{"id":58083,"date":"2026-10-12T20:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=58083"},"modified":"2026-10-12T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:35:13","slug":"museu-quinta-das-cruzes","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/de\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/madeira-region\/museu-quinta-das-cruzes\/","title":{"rendered":"Museu Quinta das Cruzes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a hillside above central Funchal, the Museu Quinta das Cruzes occupies one of the oldest estates in Madeira. Its rooms, filled with furniture, ceramics, silver and paintings, offer an intimate picture of domestic life among the island&#8217;s wealthy families, while its gardens are among the most peaceful in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Madeiran quinta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The estate is traditionally associated with the Zarco family, descendants of Joao Goncalves Zarco, who began the settlement of Madeira in the fifteenth century. The museum opened to the public in 1953 as the Casa Museu Cesar Gomes, built around the donation of the goldsmith Cesar Filipe Gomes and the later legacy of the collector Joao Wetzler, whose silver collection is one of the highlights of the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Furniture, ceramics, glassware, jewellery and textiles from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Wetzler silver collection, displayed in the former chapel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paintings and prints documenting the history of Madeira.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The gardens and courtyards, planted with orchids and exotic species, with views over the bay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visiting the museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The museum is at Calcada do Pico 1, 9000-206 Funchal. It is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 17:30, and is closed on Mondays and public holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitor information: <a href=\"https:\/\/mqc.madeira.gov.pt\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener\">mqc.madeira.gov.pt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image credit: Museu Quinta das Cruzes, Funchal, by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decorative arts museum in a historic Madeiran quinta in Funchal, with furniture, ceramics, silver and gardens of orchids.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58078,"parent":12392,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[560],"attraction-categ":[1058],"localidade":[149],"content-type":[],"grupo-de-experiencias":[],"experiencia-tipo":[],"regioes_turisticas_term":[119],"class_list":["post-58083","to-visit","type-to-visit","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","tag-museum","attraction-categ-museums-art-galleries","localidade-funchal","regioes_turisticas_term-madeira"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - 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