Museu Quinta das Cruzes

Open to the public since 1953 on Calçada do Pico, in the quinta that was the second residence of the family of João Gonçalves Zarco, Madeira's discoverer. Decorative arts in abundance: 17th-century Portuguese furniture in exotic Brazilian woods and English Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton pieces. European porcelain (Meissen, Bristol, Vista Alegre) and Qing-dynasty oriental pieces. Luso-oriental works of the 16th–18th centuries; sculpture, including terracotta nativity figures; goldsmithing and ceramics. The garden around it, with its archaeological park, is itself listed among the city's gardens.