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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 ...
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Santo António Santo António (Portuguese for Saint Anthony), also known as Santo António do Príncipe, is the main settlement of the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the north east coast. It is the capital of the Autonomous Regio ...
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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 ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
. The museum presents the history of the city and territory of the former Portuguese
colony In modern parlance, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the '' metropolitan state' ...
of Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the
People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
. 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 ...
. Its total size is about 2,800 m2, with around 2,100 m2 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

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References


External links


Macau Museum website
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