Cultura Madeira

DRC Museums

House - Museum Frederico de Freitas

The House-Museum Frederico de Freitas, of imposing proportions and bright red colour is a striking presence on the steep Sidewalk of Santa Clara and a prominent element in the urban civil architecture of the historic area of St. Peter and the city centre. Also known as "Casa da Calçada", this description identifies the former residence of the Counts of Calçada, whose ancestors are associated with it since its inception in the seventeenth century.

Quinta das Cruzes Museum

Quinta das Cruzes is one of the largest “quintas“ with historic tradition in the bay of Funchal, linked to the family of the first Donatory Captain, who have worked in the late fifteenth, early sixteenth century. A small building, started by Joao Goncalves Zarco (1425-1467?), was increased by his son João Gonçalves da Câmara. This house remained in the family until the mid seventeenth century, moving through marriage alliances, to the Lomelino family until the late nineteenth century.

Madeira Photography Museum - Atelier Vicente’s

Photographia - Museum "Vicentes" is installed in Vicente Gomes da Silva's old photographic studio (1827–1906).

Mudas. Museum of Contemporary Art

The Museum of Contemporary Art was created in 1992, when the Fort of São Tiago was transferred to the Regional Government of Madeira, under the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs. In October 2015, this institution was transferred to the Casa das Mudas Arts Centre in Calheta, a project of the architect Paulo David that was inaugurated in October 2004. The institution’s name was changed accordingly and is now called Mudas. Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira.

Madeira Ethnographic Museum

The Museum is located on property that belonged, in the early seventeenth century, to the convent of Santa Clara in Funchal, acquired by Luís Gonçalves da Silva, captain of the Ordinances of Ribeira Brava, who carried out the construction works to extend the existing building and an evocation of the Chapel of St. Joseph in 1710.

Columbus House - Museum of Porto Santo

A Casa Colombo-Museu do Porto Santo encontra-se instalada num conjunto articulado de construções, hoje uniformizadas por obras do século XVIII e XIX. Segundo uma tradição oral, longamente difundida, aqui viveu Cristóvão Colombo, aquando da sua passagem pelo Porto Santo.