Built from the former Cine-Teatro Emperor, a design by the architect Filipe Oliveira Dias, the House of creativity has particularities unique in Portugal, allowing the adoption of several provisions in the areas of stage and audience. You can watch the performances of theater, dance and music, as well as young artists.

Este museu retrata a memória da indústria do calçado em São João da Madeira e a realidade do design de calçado em Portugal no século XX, apontando ainda caminhos da vanguarda tecnológica e criativa do século XXI.

With a considerable acquis in all media, this library, which already has about 50 years of existence is also a pole of cultural dynamization.

Espaço multifacetado de incubação para negócios criativos, espaços comerciais, business center, espaços para eventos e formações e espaços interdisciplinares de convergência criativa e cultural.

Old building of the Town Hall transformed into Paços da Cultura. Opened in 2005, houses an auditorium with about 200 seats, a café-concert, an Internet space, an area reserved for outdoor events, exhibition galleries and the historical archives of the city.

The Art Center started its activity in May 1986, with the intention of creating a space that allows a privileged access to cultural initiatives at the level of the fine arts, as well as training in specific areas of art not included in academic curricula. There are courses in painting, engraving, tapestry, photography and silkscreen, among others, and activities such as exhibitions, workshops, or symposiums.

The Museum of Headwear is a space whose primary objective is to endure in time the art of headwear once renowned and symbol of the municipality, with equipment that includes a documentation centre, where are approximately 30000 headgear Industrial company documents and the company Araújo, in addition to Scallop manufacturing machines and felt hats, Office supplies, display cases, raw materials and furniture. The Museum has permanent and temporary exhibitions, counting for this with appropriate exhibition halls.

The Oliva Art Center is an exhibition and collection management center created in 2013 as part of the project to reconvert one of the most symbolic industrial buildings in São João da Madeira - the Oliva factory and foundry. From its origin, the Art Center houses two large private collections: the Norlinda and José Lima Collection, one of Portugal's largest private collections of contemporary art; and the Treger / Saint Silvestre art brut and singular art collection, one of the largest of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula.