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Macao Museum

The Macao Museum is a public museum located on the hill of the in , Macau SAR. The museum presents the history of the city and territory of the former colony of Macau, now a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Macau, China
  • Also known as: “Aomen Bowuguan” and “Museum of Macau”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruins of St. Paul and Fortaleza do Monte.

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The Ruins of Saint Paul's are the remnants of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in , . They include what was originally St. Paul's College and the Church of St. is situated 140 metres west of Macao Museum.

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The is a fort in in . It is the historical military centre of Macau. The fort forms part of the "Historic Centre of Macau" and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Mo707, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , built in 1888, is a Chinese folk religion temple in , , a special administrative region of . It is dedicated to the worship of the popular Deity Na Tcha or Sam Tai Tsz. is situated 170 metres west of Macao Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pátio do Espinho and Peninsula.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

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The Macau is the northern portion of 's Special Administrative Region of . Its 8.5 square km is almost totally built up, making it the most urbanized and populous district in the territory.

Suburb
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is a civil parish in the western portion of the of . It has the highest population density in . This parish was one of five in the former Municipality of Macau, one of Macau's two municipalities that were abolished on 31 December 2001 by Law No.

Macao Museum

Latitude
22.19715° or 22° 11′ 50″ north
Longitude
113.54215° or 113° 32′ 32″ east
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
7PJM5GWR+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1449239316
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
6611670
Wiki­data ID
Q842525
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Macao Museum” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “澳門博物館”
  • Chinese: “澳门博物馆”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Makao”
  • French: “musée de Macao”
  • French: “Musée de Macao”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Makau”
  • Italian: “Museo di Macao”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Macao-museet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Macaomuseet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Museu de Macau”
  • Norwegian: “Macaomuseet”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Makau”
  • Portuguese: “Meseu de Macau”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Macau”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Macao”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей Макао”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Ma Cao”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bairro Horta da Mitra and 中區 Centro.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Macao Museum”. Photo: Paolobon140, CC BY-SA 4.0.