Museum of Contemporary Art
This museum is in São Tiago Fort and houses a collection of contemporary Portuguese art from the 1960s to the present day. It also has temporary exhibitions of works from different artists and institutions.
Fortaleza de São Tiago
Phone: 291 213340
Open Monday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 2.00
Religious Art Museum
This museum has an important collection of Flemish paintings from the 16th to the 18th century, religious sculptures from the 16th to the 18th century and objects in gold from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Rua do Bispo, 21
Phone: 291 228900
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. Sunday from 10 a.mto 13:00 p.m.
Entrance fee: EUR 3.00
Mário Barbeito de Vasconcelos Library-Museum
This museum houses a collection related to Christopher Columbus including maps, prints, rare books, coins and articles alluding to the history of Madeira.
Avenida Arriaga, 48
Phone: 291 233 357
Open Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 1.00
Henrique e Francisco Franco Museum
This museum has a priceless collection of prints, drawings and sculptures by the brothers Henrique and Francisco Franco, Madeiran artists whose works left a significant mark on Portuguese art in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Rua João de Deus,13
Phone: 291 230633
Open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Entrance: EUR 1.75
Natural History Museum
This museum is in the Madeira Botanical Gardens and houses a valuable collection of documents attesting to the wealth of the archipelago’s natural heritage and its dynamics in this area.
Caminho do Meio - Qta. do Bom Sucesso
Tel. 291 211208
Open every day from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Closed 25th December.
Entrance fee: adults EUR 3.00 (includes Botanical Garden and Louro Parque)
Frederico de Freitas House Museum
Frederico da Cunha e Freitas lived in this romantic-style house, where he collected objets d’art. The museum-house has been restored by the Madeira Regional Government and has an impressive exhibition of different collections including glazed tiles, mugs, teapots, ceramics, religious sculpture, old prints and neoclassic and art nouveau furniture.
Calçada de Santa Clara
Phone: 291 220578
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m
Closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 2.50.
cmffreitas.drac@madeira-edu.pt
Quinta das Cruzes Museum (Closed for works. Expected opening date: Dec 2008)
This baroque-style quinta was once the home of the second donee of Funchal. Today it houses a decorative art museum with a vast collection of Portuguese and foreign furniture from the 16th to the 19th century, porcelain from Europe and the Portuguese East India Company, 17th to 19th century Portuguese pottery, Indo-Portuguese and European ivory, Flemish and Portuguese sculpture from the 15th to the 18th century, nativity scenes from the 18th and 19th centuries and paintings and prints from the 16th to the 19th century.
Calçada do Pico
Phone: 291 740670
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Closed on Mondays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 2.00
Funchal Municipal Museum (Natural History)
In the 19th century, this baroque-style palace was the home of the Counts of Carvalhaland was famous for its receptions. Today, it houses a valuable exhibition of the archipelago’s fauna, flora and geology. It also conducts important scientific research into the Macaronesia region.
The same building houses the Municipal Library and the Madeira Regional Archives.
Rua da Mouraria, 31
Phone: 291 229761
Open Tuesday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from noon to 6 p.m.
Closed on Mondays.
Entrance fee: EUR 2.30
”Universe of Memories” - J.C. Abreu
Collection of pieces amassed during his travels donated by João Carlos Abreu, currently Regional Secretary of Tourism and Culture. All the exhibits are closely connected to the story of his life.
Apart from being excellent museum pieces, they are also important due to their variety and the fact that they come from the four corners of the earth. There is a tea room adjacent to the museum.
Calçada do Pico
Phone 291 225122
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m. to noon.
Closes on Mondays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 3.00
Madeira Story Centre
The Madeira Story Centre is located in the old part of Funchal, near the cable cars that go from Funchal to Monte. The centre gives an overview of 14 million years of the history of Madeirain a visit lasting 1½ hours.
From the geological formation of the archipelago to the present day, visitors will be able to go back in time in recreations of Madeira’s history, exhibits of authentic historical objects and interactive, multimedia audiovisual equipment, combining history with an entertaining cultural experience.
This magnificent cultural and tourist attraction enables visitors to embark on a fantastic journey to the worlds like Volcanic Origins, Legends of the Discovery, the Discovery of Madeira, Turmoil and Trade, Strategic Island, The Development of Madeira, After Shipping and Explore Madeira.
In addition to the central exhibition, the Madeira Story Centre has other facilities like a multi-purpose panoramic terrace, a theme café decorated with scenes from the history of Madeira, and an exclusive souvenir shop.
Open daily from 9 a.m to 7 p.m. Entrance fee: Adults: EUR 10,00, Children: EUR 5,00.
Madeira Story Center
Rua D. Carlos I, nº 28-29
9060-051 Funchal
www.storycentre.com
info@storycentre.com
Vicentes Photography Museum
This building consists of the former home and studio of Vicente Gomes da Silva, the pioneer of photography in Portugal. The museum houses backdrops, cameras and negatives collected over a period of more than 100 years by the four generations of photographers in the Vicente family. It also has archives of photographs from a number of other sources.
Rua da Carreira, 43, 1º
Phone: 291 225050
email: photographia.vicentes.drac.srtc@gov-madeira.pt
Open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 2.00
Wine Museum
This neoclassic 19th century palace houses the Madeira Wine Institute and its museum and is of great importance to the region’s history. The museum has an exhibition of prints, photographs, paraphernalia and machines picturing the different phases of Madeira wine production.
Rua 5 de Outubro, 78
Phone: 291 204600
Closed
www.srafp.pt/ivm
Madeira Wine Museum
The museum is in a series of baroque-style buildings where Madeira wine used to be made, stored, sold and exported and includes the oldest Madeira wine cellars. The museum’s collection includes letters from famous personalities, documents from the British companies that founded the Madeira Wine Company, books, utensils, a 17th century wine press and antique machinery. There is also a bar where visitors can taste and buy wine.
Adegas de S. Francisco
Avenida Arriaga, 28
Phone: 291 740100
Open Monday to Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Guided tours in:
English: Monday to Friday at 10:30 a.m., 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 a.m.
German: Monday to Friday at 10:30, 14:30, 15:30.
Portuguese and French: Monday to Friday at 11:30.
Schedules may be changed without notice.
Entrance: EUR 4,20
City Sugar Museum
Located at the former residence of the Flemish merchant, João Esmeraldo, this museum is dedicated to the manufacture and export of sugar in Madeira in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Praça Colombo, 5
Phone: 291 236910
Open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Entrance fee: EUR 1.75
IBTAM Museum (Embroidery)
This museum shows how Madeira embroidery was made and has an exhibition of valuable pieces of embroidery, tapestry and inlaid wood. The embroidery is displayed in different outfits and with other items such as furniture.
Rua Visconde de Anadia, 44
Phone 291 223141
Open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 2.00
Casa da Luz Museum
This museum is on the site of the old Funchal Power Plant, which was decommissioned in 1989. Its contents include rare machinery and equipment more than half a century old.
Rua da Casa da Luz, 2
Phone 291 211480
Open Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Closes on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 2.00
mel@eem.pt
Toy Museum
This museum houses José Manuel Borges Pereira’s collection of old toys together with some contributions from other private collections. The museum also has a café.
Rua da Levada dos Barreiros, 48,
Phone: 919 922722.
Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Monte Palace Museum
This museum is located in the Monte Palace Tropical Garden and houses two permanent collections, one of minerals and the other of contemporary Zimbabwean sculpture. The sculptures are from the 1950s and 1960s and include works by artists from Tengenenge, such as Henry Munyaradzi and Bernard Matemera. The collection of minerals is organised on the basis of its aesthetic value. Most of the exhibits are from Brazil, Portugal, Peru or North America.
Caminho do Monte, 174
Phone: 291 742650
Open every day from 10:0 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Entrance fee: EUR 10,00
www.montepalace.com
Caniçal
Whale Museum
This museum was opened in 1989 and its collection includes a whaling boat, part of a cachalot (made of glass fibre), whale’s bones and teeth, photographs and prints.
Largo Manuel Alves
Vila do Caniçal
Phone: 291 961407
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Mondays.
Entrance fee: EUR 1.25
Ribeira Brava
Madeira Ethnographic Museum
This old baroque mansion now houses the Madeira Ethnographic Museum. It has collections of ethnographic articles that bear witness to Madeiran culture and society. The temporary exhibition room is used for collections reflecting traditional Madeiran culture.
Rua de S. Francisco, 24
Ribeira Brava
Telefone: 291 952598
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Mondays and public holidays.
Entrance fee: EUR 2.00
Calheta
Casa das Mudas Arts Centre
This cultural facility in Calheta is divided into two parts, a mansion built in the 16th century that belonged to a granddaughter of João Gonçalves Zarco, the discoverer of Madeira, and a new, modern wing that blends in perfectly with the surrounding scenery.
This cultural centre is designed to house a variety of exhibitions, musical performances, plays, conferences and many other events.
On 28 February, the Casa das Mudas Art Centre put on a fantastic art exhibition where visitors were able to admire works by such famous artists as Francis Bacon, David Salle, Eric Fischl, Picasso and Dali.
Vale de Amores
9370-111 Calheta
Phone: 291 822808
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Entrance fee: EUR 5,00. Group of 10 People : EUR 2,50. Pensioners: EUR 2,50.
Ponta Delgada
Dr. Horácio Bento de Gouveia House Museum
Horácio Bento de Gouveia, a Madeiran teacher, journalist and author of a vast number of published works, was born in this house of typical Madeiran 17th and 18th century design. Here we can see a variety of antiques and also articles that belonged to the writer during his working life.
Sítio dos Terços
Vila da Ponta Delgada
Opening hours to be determined.
Phone: 291 862332
Free admission.
Porto Santo
Christopher Columbus House Museum
Columbus House consists of two buildings, the older of which dates back to the time when the explorer lived on the island.
The collection includes portraits of Columbus from the 16th to the 20th century and maps of the different routes that he sailed.
Rua Cristovão Colombo, 12
Vila Baleira
Phone: 291 983405
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Closed on Mondays.
Free admission.
