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ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY, MACAO 2014

INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY, MACAO 2014

To celebrate the World Telecommunications and Information Society Day and International Museum Day, visitors can enjoy free entrance at the Communications Museum from May 17 to 18 (Friday to Sunday).

Seminars of International Museum Day, Macao 2014

"Museums Collections Make Connections" is the theme of the International Museum Day 2014, given by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Communications Museums will organize the "Seminars of International Museum Day 2014" on May 2 and 3 at the auditorium of the museum as the prelude to celebrate the International Museum Day of the year.

Museum professionals and scholars from Hong Kong and Taiwan are invited to share their views on hot topics of museums with the audience. In the first seminar for museum professionals on May 2, Ms. SIT Karen, Chief Curator of Hong Kong Science Museum and Ms. PANG Maggie, Chief Manager of File & Cultural Exchange, LSCD, Hong Kong will talk about "Old Topic, New Experience" and "Find a Way out of Conventional Marketing Approaches" respectively.

For the open seminar held in the afternoon of May 3, Prof. CHOU Kung-shin, Ph.D., Chair Professor, Graduate Institute of Museum Studies of Fu Jen Catholic University will talk about "Museum and Education" and, Mr. CHAN Shing Wai, Head of Conservation Office, LCSD, Hong Kong, will talk about "Museum & Conservation - The Behind-the-Scene Vision".

Macao International Museum Day Fair, 2014

Communications Museum is going to participate in the Macao International Museum Day Fair at the Taipa Houses-Museum on May 4 (Sunday). During the event, visitors can play the interactive games "Message Decoding" and "Delivering through the City of Macao". Family participants are welcome to join the activity and also win free coupons of the Museum.

International Museum Day Postcard

Macao Post will issue a commemorative postcard with circulation from May 2 to 18, and provide commemorative cancellation service for stamp collectors at the same period.

Service timetable Location
May 2 to 18 (Tuesday to Sunday) 9:00am - 5:30pm Communications Museum
May 5 (Sunday) 9:00am - 12:30am
2:30pm - 5:30pm Taipa Houses-Museum