Museums of Ponta Delgada

MApparently, the main central museum is closed. ("Todas as portas 'ta fechada"). I remember a tremendous selection of Natural specimens, including skeletons of  preternatural fish & weird marine mammals. 

Across the street, there is the Art section of it and a few blocks away is the Sacred Art Museum.

The Art section contains many different rooms (a guide kept having to direct me to the next area) including a room of sculptures by a single artist, a larger collection of paintings, artifacts and natural specimens. The 2 headed calf was my favorite.

Museo de Arte Sacre did not allow any pictures, which is a crying shame, because it has a tremendous wooden altar which should be seen by everyone. It is filled with carved detail and in situ, cannot generally be examined or fully appreciated during a mass. 

No matter how you feel about religion, visit this museum (and any other churches). There is something incredible about wide open spaces; the architecture triggers something of wonder in the brain.