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History of the Museum / Ethnographic Museum
At the beginning of the 17th century, the
Convent of Santa Clara in Funchal had direct control of
various properties in Ribeira Brava. A one-storey house in
the former Rua da Bagaceira, the 17th century
highway where the Madeira Ethnographic Museum is situated
today, and which was let by the convent, was acquired by
Luis Gonçalves da Silva, captain of the military forces
of Ribeira Brava, who, in 1682, married D.ª Antónia de
Meneses.
Captain Gonçalves da Silva extended his house, adding
another floor onto it, on the south side of the building.
In 1710 he had a chapel built which was dedicated to the |
