Quinta das Cruzes is in the centre of Funchal and is a house of important historical value because it was the official residence of João Gonçalves Zarco. Today it is a museum with a vast collection of decorative art and antiques from the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Quinta das Cruzes is wrapped in a beautiful garden with exotic flowers, trees and other flora species.

The museum brings together an important collection of embroidered Madeira, the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, exposed in various costumes and together with other items, and shows the running processes of Madeira embroidery and its history.

Apart from the Madeiran embroidery collection the Madeiran house Romanticism environment is also recreated, by exposing pieces of furniture Hepplewhite, Sheraton and Victorian eighteenth century and XI, which was due to the presence of a community British on the island of Madeira, linked to comercial wines and embroidery, who knew expand its influence. The English decorative styles were undoubtedly prevalent in the upper classes of the island.

The Museum of Contemporary Art began its activity, based on the collections of the City of Funchal prize, the then General Board of the Autonomous District of Funchal, Tourist office and the National Society of Fine Arts of Lisbon, in the years 1966 and 1967. It was first understood as a contemporary extension of the Museum of Quinta das Cruzes, running though the first time, temporary headquarters on the premises of the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs and then the Quinta Magnolia in Funchal, in the 80s This is a collection of Portuguese contemporary art from the 60s to the present day, with works by some of the most significant national artists. The entries in the 60 collections highlight the names of Joaquim Rodrigo, Nuno de Siqueira, António Areal, José Escada, Helena Almeida, Artur Rosa, Jorge Martins and Manuel Batista. Installed from 1992, the collection of Contemporary Art in St. James Fort and created the Museum, restarted up a groundswell process of collection with works by Lourdes Castro, René Bertholo, José de Guimarães, Ilda David, Graça Pereira Coutinho, Filipe Rocha da Silva, Jaime Hare, António Palolo, José António Cardoso, João Queiroz, José Loureiro, Albuquerque Mendes, Fernando Calhau, Michael Biberstein, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Pedro Portugal, Sofia Areal, Miguel White, Pedro Proenca, Fernanda Fragateiro, Ana Vidigal, António Campos Rosado, Rui Sanches, Manuel Rosa, Patricia Garrido, Helena Almeida, Eduardo Batarda, Gaetan, Pedro Casqueiro, Ana Vidigal, among many others.

The Museum also has a collection of works by artists who have been developing their activity on the island of Madeira, as Élia pepper, Celso Caires, Isabel Santa Clara, Eduardo de Freitas, Berimbau Grace, Teresa Garden, Filipa Venancio, Karocha Jose Manuel Gomes, Guilhermina da Luz, Ara Gouveia, Carla Cabral, Ligia Gontardo, António Rodrigues, Danilo Gouveia, Guida Ferraz, among many others. Emblematic was also the possibility, through patronage, the entry in the collections of the Museum of a work of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.
The Museum lives of temporary events, giving visibility to the local artists.

The Museum of Electricity "Casa da Luz, is a museum of the Company, (EEM-Electricity Company of Madeira), which is installed in the space of the old Power Station of Funchal, opened in 1897, th so called Madeira Wood Electric Lighting Company Limited , the first electricity utility in Madeira.

After several changes in 1949 the Municipal Electricity Services started, moving first to a public entity, this strategic sector. In 1974 the public company will be created (EEM), responsible for transport and distribution of electricity in the archipelago of Madeira. The Power Station of Funchal was finally decommissioned in 1989 and has since upheld the Museum of Electricity "Casa da Luz.

Located in the Palace of San Pedro, one of the most significant works of the Portuguese civil architecture from the mid-century. XVIII, the Natural History Museum of Funchal was officially opened on 05 October 1933.

Until then, the Palace of San Pedro played numerous roles throughout its existence. Originally was the residence of the Counts of Carvalhal; in 1882 and under the direction of D. Carolina Sheffield ran the Hotel Sheffield; in 1883, Sister Mary Jane Wilson (founder of the Franciscan Congregation of Our Lady of Victories) there has established the St. George College and, in 1897, worked in the same space the International Club. After its purchase by the City Hall of Funchal, on 19/09/1929, they came to work in the Palace of St. Peter the following institutions: the Municipal Library of Funchal, the Madeira Regional Museum and the Madeira Regional Archives. At present only works in this building the Natural History Museum of Funchal, its Scientific Library and the Municipal Aquarium. The Garden of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants also form an integral part of this building.