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.