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Macao Museum, Macau

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Explore Macau's largest museum at Macao Museum, where exhibits tell a tale of many nationalities living together harmoniously and the culture this blend has created. The three-level building is actually located inside Monte Fortress, the oldest fort in Macau, and boasts more than 3,000 displays. Start on the first floor with history ranging from the Neolithic period to the mid-17th century. Popular art and traditional culture items cover the second floor, where you can discover traditional festivals, daily customs, and traditional professions of the area. End your tour on the third floor with a panorama of modern Macau as well as some literary works. A visit to Macao Museum represents just the start of the adventure when you use our Macau trip maker website to plot your vacation.
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  • By S2094HYrobertb
    The Macau Museum is a well appointed exhibit of local history through text, audio and video grams, actual physical displays of scaled boats, an old printing press, old carts; even several...  more »
  • By Mikybkk
    This museum, besides being situated on a beautiful viewpoint, is interested and worth a trip if you want to see how the life in the old Portuguese enclave of Macau was. I enjoyed the history.  more »
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  • By Alessio Ganci
    Beautiful and famous museum in Macao. Photos allowed without flash, even if really crowded because it is very popular. It deserves a visit.
  • By C50 Trần Thanh Thọ
    The Macao Museum, located in the historical Mount Fortress, is mainly about humanity and history, it has wonderful views of the city and over the sea to the mountains of Guangdong. Macao Museum is an important cultural institution in Macao, with prime focus on curating exhibitions and events showing the ordinary life and industries of Macao over the centuries
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