CR7 Museum
CR7 Museum features on the Gingerguide audio walk through Funchal. Give it roughly ~40 min: enough to look, hear a two to three minute story on the spot, and ask the AI guide whatever the story leaves open.
- Type museum
- Suggested visit ~40 min
- Funchal Funchal guide
About CR7 Museum
The museum of Cristiano Ronaldo, Funchal's most famous son, on the marina below his hotel, displaying his trophies, Golden Boots and Ballons d'Or, with a bronze statue outside.
The CR7 Museum, Museu CR7, is dedicated to the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who was born in Funchal in 1985. It first opened in 2013 and moved in 2016 to a larger space on Praça do Mar, on the Funchal marina, directly below the Pestana CR7 hotel that Ronaldo developed with the Pestana group. Outside stands a bronze statue of the player by the Madeiran sculptor Ricardo Velosa, its plaque naming him as born in Madeira and the best player in the world.
Inside, the museum gathers photographs, videos and interactive displays with more than a hundred individual and team trophies from his clubs and the Portugal national team, among them his Golden Boots and his Ballon d'Or awards. For football fans it is a pilgrimage, and for Madeira it is a point of pride: the island's airport is officially named after Ronaldo, and the square and hotel beside the museum carry his CR7 brand.
Did you know? The museum is dedicated to Cristiano Ronaldo, born in Funchal in 1985; it opened in 2013 and moved in 2016 to its larger home on the marina, below the Pestana CR7 hotel.
How long is a visit to CR7 Museum?
Set aside roughly ~40 min for CR7 Museum. That covers a good look and the narrated story, and because you set the pace you can always stay on.
Is CR7 Museum worth your time?
CR7 Museum is among the 13 narrated highlights the Gingerguide team chose for Funchal, so it is worth a look. Hear the story for the context, then ask the AI guide for anything more.
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Sources and further reading
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