In order to promote Macao’s history and arts, and encourage more residents and tourists to visit museums in Macao, the Cultural Affairs Bureau will offer free admission to the Macao Museum for Macao ID holders; while the Macao Museum of Art and the Museum of Taipa and Coloane History will be open to the public with free admission starting from 1 January 2017.

The Macao Museum was inaugurated in 1998 as a 3-storey space that showcases various aspects of Macao, including its early history, economy and trade, traditional cultures, religious ceremonies, and folk festivals. Opened in 1999, the Macao Museum of Art is currently the largest exhibition space of arts in Macao. The 5-storey building displays a variety of exhibitions. Besides from offering permanent exhibitions to show its long-term collections, the Macao Museum of Art holds different types of exchange exhibitions with museums and cultural organisations from Mainland China as well as other countries and regions on a regular basis. The building now housing the Museum of Taipa and Coloane History was formerly known as the Municipal Council of the Islands. After a renovation project in 2006, the structure was revitalised into a museum that mainly presents archaeological artefacts and relics excavated in Coloane, the history of the Municipal Council of the Islands and details about its architectural features in addition to an overview of the agricultural and handicraft sectors in Coloane and Taipa in the past.

The Macao Museum and Museum of Taipa and Coloane History open from 10am to 6pm (no admission after 5:30pm; closed on Mondays). The Macao Museum of Art opens from 10am to 7pm (no admission after 6:30pm; closed on Mondays). For enquiries, please call Macao Museum through tel. no. 2835 7911, Macao Museum of Art through tel. no.  8791 9814 or Museum of Taipa and Coloane History through tel. no. 8988 4000 during office hours.