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Funchal’s latest visitors’ attraction is the Madeira Story Centre.

There you can learn everything about Madeira’s history and development up to the present. The Story centre is located in the Old Town, in the Largo Almirante Reis, opposite the Monte Cable Car Station.

A spectacular, interactive museum allowing visitors to go back in time on a virtual journey reliving in chronological sequence the archipelago’s great historic events, from its volcanic birth 14 million years ago to the first hydroplane landing in Madeira, from the times of the Infant D. Henrique to Napoleon and Churchill.

Exhibitions feature the themes: Volcanic Origin, Discovering Madeira, Discovery Legends, Turmoil and Trade, Flourishing Madeira, Strategic Island, Post-navigation Era and Exploring Madeira. You are taken on a fascinating voyage through times, some departments of the exhibition summarize whole centuries, while others tell in details about one specific event only.

The Story Centre also holds a series of contemporary events, with local and international artists as well as regional artisans being invited to exhibit their work.

Tthe Madeira Story Centre offers you still more onsite attractions to round up your visit, such as a multifunctional panoramic terrace equipped with telescopes and providing superb views of the Old Town, a theme café and souvenir shop with exclusive Madeira-related articlesfor you to bring home.

The Madeira Story Centre is:

• Open daily (except on Christmas Day)
• Hours: 09.00 to 20.00 hrs (last entry 19.30 hrs).
• Shop opens daily
• Shop Hours: 09.00 to 21.00 hrs.

The tour around the expositions takes from 1 to 2 hours and is not to be missed!