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Museums in Macau
It is rather difficult to find in the whole world a place so tiny although with such a rich past, culture and patrimony as Macau. Macau is indeed one of those cities which we may have difficulties to point out on the map, but once we walk through its narrow streets and charming squares we start realising what makes its unique way of life. Different beliefs, smells, costumes and habits parade in front of our eyes: a reality which is here for centuries embodied by the two major communities (Chinese and Portuguese) that found a sage and tolerant way to live together. It is this rich history that makes the specific cultural heritage of Macau, which we can observe in the various Museums of the city as well as in its monuments.
The Museum of Macau
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| The Museum of Macau | ||
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The Museum of Macau was inaugurated on 18th of April, 1998. It's aim
is to preserve the cultural traditions, usages and habits, which specifically
belong to Macau, in a place where East, and West have so peculiarly
learnt how to meet and to live side by side along the centuries.
Located at the Monte Fort and facing St.Paul's Ruins, the Museum also
occupies the ancient Fortress, which, dominating the Inner Harbour, was
built by the Jesuits at the beginning of the 17th century.
Although the Museum does not possess a collection of a high monetary
value, it includes a vast number of objects of a great historical value
which have been carefully chosen and are appealingly exhibited. It is
the wish of this museum to be able to show the way of life of the several
communities, which have inhabited the city for ages.
If you want to know more about The Museum of Macau, please visit http://www.macaumuseum.gov.mo
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: Monte Fort (near St. Paul Church)
Tel : (853) 357911
Opening hours : From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Closed on Mondays)
Free admission on 15th of every month.
Maritime Museum
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| Maritime Museum | ||
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If the history of Macau is really connected to the sea, there is,indeed,
no better place for the Maritime Museum, than the Square of the Barra
Pagoda, dedicated to the Taoist goddess "A-MA", the protector
of the fishermen, and also believed as the place where the Portuguese
landed for the first time.
The place was called "A MA GAO" at the time (the harbour
of A-MA) - hence the name of Macau. This is precisely the spot where
the
Maritime Museum is located and its building has the stylised form of
a sailing ship anchored in the waters of the Inner Harbour.
The visitor should note the "Little A-Ma Theatre" which cheerfully
tells the legend of this Goddess in Portuguese, Cantonese, Mandarin and
English.
On the Mezzanine: the visitor will find a very interesting group of 14
copies of Portuguese traditional ships, including notes on their origins
and functions, together with beautiful models of the ships: the Sagres
and the Crioula.
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: Largo do Pagode da Barra, 1.
Tel : (853) 595481,595483
Opening hours: From 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
(Closed on Tuesdays)
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| Wine Museum | ||
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Wine Museum
This 1400 square-meter space is divided into different areas (Historical
information/Wine Cellar/Museum and Exhibitions), using several types
of supports: maps, texts, photos, tiles and videos, among other.
The aim of these sectors is not only to give information regarding the
wine and the grapevines, but also to recreate the atmosphere that involves
the production of wine, presenting to the visitor the modern and traditional
tools connected to the wine production
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: Rua Luis Gonzaga Gomes 431, basement
Tel : (853) 7984188/151
Opening hours : From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Closed on Tuesdays)
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Grand Prix Museum
Inaugurated in 1993 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Macau Grand Prix, the aim of this museum is not only to encourage a closer relationship between the local population and this social and sports event, but also to enable foreign visitors to know this event which is of great tourist importance and has gained a renown place among the international championships.
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: Rua Luis Gonzaga Gomes, 431, basement
Tel : (853)7984108
Opening hours : Everyday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Closed on Tuesdays)
The Taipa Houses - Museum
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| The Taipa Houses - Museum | ||
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The 8 cultural organizations of Macau selected "Long Wan Pou Wan" as
one of the 8 great views of Macau. "Long Wan" is the old name
of Taipa and "Pou Wan" refers to the Portuguese style of building
while it also means the sight of the Seaside Road. The whole area includes
the 5 blocks of building in the Seaside Road, the Carmo Church, the Carmo
Library and the 2 little gardens, especially the Portuguese style buildings.
These five blocks of jade green color little villas are the most cultural
relic building and cultural heritage of the Island. At the same time,
it is one of the most delegate sights.
These blocks of building were built in 1921, which had been the Governor
officers residences, some of the buildings belonged to the Macanese families.
In the 80s' the Tourist Department of Macau, (the present Macau Government
Tourist Office), bought and restored them. In 1992, these five blocks
of building have been selected as artistic value of building. The government
had refurbished the buildings, 3 of them had changed into museum.
From the east to west are "The Macanese House", "House
of the Islands" and the "House of the Portugal Regions" respectively.
The other 2 are the Exhibition Gallery and "The House of Reception ".
Started from November 1999, the museum is opened to the public.
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: Avenida da Praia,Taipa (Seaside Road)
Tel : (853)825314, 827527
Opening hours : Everyday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Closed on Tuesdays)
The Museum of The Holy House of Mercy
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| The Museum of The Holy House of Mercy | ||
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The Holy House of Mercy, established in 1569, is the oldest social institution in Macau. To record and commemorate the many good works undertaken by the institution, the museum was inaugurated in December 2001. Oil paintings, ancient manuscripts, a bronze bell, ivory statues and religious artifacts are displayed with Chinese, Japanese and European porcelain pieces, testimony not only to the history of the House but to Macau itself.
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: Travessa da Misericordia, No 2
Tel : (853) 573938
Opening Hours : 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 3 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
(Closed on Sundays)
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| Jade Cultural Museum | ||
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Jade Cultural Museum
Located next to the Tin Hau Temple, on Coloane Island, on display are over 200 pieces of jade artifacts and accessories. The temple houses the world? largest jade A-Ma statue, with 168 cm height and weighs 2.8 tons.
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Hours : From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free entrance
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| Lin Zexu Museum | ||
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Lin Zexu Museum
The documents of this museum consist mostly of photographs, bearing witness to that highly tense period in the history of modern China, a cycle which is now coming to its end.
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: Av. Almirante Lacerda, near the Canidrome (Dog Race)
Tel : (853)550166
Opening hours : From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(Closed on Mondays)
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| Museum of Nature & Agriculture | ||
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Museum of Nature & Agriculture
Located in the Seac Pai Van Park, this museum tries to show the visitor the fauna, the flora and the importance of the activities of the primary sector in the economic life of the Islands of Taipa and Coloane, both in previous times and nowadays. Using written and audio-visual supports, the museum offers the visitor the possibility to interactively know general aspects of the geography of Macau as well as its climate, important but rather unknown characteristics of the natural environment and the use of the plants of Macau by the Chinese Traditional Medicine.
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: Seac Pai Van Park (Coloane Island ).
Tel : (853) 870277
Opening hours : From 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(Closed on Mondays except holidays)
Free entrance
Museum of Art
Under the management of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, the
Macau Museum of Art is the only art museum in Macau, and provides the
largest
space dedicated to visual arts.
It is situated in the Cultural Centre of Macau in the Outer Harbour
area, and was inaugurated on 19 March 1999, with a total area of more
than 10,000
square meters and expositive capacity of almost 4,000 square meters.
The artistic works and cultural artefacts include Chinese Calligraphy
and Paintings, Seals, Ceramics, Copperwares, Western paintings, Contemporary
Arts, Photography artworks, and other significant collections.
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: The Macau Cultural Centre, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, s/n, Nape, Macau
Tel : (853) 7919814
Opening hours : 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Closed on Mondays)
Free admission on Sunday
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| Crypt & the Museum of Sacred Art | ||
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Crypt & the Museum of Sacred Art
Built at the bottom end of the inner area of the St. Paul's Ruins - in the place where the magnificent church and the College of the Mother of God were previously located - the Crypt and the Museum of Sacred Art are evocative of the rich history of the missions in this region, whose main source was precisely the College of St. Paul.
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: St. Paul's Ruins.
Opening hours : From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free entrance
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| St. Dominic's Museum | ||
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St. Dominic's Museum
The Museum of the Church of S. Domingos (Treasure of Sacred Art) is now located in the buildings adjacent to the church and it has been opened to visitors since 1997. When the Religious Orders were abolished in Portugal in 1834, the temple received a great number of sacred art pieces that are presently shown in this museum, which occupies what is left of the ancient cloister and also some other rooms connected to the church. On the whole there are around 300 pieces of excellent quality dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
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: S.Domingos Square (next to Senado Square)
Opening hours : From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free entrance
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| The Fire Service Museum | ||
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The Fire Service Museum
This museum is situated at the Headquarters of Macau Fire Service,
in an european style building of 1920, with more than 700 pieces,
exhibit
in two halls of style occuping with an area of 350 m2.
The Main hall has Chinese and British made manual pumps, Classic
British fire engines, a model with shows the situation that a
fireman sliding
down a pole, data, historic pictures and shield, flags, diplomas,
medals and badges of the Services. There is also a model dressed
with a 1940
fireman uniform for ceremonies.
The second hall is more modernized where are shown the model of
Headquarters, an electronic board indicating the sites of the
current and past fire
stations, the helmet and boots, classic Chinese nozzles, old time
fire alarms, the plaque with the word well, hook-ladder, the Breathing
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the public hydrants. Beside that, there is a model simulating
the fire of a wooden hut.
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: Estrada de Coelho do Amaral, No. 2 to 6
Tel : (853)572222
Opening hours : 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Free entrance
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial House
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| Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial House | ||
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This original building in the architectonic patrimony of Macau
houses a number of different documents, paying homage to the
stay of Dr.
Sun Yat Sen in Macau.
Sun Yat Sen was the mentor and driving force of the Chinese
republican revolution, which overthrew the weak regime of
the Qing Dynasty.
A charismatic personality that unites the Chinese soul, he
is therefore considered as the "Father of the Nation".
This place bears witness to his short but significant stay
in Macau in the beginning of the century when, while fleeing
the
power of
the imperial
mandarins, he tried to move his supporters in order to establish
a new regime in China.
In Macau he received the support of some friends, at the time
important and powerful persons in the political and social
life of Macau.
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: Av. Sidonio Pais
Tel : (853)574064
Opening hours : From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Closed on Tuesdays)
Free entrance
