The museum was inaugurated on 15 December 2013 by Ronaldo's former club
Sporting CP. Other participants in the opening ceremony were the second
President of the Regional Government of Madeira Alberto João Jardim,
Pepe,
Paulo Bento,
Emilio Butragueño and the girlfriend of Ronaldo at the time,
Irina Shayk. At the opening, the collection had 126 trophies on display. The original location of the museum was in a 400-meter space located on
Rua Imperatriz Dona Amélia in
Sé,
Funchal. On 24 March 2016, the
bronze statue of Ronaldo was moved several meters from its location near the road
Avenida Sá Carneiro to be in front of then under-construction hotel and new museum, closer to the port of Funchal, with the stand of the statue being altered. On 6 June 2016, the museum was reopened, having moved to a new larger location on the Praça do Mar, also in
Sé,
Funchal, occupying a 1,400 space below the Pestana CR7 Hotel, a joint venture between Ronaldo and the Pestana Group. The official inauguration of the hotel was on 1 July 2016, with Ronaldo, along with the
President of Portugal,
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the
Presidents of the Regional Government of Madeira,
Miguel Albuquerque and the President of the
Pestana Group, Dionísio Pestana attending. During the inauguration of the hotel, the square was named from
Praça do Mar to
Praça CR7. ==Exhibits==