Press Release

New Booking Service Programs for 2013/2014

To welcome the new scholastic year, Communications Museum has revised the content by adding hands-on activities to the "Special Guided Visit" and "Guided Visit for Seniors" for the disabled and seniors respectively. Regarding the new booing items for school visits, "Lying Eyes" suitable for secondary students and "3-Dimensional Stamps" and "Symmetry" suitable for senior primary students have been added to thematic guided visits of the Postal/Philately Exhibition. In terms of the Telecommunications Exhibition, the Museum has revised the content and newly launched seven science demonstrations suitable for senior primary and junior secondary students, including "Electrostatics", "Optical Fibers", "Laser", "Sound and Resonance", "Electromagnetism", "Direct Current and Alternating Currant" and "Light and Colors" that was awarded the ASPAC Creative Science Communication Award.

In the new scholastic year, Communications Museum will continue to invite teachers and extra-curricular activities staff to visit the museum to exchange their ideas and express their needs in terms of the services provided by the Museum. Teachers of Macao will be waived the entrance fee of the Museum any time. In addition, based on the requirements of schools, the Museum will continue to provide tailor-made activities or programs that will last for the whole scholastic year, such as the "Stamp Collection Club" and "Telecom Club". Students are welcomed to join the activities at the Museum, or the services can be provided at schools upon request.

"Museum without Boundary" has been one of the Museum's main services provided at schools. The time will be discussed between the school and the Museum. Activities include "Museum at My School" in which the Museum participates in the celebrations or open day of schools by holding game booths, workshops and science demonstrations at the schools. Other activities include the "Stamp College" and "Science College" from primary to senior secondary levels, as well as the "Science Café" where schools can choose combinations of the Museum's workshops and courses. There is also the newly launched "Exhibition-in-Schools" where portable exhibitions are brought to schools for students to experience them or join the special guiding during their lessons or free time.

The ASPAC Creative Science Communication Award 2013

Dr. Mamoru Mohri, President of the ASPAC (Asia Pacific Network of Science & Technology Centres) Executive Council, has presented the Creative Science Communication Award to the Communications Museum at the ASPAC 2013 held in Daejeon of Korea in May. Winners of the other awards include Science Centre Singapore and Guangdong Science Center.

The ASPAC Creative Science Communication Award is to encourage and reward science demonstration projects that effectively realize science communication in a creative way. The projects may include international hot issues or local topics to promote informal science education. The Communications Museum created and developed a new science demonstration "Light and Colors" and won the award in the competition. This new demonstration together with the other new programs will be open for booking by schools in the new scholastic year. The content will be adjusted according to the students' levels.

Festive Program for Family and Friends - "Explore Singapore! Colours of Heritage" Special Exhibition

From June 17 until July 26, the Museum accepts online registration for the "Oil Lamp Painting Workshop" that will be held on from 3:00pm to 5:30pm on August 10 as a celebration of the National Day of the Republic of Singapore. During the break time, the participants may join the special guided tour of the Special Exhibition and also taste the special Singaporean delicacies. Families and friends are welcomed to join!

Science Seminar 2013 - IEEE Talks

Starting from May, a series of seminars about the close relationship between the development of science and technology and our daily life are organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers of Macau and Communications Museum. In addition to the seminars held in the Museum, all seminar topics are open for selection by schools of Macao and selected seminars can be held at the schools. Participants of the seminars held between now and end of July will be entitled to the lucky draw of joining a Tour at Hong Kong Museums on 22 August 2013 free of charge.