This small museum is located near the Lin Fong Temple and commemorates the visit of the imperial commissioner Lin Zexu to Macau on the 3rd of September 1839 (during the reign of the Emperor Dao Guang). The aim of the visit was to ensure both the prohibition of the opium trade in the Territory administered by the Portuguese authorities and the Portuguese neutrality in the differences that opposed Great Britain to China and which would lead to the Opium War. This war would result in the opening of a number of Chinese ports to the international commerce and to the cession of the Hong Kong Island to the British.
The documents of this museum consist mostly of photographs, bearing witness to that highly tense period in the history of modern China, a cycle which is now coming to its end.
Location: Av. Almirante Lacerda, near the Canidrome Dog Race Compound and at the foot of the Mong Ha Hill.
Opening hours: Everyday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Closed on Mondays).
Tickets: Macau residents - average: 5 patacas;* under 8 and over 65: 3 patacas.
Tel: (853) 2855 0166
Bus routes: 1,4,5,8,10,23,25,26A, 28B,32.
Remarks: The museum is located at the foot of the Mong Ha Hill where the visitor can enjoy a panoramic view of the Macau housing area, specially the north part of the city near the border (Portas do Cerco). The Lin Fong Temple, whose yard houses the museum, is an excellent example of the Chinese architecture. It is then worth of a long visit.