Casa das Mudas – Centro das Artes (Calheta)

On a hill above Calheta, just over thirty minutes from Funchal, Madeira's contemporary-art museum: opened in October 2004 in a building by the architect Paulo David, nominated for the Mies van der Rohe award in 2005 and awarded the Alvar Aalto medal in 2012 for its integration into the landscape. The collection, moved from the São Tiago fortress, gathers about 400 pieces from the 1960s to today — Lourdes Castro, Vieira da Silva, Fernando Calhau, Palolo, Cabrita Reis, Blaufuks, Ana Hatherly… — with an auditorium, library, shop, cafeteria and restaurant, temporary exhibitions, concerts and theatre.