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Relicious Art Museum vs Museum of Natural History (Municipal Museum of Funchal)
Sacred Art Museum and Museum of Natural History (Municipal Museum of Funchal) are both rated very highly by those who travel for a living. Overall, Sacred Art Museum ranks slightly better than Museum of Natural History (Municipal Museum of Funchal). Sacred Art Museum comes in at 85 with approval from 3 reviews including Frommer's, Fodor's and Lonely Planet.
Relicious Art Museum
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet
Fodor's
Rua do Bispo 21, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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Frommer's
"The Museum of Sacred Art occupies an old bishop's house in the center of town."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This tiny museum is housed in the beautifully restored 18th-century Chapel of San Sebastian and exhibits sacred art from surrounding churches that survived the 1755 earthquake."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Housed in the former 16th-century bishop's palace dominating the south side of Praça do Município, Madeira's most fascinating art collection is a major draw"
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Fodor's
"Funchal's Museum of Sacred Art has Flemish paintings, polychrome wood statues, and other treasures displayed in a former bishop's palace"
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Museum of Natural History (Municipal Museum of Funchal)
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Fodor's
Rua da Mouraria 31, Funchal, Madeira 9000, Portugal
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Frommer's
"Displays land and aquatic animal life of the archipelago. Specimens include moray eels, eagle rays, scorpion fish, sea cucumbers, sea zephyrs, sharp-nosed puffers, and loggerhead turtles. "
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This old-fashioned museum, housed (in classic Funchal fashion) in a surplus palace, has an ageing aquarium on the ground floor, and stuffed local fauna, including many sea creatures, upstairs"
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Fodor's
"Animals found on Madeira and in its seas—including a ferocious-looking collection of stuffed sharks—are on display in the natural history museum."
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