The Macau Museum (; pt, Museu de Macau) is located on the hill of the
Fortaleza do Monte
The Fortaleza do Monte (Portuguese for ''Mount Fortress'', also ''Monte Forte''; officially ''Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora do Monte de São Paulo'', in en, Fortress of Our Lady of the Mount of St. Paul; ; Cantonese Yale: ''daaih paau yìh'') is a ...
in
Santo António
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,
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
The museum presents the history of the city and territory of the former
Portuguese
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** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
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colony
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of Macau, now a
Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China
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.
Planning for the museum started in April 1995, its construction began in September 1996. The museum was inaugurated on 18 April 1998. The museum building is located within the interior of the
Fortaleza do Monte
The Fortaleza do Monte (Portuguese for ''Mount Fortress'', also ''Monte Forte''; officially ''Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora do Monte de São Paulo'', in en, Fortress of Our Lady of the Mount of St. Paul; ; Cantonese Yale: ''daaih paau yìh'') is a ...
. Its total size is about 2,800 m
2, with around 2,100 m
2 of exhibition space.
Gallery
File:Macau Museum Inside.jpg, A sign at the entrance to the Macau Museum
Image:Macau signs Museum of Macau n Clock.JPG, A sign outside the Macau Museum
See also
*
List of museums in Macau
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* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
External links
Macau Museum websiteincludin
Museums established in 1998
Museums in Macau
History museums in China
City museums
1998 establishments in Macau
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