The Madeira wine institute, with the Madeira wine museum inside it, is in a small neoclassic urban palace from the 19th century. The wine museum had its opening in 1984 and since then it shows pictures and machinery used on the vineyards and Madeira wine production. What is best is that the visitants of this museum can taste the different types of Madeira Wine.

The Madeira Wine Institute is located on Rua 5 de Outubro, just behind Funchal's courthouse and its museum is only open on weekdays, from Monday to Friday.