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{{Short description|Museum in Santo António, Macau, China}}
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{{Infobox museum
| name            = Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt
| native_name     = 天主教藝術博物館與墓室<br>Museu de Arte Sacra e Cripta
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| image           = Behind the façade of St. Paul's in Macau.jpg
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| established     = 23 October 1996
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| location        = [[Santo António, Macau|Santo António]], [[Macau]], [[China]]
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| website         = {{url|https://www.macaumuseum.gov.mo/en/visit/museum-sacred-art-crypt|macaumuseum.gov.mo/museum-sacred-art-crypt}}
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{{Chinese
| t = 天主教藝術博物館與墓室
| s = 天主教艺术博物馆与墓室
| j = tin1 zyu2 gaau3 ngai6 seot6 bok3 mat6 gun2 jyu5 mou6 sat1
| p = Tiānzhǔjiào Yìshù Bówùguǎn yǔ Mùshì
| por = Museu de Arte Sacra e Cripta
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The '''Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt''' ({{zh|t=天主教藝術博物館與墓室}}; {{langx|pt|Museu de Arte Sacra e Cripta}}) is a public [[museum]] in [[Santo António, Macau|Santo António]], [[Macau]], [[China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.macautourism.gov.mo/sightseeing/sightseeing_detail.php?c=2&id=21#.VsK-kvl95D8|date=22 July 2016|title=Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt|publisher=Macao Government Tourism Office}}</ref>
==History==
The museum was constructed at the former site of the College of the Mother of God and Church of Saint Paul.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macauholiday.com/sacred-art-and-crypt-museum.html|title=Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt|publisher=Macau Holiday|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224043524/http://www.macauholiday.com/sacred-art-and-crypt-museum.html|archive-date=24 February 2016}}</ref> It was inaugurated on 23 October 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.cityguide.gov.mo/e/sightseeing/Detail/museum?id=c8f276be-8f3c-45fd-9a68-36b23f3d2657|title=Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt|website=City Guide|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macaumuseum.gov.mo/w3ENG/w3MMabout/ScaredC.aspx|title=Macao Museum: About|website=Macau Museum|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
==Exhibitions==
The museum exhibits objects of high historical and artistic value from different churches and convents of Macau. The [[crypt]] exhibits granite rock at the center of its area where it lies a tomb with walls decorated with Japanese and Vietnamese martyrs relics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/macau/attractions/museum-of-sacred-art-crypt/a/poi-sig/1241024/356046|title=Museum of Sacred Art & Crypt|website=Lonely Planet|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of museums in Macau]]
==References==
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[[Category:1996 establishments in Macau]]
[[Category:Macau Peninsula]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1996]]
[[Category:Museums in Macau]]
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