Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business
| Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business | |
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典當業展示館 Espaço Patrimonial uma Casa de Penhores Tradicional | |
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| General information | |
| Type | museum |
| Location | Sé, Macau, China |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Opening | 21 March 2003 |
| Website | |
| icm.gov.mo/en/pawnshop/ | |
The Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business (Chinese: 典當業展示館; Portuguese: Espaço Patrimonial uma Casa de Penhores Tradicional) is a public museum in Sé, Macau, China.
History[edit]
The building was originally established in 1917 as the Virtue and Success Pawnshop (德成按; Tak Seng On Pawnshop) by Kou Ho Neng and Wong Hung Shan.[1][2] The shop was closed in 1993 due to the decline in pawnshop business. In 2000, the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture restored the shop building to its original design.[3] It was then opened to the public on 21 March 2003. The building received an Honorable Mention in the UNESCO 2004 Asia-Pacific Awards for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage and was selected as an Urban Best Practices Area by Shanghai World Expo 2010.[4]
Architecture[edit]
The building consists of two blocks, which are the front block of a three-story pawnshop and a bank and the rear block of a seven-story storehouse.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business". Cultural Institute of the Government of Macau Special Administrative Region. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business". Macao Government Tourism Office. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business". The Macao News. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business - macau.com". Macau.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24.
- ^ "Macao Heritage Net".
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