This Environmental Interpretation Center aims to simultaneously pay tribute to Dalberto Pombo (a citizen who dedicated much of his life to research and teaching in the field of natural history), establish a multifunctional space focused on environmental issues, and enhance Vila do Porto's built heritage.

Modern library offering a vast documentary collection, with about 35000 works.

Managed by Recoil of St. Mary Magdalene, this ecoteca was inaugurated in 2005, promoting awareness, training and information on the environment.

The museum's permanent exhibition regards the importance of clay and the man that worked it on the island. This space features the island's history through ceramics and ethnograp+hic rural objects, the production of linen and wool and the Espírito Santo (Holy Spirit) celebrations, with written documents of several epochs.