Macau might be one of those places which is difficult to locate on a world map, but it surely is one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Asia. Macau tourist attractions are never ending. Besides other notable places of tourist interest in Macau, add museums to your list to make your sightseeing tour more interesting.

Set amidst the picturesque Macau peninsula and islets, these Macau Museums present you with a splendid tour of the wealthy past of Macanese society and growing present.

Museum of Macau
Located at the Monte Fort, facing the St. Paul’s Ruin, the Museum of Macau is the best way to learn about the interesting history and the colorful culture of Macau. The museum showcases the best of Macau culture and its residents, so it is highly recommended to visit.

Fire Services Museum
Built in European style this museum is the most unusual museum of Macau. It symbolizes how Macau pays homage to the volunteers who had endangered their lives just to protect others. It exhibits the typical British fire engines, a replica that shows a fireman sliding down a pole along with information, pictures, medals, flags and shield. Manual pumps prepared by Chinese and British are also shown in this museum.

Macau Communications Museum
Opened in 2006, Macau Communications Museum is the newest among all the Macau museums. Offering separate sections on Philately and Telecommunications, the museum holds special sessions for students to generate interest in scientific and technical understanding of telecommunication.

Macau Wine Museum
Home to around 1115 wine varieties, the Macau Wine Museum is unique among all the museums in Macau. This museum is the first of its kind in Asia where you get to know the history of wine and the process of wine-manufacturing.

Taipa Houses Museum
Set up in a peaceful and serene location, Macau’s Taipa Houses-Museum is only one of its kinds in the world. The relaxing atmosphere and the multicolored cultural colours inside the museum symbolize the diversified culture of Macau. The museum includes five distinctive green houses that are good examples of Macanese architectural traits from Portuguese Matrix.

Gallery Millennium
As its name suggests the Gallery Millennium is a predecessor of the new era in Macau, signifying the glorious days of Macau that began long before the advent of the Portuguese masters. The museum makes great effort to preserve the cultural glory of Macau dating back to 12th century combining it with the modern cultural life of Macau.

Macau Grand Prix
Dedicated to sports events in Macau, this museum was inaugurated in 1993 to commemorate the 40th year of the Macau Grand Prix, an event that takes place each year in the month of November. Macau Grand Prix museum displays a number of automobile and motorbike which were used in the sport races.

Maritime Museum
Located where the first Portuguese sailors arrived in the 16th century, Maritime Museum reminds of the linkage between Macanese culture, history and the sea. The “Little A-Ma Theatre” in the museum tells the fairy tale of Goddess of Sea. Other floors of the museum are devoted to maritime Technology and Transport and display different discovery trips.

Tap Seac Gallery, Handover Gifts Museum, Museum of Nature & Agriculture, Macau Tea Culture House, Lin Zexu Memorial Museum, Macau Urban Development Exhibition Room and Sun Iat Sen’s Memorial House are the other museum that you visit if have time and interest.

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