Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Macau Museums

Apart from being known as one of the most luxurius city in Asia, Macanese shows love for arts and culture. It has many museums that showcases Macau's historical past and colorful present.

TIP: Tourists can get a day pass at the Tourism office in downtown Macau for anly $25 MOP. This pass is good for all museums listed below namely, the wine museum, Grand Prix museum, Macau Museum, The Lin Zexu Museum, The Maritime Museum and the The Macau Museum of Art.

Take a peek of some of these places!




In this room Macau Museum, a narrative film shows the humble beginning s of the Macau's fisherman's village


A diorama of Ancient Macau




Typical food on a Macanese family celebration
Trivia on wine's history


Dresses of Wine connoisseurs
A replica of tools and materials needed in old fashioned wine making

Hey Jaja! Those grapes are plastic! HAHA!
Wine fermentation barrels
Age old wines - They say the older the wine is the better taste and quality it has

Tour guide inform tourist on different kinds of wine
Best part of it all! Free wine tasting
Vintage and historical car displays at the Grand prix Museum

Some racing cars exhibit at the Grand Prix museum
Whew! That museum hopping was tiring but it was surely memorable too. Some good food for the brains. Love it!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi, thanks for dropping by so i can enjoy your travels... i've been to macau last may, but wasn't able to explore, we just stayed in the venetian and visited the fisherman's wharf... thanks for giving me the tour... :)

gillboard said...

magpakita ka muna bago ko magpalibre!!!

Anonymous said...

I have never been to Macau but have been planning to go there. Looking at all your photos really made me think to pay Macau a visit next yr. Thanks for sharing your nice photos :-)

warfairy said...

@dyosa - Lot's of places to see and things to do in Macau. It's indeed a good place to visit. =)