Museu de Quinta de Cruzes

Info Telefon: 291 740670

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 and public holidays.

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.
 

Museu Henrique e Francisco Franco

Tel.: 291 230633

Info Telefon: +351 291 213 120

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.

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.
 

Museum of Religious Art - Museu de Arte Sacra

Info Telefon: +351 291 228 900

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.

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.
 

Museum of Photography - Museu de Photographia

Info Telefon: +351 291 225 050
Besucher-Email: photografia.vicentes@clix.pt

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.

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.
 

Natural History Museum / Museu de História Natural

Tel.: 291 211208

Info Telefon: +351 213 905 850

Open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed 25th December.

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.
 

Toy Museum

Info Telefon: 919 922722

Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This museum houses José Manuel Borges Pereira’s toy collections and some contributions from other private collections.
 

Wine Museum / Museu do Vinho

Fax.: +351 291 228 685

Info Telefon: +351 291 204 600
Besucher-Email: ivbam.sra@gov-madeira.pt
http://www.sra.pt/ivm/...

Madeira Wine Institute

Open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

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.
 

Madeira Story Centre

Fax.: (+351) 291 000 789

Info Telefon: (+351) 291 000 770
Besucher-Email: info@storycentre.com
http://www.storycentre.com...

9.00 - 20.00 h(last entrance 19.30 h)

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.
 

Maritime Museum / Museu Marítimo

Info Telefon: +351 234 321 797

Museu do Forte de Sao Tiago

Info Telefon: +351 291 213 340

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.

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.