Bolaños Lugo.
On 14 November José Ángel Caravaca Suárez and Omar Suárez Navarro follow. On 21 November the knifemaker Laureano Arencibia Rivero and the leatherworker Leonor Alonso Godoy take over.
José Miguel Martínez Sánchez appears on 28 November, and Manuel González Perera on 5 December. That is the line-up in the Teror council's programme.
Teror gives a time only for 7 November and says only that the tour runs every Saturday after that. An earlier report on the opening named other people and demonstrations from 12:00 to 14:00, and the two accounts cannot be reconciled.
What is there to see in the exhibition?
About 200 knives are on show, and according to Teror town council 180 of them belong to Bernabé Quintana's collection. The pieces range from the 19th century to today and include some of the earliest examples of the current model.
José Juan Sosa Perdomo (a knife artist), the historian and ethnographer Juan Manuel Zamora Maldonado and Quintana himself curated the show. The organiser is the Cabildo de Gran Canaria (island government) through FEDAC, the Fundación para la Etnografía y el Desarrollo de la Artesanía Canaria.
Teror describes the knife as more than a tool: it is a symbol of identity. In farming and livestock keeping it was part of everyday life.
The show also links to science and technology, which suits the museum. It shows how knowledge of materials, tools and manufacture belongs to the technical history of the islands.
During the week, Quintana also guides school classes through the exhibition. That does not apply to individual visitors, who should come on a Saturday.
What does a visit cost, and when is the museum open?
According to its own website, the Museo Elder is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 20:00 and on Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. It stays closed on Monday.
Teror council says the exhibition and the tours are free. The museum's price page, however, lists general admission at 8 euros and 6 euros for residents of the Canary Islands.
The price page also notes that prices can change depending on the exhibition. It is not clear whether the knife show is covered by the museum ticket or is entirely free.
The council text gives no booking requirement, no phone number and no language for the tour. Anyone who wants to be sure should ask the museum about price and time beforehand.
What is the Canarian knife, and how long does the show run?
The cuchillo canario, also called the naife, is the traditional knife of farm workers and shepherds. Today it counts as a craft product and a symbol of Canarian identity.
The knifemaker Francisco Torres Rodríguez from Santa María de Guía says he has made about 5,000 knives in 41 years, according to a Gran Canaria tourist board article of 24 August 2018. His knives carry the FEDAC seal, and he is number 23 on the official craftspeople list.
According to that article, Torres needs about two weeks for one knife. He works with horn from rams, goats, cows and bulls.
The exhibition runs from 15 October to 8 December 2026, and the last announced demonstration is on 5 December. Teror considers an extension to January 2027 possible, but nothing has been decided.