Top 10 Madeira (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)

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