Taipa Houses–Museum

Taipa Houses–Museum
Taipa Houses–Museum
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	龍環葡韻住宅式博物館
Simplified Chinese	龙环葡韵住宅式博物馆
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lóng Huán Pú Yùn zhùzhái shì Bówùguǎn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	lung4 waan4 pou4 wan6? zyu6 zaak6*2 sik1 bok3 mat6 gun2
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Casas-Museu da Taipa

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

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]

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.^[2] 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 Cultural Affairs Bureau.^[2]

The houses used to look out over the sea, but due to land reclamation of the Cotai area between Taipa and Coloane. This body of water is now a small wetland.

Every autumn, the Cultural Affairs Bureau organises the Lusofonia Festival at the open space outside the museums.

References

^ Allego, Rafelle (2021-12-14). "Taipa's Living History". Macao Magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
^ ^a ^b "Taipa Houses". Cultural Affairs Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-24.