The municipal library was established by town hall deliberation dated from the 8th of December of 1838. Having initiated its wide bibliographic collection with the ‘Encyclopedie Méthodique’, presently it has about 150 000 volumes. Also part of its valuable assets collection are books, magazines and documents of great bibliographic importance for Madeira. Funchal’s municipal library carries out an important role as being the secure room where several document collections are preserved. These are, above all, useful for historians and researchers from the diverse areas of knowledge.

The municipal library of Funchal is a cultural and pedagogical service provided by the town hall of Funchal to allow its citizens the access to information, culture, education and leisure. In the library we can find diverse documents like books, magazines and other kind of documents that allow a variety of options. The library offers resources that support the general education and promote the cultural development of Funchal.