In May 2025 the Quinta sponsored and hosted the  Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation conference on 'Self-Determination' held at the University of Madeira. It was an opportune occasion to inaugurate Silvio Cró's Monument of Simulanbuco, Statue of Self-Determination. The ceremony was presided by Dr. Paula Margarido, Regional Secretary for Inclusion, Work and Youth.

The old 'dumb waiter' was a lovely piece of machinery but no longer useful. We adapted it as a decorative feature. The doors initially opened into what is now one of the bedrooms, so we turned it around to face the corridor: a job for António, the skilful carpenter of Saul e Filhos.

 

In April 2023 the videoclip 'Luz do Túnel' by the Madeiran band NAPA was filmed in Palmeira 
 

 Harry Hinton was a keen hunter. Several stags heads hung in the round library and over the years they had become rather moth-eaten. Eventually we managed to have three restored by taxidermist João Fernandes and they now hang back where they belonged

 The 1937 Wellstood oven had not been used for decades and was in a sorry state. It was dismantled and shipped to the mainland where it was restored by Versatil Partilha. The shipped back and is shown here being reassembled by Ferreira of Saul e Filhos, the builders that carried out the restoration of the main house. It is now in working order.

 

When the Harvey steam engine was reassembled in Palmeira, commemorating its 100th birthday, we held an exhibition of painting of Filipa Vênancio's paintings of the Hinton Sugar Factory. Ten years later Martinho Mendes, the curator of the Sacred Art Museum in Funchal restaged the exhibition at the museum drawing on the link between the sugar industry and the prosperity which allowed the island to invest in Flemish art. The exhibition was complemented by documentation, machinery drawings and photographs, and some of the work was hung among the permanent display of religious paintings, creating interesting contrasts. Both exhibitions were reviewed by João Miguel Fernandes Jorge and included in his books 'Longe do Pintor da Linha Rubra' and 'Esthas'. Some of the paintings have been since acquired by Quinta Palmeira and hang in the restaurant.

The 1979 sculpture 'The Messanger' by Cabindan artist Tchifumba Tchiesséssé. Brought over by Joana Saco, it is now displayed in the hotel. The message: "Mbila i Lukuku Mbebo i Buala"