Taipa Houses–Museum

Coordinates: 22°09′14″N 113°33′35″E / 22.153880°N 113.559615°E / 22.153880; 113.559615

Taipa Houses Museum.
Taipa Houses Museum.

The Taipa Houses–Museum (Chinese: 龍環葡韻住宅式博物館; Portuguese: Casas-Museu da Taipa) is housed in a set of old houses in Taipa, Macau, China.[1][2]

The museum complex consists of five houses, of which four display various artefacts and exhibits on life during Macau's colonial era while another serves as an event venue.[3] The houses were built in 1921. These colonial residences were restored to recreate houses of well-off Portuguese families living in Macau during the first half of the 20th century. The last house was restored in 1999. The Taipa Houses–Museum opened on 5 December 1999 and is administered by the Macau Civil and Municipal Affairs Bureau.[4]

The houses used to look out over the sea, but due to land reclamation of the Cotai Strip between Taipa and Coloane, they are now next to a small lake.

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References

  1. ↑ Lonely Planet review for Taipa House Museum, Lonely Planet.
  2. ↑ Taipa Houses Museum, AsiaRooms.com.
  3. ↑ Taipa Houses Museum, Ola Macau Travel Guide.
  4. ↑ IACM Museum & Exhibition Venues, IACM, Macau.
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