Macao Museum Open to the Public on New Year’s Day

All the galleries of the Macao Museum of the Cultural Affairs Bureau - such as the Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre, Pawnshop Museum, Mount Fortress Corridor, etc. - remain open to the public on New Year’s Day (1st January, Thursday). The Tap Seac Gallery at Tap Seac Square and the Lou Kau Mansion in Travessa da Sé will also remain open, while the Museum of Sacred Art, located behind the Ruins of St. Paul, will resume regular opening hours from New Year’s Day inclusive, following the completion of two months’ maintenance. All citizens and tourists are welcome to visit the Museum during the holiday. In addition, guided tours will be provided as usual for the “Ingenious Woodwork – Macao Religious Figure Carving” Exhibition, recently launched by the Macao Museum to celebrate the first inscription of a local art on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage of China. Tours in Mandarin are conducted at 11:00 a.m. and in Cantonese at 3:00 p.m. All visitors are welcome.