19th-century house
Azorean style.
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The Casa dos Açores Ethnographic Museum, also called the São Miguel Museum, is devoted to preserving the Portuguese-Brazilian heritage of greater Florianópolis. It stands in São Miguel da Terra Firme in Biguaçu, on the left of the BR-101 heading north. Settlement here began in 1748 with immigrants from the Portuguese Azores and Madeira. The museum building dates from the first half of the nineteenth century and exemplifies the heyday of Azorean-Madeiran culture in São Miguel. The Santa Catarina government bought it in 1978, restored it with help from the national heritage service, and opened the museum on 4 March 1979. The museum is part of an architectural ensemble with the church of São Miguel Arcanjo, the orchard and the arches of an old aqueduct, and displays the everyday tools, crafts and traditions the settlers brought. It opens Tuesday to Sunday from 8:00 to 17:00 with a midday break.
Azorean style.
Old water channel.
Settler life.
São Miguel da Terra Firme, Biguaçu, on the BR-101 north of Florianópolis
It is in Biguaçu on the BR-101, a short drive north of the capital.