Best Selections of May - International Museum Day, Macao 2012

To celebrate the annual International Museum Day on May 18, admission to all the museums in Macao will be free from different days of May. Each museum will prepare a series of special features and promotional activities in May, including seminars, thematic exhibitions and workshops, etc. in order to let citizens and tourists feel the unlimited power of the museums to the society.

Maritime Museum

Special Activities

Date: 18, 19, 20/05/2012 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

Venue: Maritime Museum

Activity A: We lived on a boat - Demonstration of fishing lifestyle 10:00am -12:30am
14:30pm -17:30pm
Activity B: Colours of fun
Activity C: Workshop of making paper model sampan
Activity D: Cuise adventure - Operatio of ship model

Detailed information: http://www.museumaritimo.gov.mo

Communications Museum

Seminars of International Museum, Macao 2012 - Public Seminar

Date: 05/05/2012 (Saturday), 2:30pm - 6:00pm

Venue: Auditorium of Macao Polytechnic Institute

Application: Before 30/04/2012, http://macao.communications.museum

International Museum Day Postcard

Macao Post will issue a commemorative postcard with circulation from May 4 to 18, and provides commemorative cancellation service for stamp collectors at the same period.

Service timetable Location
04-18/05/2012 (Tuesday to Sunday) 9:30am - 5:30pm Communications Museum
06/05/2012 (Sunday) 9:30am - 12:30am
2:30pm - 5:30pm Tap Seac Square

Special Activities: Happy Family

Date: 01/05/2012 -30/06/2012 (Tuesdays to Sundays)

Venue: Communications Museum

Detailed information: http://macao.communications.museum

Workshops Timetable Price
Heart-warming Greeting Card 11:00am, 3:30pm Free of charge
LED's Changing Looks・Musical Flowers 11:30am, 4:00pm Material pack - MOP10.00
Interactive games
Funny Make a Pose 9:30am - 5:30pm Free of charge
Stamping Fun

Museum of Taipa and Coloane History

Through the Streets - Pleasure Tour through Taipa's Historical Quarters

Data: 01, 12, 26/05/2012, 3:00pm-6:00pm

Venue: Museum of Taipa and Coloane History

Participants: 25 persons, free of charge

Enrollment or enquiries: Tel. 8394 3789 / 8988 4000

Hanover Gifts Museum of Macao

Public Guided Tour

Venue: Hanover Gifts Museum of Macao

Date: 18/05/2012 (Friday), 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Macao Science Center

Science Theatre: Detective Nam - Solve the Puzzle of Dmitri Mendeleyev

Date: 13/05/2012 (Mother's Day), 19-20/05/2012 (Saturday, Sunday), 3:00pm

Venue: Gallery 5, Exhibition Center

Detailed information: www.msc.org.mo

Macao Tea Culture House

Exhibition of Macao Tea Culture

Date: 06,13, 20, 27/05/12, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue: Macao Tea Culture House

Content: Free guided tour

Taste the Tasty Culture - Tea Culture Promotion Programme

Date: 26/05/2012 (Saturday), 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue: Macao Tea Culture House

Content: Workshop on tea ceremony for families - Differentiation of 6 major types of tea

Participants: 15 family (max. 4 persons per family), free of charge

Enrollment or enquiries: Tel. 8394 3789 / 8988 4000, www.iacm.gov.mo

Macao Museum

How Much Do You Know about Macao's World Heritage Sites?

Date: 18/05/2012 (Friday), 11:00am - 1:00pm ; 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue: Macao Museum

Content: Admission to Macao Museum will be free on that day, in order to further promote about the World Heritage sites of the Historic Centre of Macao.

Maritime Porcelain Road - Relics from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Museums

Date: 26/05/2012 - 7/10/2012

Venue: 3rd floor of Macao Museum

Content: A joint co-operation between the museums of Guandong, Hong Kong and Macao, the exhibition "Maritime Procelain Road" will show first in Macao. Organisers include the Guangdong Department of Culture, Hong Kong Home Affairs Bureau and the Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau. The exhibition is initiated by Guangdong Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Macao Museum.

Theme Seminar: Maritime Porcelain Road - Relics from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Museums

Date: 26/05/2012 (Saturday); 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue: Macao Museum Auditorium

Speaker: Ms. Huang Jing, Director of Department of Arts of Guangdong Museum (Free entrance, for seat reservation please contact Ms. Wu 8394 1210)

Macao Museum of Art

Public Guided Tour: Photographs

Date: 01, 05, 12, 19, 26 /05/2012, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue: Gathering at the Reception, 1FL

Detailed information: www.MAM.gov.mo

Public Guided Tour- My Way: Jean-Michel Othoniel

Date: 06, 13, 18, 20, 27/05/2012, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue: Gathering at the exit of elevator, 2FL

Detailed information: www.MAM.gov.mo

Workshop: Poetic Glasswares in Fantasy

Date: 13/05/2012 (Sunday), 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Participants: 15 groups (for mother and child) by luck draw. Free of charge

Enrollment: Booking from 02/05/2012, Tel. 87919814

Workshop: Little Artist - Discovering Yayoi Kusama

Date: 27/05/2012 (Sunday), 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Participants: 15 persons (for children of 5~10 years), first-come-first-served. Free of charge

Enrollment: Booking from 08/05/2012, Tel. 87919814

The Taipa Houses - Museum

Nocturnal Drama at Taipa Houses - Museum - New Tenant in an Old Mansion

Date: 04/05/2012 (Friday), 20:00pm - 21:30pm

Participants: 25 persons, free of charge

Enrollment or enquiries: Tel. 8394 3782 / 8988 4000, www.iacm.gov.mo