in october 1995 a project to completely consolidate the church, sacristy, ante-sacristy and small area of the historical college, was begun by a2p-consult, under the supervision of the "laboratório regional de engenharia"("engineering regional laboratory"), and on 21 september 2001 the "biblioteca pública e arquivo de ponta delgada"("ponta delgada public library and archive") occupies one of the buildings. this space was augmented in 2004, with a museum designation (to handle its permanent collection) and a 550 million euro face-lift, that was official inaugurated on 20 august 2004. since 2004, this space has held the permanent collection of religious art belonging to the carlos machado museum, including the painting "a coroação da virgem" by vasco pereira lusitano (1535–1609).