The 10 Best Art Museums in Madeira Islands, Madeira Islands

A space for everyone where you can not only become part of 3D art, but also dive for a moment into a world of optical illusions!

The Madeira Museum of Photography - Atelier Vicente's is based on a nineteenth-century photography studio, which has gone through four generations of the same family. Originally acquired in 1865 by Vicente Gomes da Silva (1827-1906), survives complete with all his equipment, cameras, books, sets, furniture and with a unique photographic heritage of several families who posed at his studio. Currently, the collection includes, besides Vicente’s assets, the work of other professional and amateur photographers such as João António Bianchi, Viscount Vale Paraíso (1862–1928); Charles Courtney Shaw (1878–1971); Gino Romoli (1906–1982); João Francisco Camacho (1833-1898); Perestrellos Photographos (1890-1998); Alexander Lamont Henderson (1838–1907) and Joaquim Augusto de Sousa (1853–1905) to name a few. It also presents the history of photographic processes, from the daguerreotype to the first color photographs, including the magic lantern devices and stereoscopy.

Come and discover part of Nini's private design collection inspired by the history and the culture of Madeira island.

Housed in a former bishop's palace, this museum houses an extensive collection of masterpieces by Flemish artists from the 15th and 16th centuries.

This "Manor Estate of the Crosses" museum is considered one of the most prestigious and well-kept museums of Madeira, which houses a splendid collection of silver, filigree and antiques that were part of a private collection of John Wetzler, a Czech citizen who lived on Madeira.

Built in the mid-sixteenth century, the structure that houses the present Museum Old Mill is located in Porto da Cruz, Madeira. This museologio core has as its main attraction, the oldest steam engine to squeeze sugarcane, installed, on display in Europe, dated 1857.