Macao is a small city that does not have any natural resources. After the opium war, foreign traders began to transfer their businesses to other places and as a result business in Macao declined, creating a gloomy situation.Macao has always had a peaceful environment, as a result facilitating the de...

The Cultural Institute of Macao, Museum of Macao have chosen to organize an exhibition depicting furniture from Macau. As Macao is known for being a territory of cross-cultural interchange between east and west our aim here is to point out characteristics of two cultures which are mirrored in the fu...

In religions world wide, different statues represent different beliefs. For those that worship these statues each one has their unique and significant religious meaning.The "physical" representation of each belief through religious symbols and statues becomes a concrete means of spreading the differ...

The art of Chinese Calligraphy has developed within a cultural environment from remote periods of Chinese antiquity and is surrounded by special characteristics.It is one of the more intense expressions of the intelligence and creativity of its people.Calligraphy is a single form of Chinese esthetic...

To celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Museum of Macao, an exhibition is being held from 22 April - 23 May in the Temporary Exhibition Room on the third floor of the Museum. This exhibition is composed of two parts : "Looking at the Museums" and "The History of the Museum of Macao". For the first ...

The History of the Museum of Macao, is depicted from the construction and the preparation work of our Museum to its inauguration, and what has been achieved in the past twelve months under the subtitles of Construction of the Museum of Macao, Permanent Exhibition, Temporary Exhibition and Eductiona...

The Macao Museum is a space dedicated to the history and culture of Macao, possessed of a vast number of objects of historical and cultural value, which demonstrate the way of life of the various communities that have inhabited the city for centuries.