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with superb early examples from
long-gone Madeiran churches.
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Calçada de Santa Clara 7 • Map N2 • 291
220 578 • 10am-12:30pm, 2-5:30pm Tue-
Sat, 10am-12:30pm Sun • Adm charge
Top 10 Museum
Exhibits
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Processional Cross
Superb Renaissance sil-
verwork, with the Evangelists
and biblical scenes in relief
(Museu de Arte Sacra)
(see p10)
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Max Romer Murals
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Museu Henrique e
Francisco Franco, Funchal
The artistic Franco brothers,
painter Henrique (1883-1961) and
sculptor Francisco (1855-1955),
left Madeira to find fame in Lisbon
and Paris. Their achievements are
celebrated here.
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Rua João de Deus
13 • Map N4 • 291 230 633 • 10am-
12:30pm, 2-6pm Mon-Fri • Adm charge
Grape-harvest scenes
capturing the vigour of youth
and the golden light of
autumn (Adegas de São
Francisco)
(see p12)
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Indian Miniature
The Virgin depicted as a
Mogul princess (Room 1,
Quinta das Cruzes)
(see p14)
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Animal Bones
Bones that could have
been chewed by Columbus,
dug up by archaeologists (A
Cidade do Açúcar).
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Photo Albums
Sepia-tinted prints of 150
years of island life (Museu
Photographia Vicentes).
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Moray Eels
Sharp-fanged denizens
of the deep (Museu Municipal
e Aquário).
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Winter Garden
Fern-illed, Art Nouveau
glass conservatory at the Casa
Museu Frederico de Freitas.
Museu Henrique e Francisco Franco
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Boy with Cockerel
This portrait of a Madeiran
peasant boy is one of Hen-
rique Franco's best (Museu
Henrique e Francisco Franco).
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Museu Etnográfico da
Madeira, Ribeira Brava
A fascinating record of traditional
life on Madeira.
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Rua de São Francis-
co 24 • Map D5 • 291 952 598 • 10am-
12:30pm, 2-6pm Tue-Sun • Adm charge
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Fishing Boats
Boats painted blue, red,
yellow and white were once
common in every Madeiran
fishing port (Museu Etnográfi-
co da Madeira).
)
Scrimshaws
)
Museu da Baleia, Caniçal
Uplifting displays on the lives,
history and conservation of the
whale and other sea mammals.
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Largo Manuel Alves • Map L4 • 291
961 407 • 10am-noon, 1-6pm Tue-Sun •
Adm charge (children free)
Whalebones carved and
etched in the days before
hunting whales was illegal
(Museu da Baleia).
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