Museums

The exhibition area is spread over two floors, offering a café area and a small Antique Shop with free access at the entrance of the building.

The visitor may find on display one of the oldest Newtonian telescopes in Madeira, dating from the 18th century, the largest telescope (handcrafted Dobsonian, 12 inches diagonal) or the Schmidt-Cassegrain, the most advanced in Madeira.

Here you can see over 400 binoculars, about 150 film cameras and film projectors, several types of cameras (about 650), devices associated with medicine such as optical devices associated with scientific areas like biology, military equipment (night vision goggles; rangefinders; periscopes) and surveying equipment.