The Natural History Museum is the
oldest museum in operation in the archipelago of Madeira. It is installed in
the Palace of St. Pedro, Funchal, one of the most significant buildings of
Portuguese architecture of the mid-eighteenth century. Originally owned by the Counts of
Carvalhal it was later sold, in 1929, to
the city of Funchal.
The museum features a great collection of Madeira’s natural history including
fish species, birds, land mammals, marine reptiles, insects and other
invertebrates, rocks and minerals of the archipelago, as well as marine fossils.
There is also a library and a small salt-water aquarium with live specimens
located on the first floor.
Morada:
Rua
da Mouraria # 31, 9004-546 Funchal
Tel.:
+351 291229761
Fax:
+351 291225180
Email: mmf@cm-funchal.pt
Email to book visits: ciencia.visitas@cm-funchal.pt
Timetable:
Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to
18:00 and Saturday, Sunday and Statutory Holidays from 12:00 to 18:00
Closed: Monday and the following
holidays: January 1st, Carnival (Tuesday), Easter (Sunday), May 1st, August
21st, December 25th and 26th
Fee:
Adult:
€3,78
Retired/Children from 11 to 17 years
of age: €1,78
Youth Card/Children until 10
years of age: Free
Sunday
and Holidays – Free
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