the island served this purpose until 1966. recently several buildings still remaining from those times were bought in order to establish a museum.

named 'centro de memória da imigração da ilha das flores', the museum opened to the public in 2012 and aims at displaying the life and the hardships of the people who arrived to rio de janeiro in search of a new life.

in english the museum's name can be translated as 'ilha das flores' immigration memoir center'.