The Macao Museum and its affiliated galleries, under the Cultural Affairs Bureau - including the Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt, Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre, Mount Fortress Corridor and Guia Chapel located in Guia Fortress - will be open to the public on Chinese New Year's Eve (30 January) as well as during Chinese New Year (31 January to 2 February) as usual. The Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business will close on the first day of Chinese New Year (31 January) but will open on the second and third days of Chinese New Year (1 and 2 February) as per usual. The Macao Museum and the Heritage Exhibition of a Traditional Pawnshop Business will close on the fourth day of Chinese New Year (3 February). The Macao Chinese Orchestra will perform a Chinese New Year concert on 7 February at 6pm at the Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre. It will also perform in the main hall of the Macao Museum on 25 February at 12pm. Admission to both performances is free. Places are limited and available on a first come, first served basis. In addition, the Museum will hold a book launch ceremony on 12 February at 5:45pm in its auditorium for 500 Years of Italians in Hong Kong & Macau, recommended by the Consulate General of Italy in Hong Kong and Macao, and Portrait of a Jesuit - Alessandro Valignano, published by the Macau Ricci Institute. The three exhibition projects co-hosted by the Macao Museum within the framework of the Greater Pearl River Delta Cultural Co-operation Meeting are either currently running or will tour Guangdong and Hong Kong. "Maritime Porcelain Road: Relics from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Museums" will be exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of Art until 16 February, while "Historical Imprints of Lingnan: Major Archaeological Discoveries of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao" recently opened at Guangdong Museum and will run until 28 March. In addition, the joint exhibition "Tranquil Life: Relics of Sun Yat Sen's Second Daughter Sun Wan and her Husband Dai En Sai Collected in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao" can be visited at the Guangdong Museum of Revolutionary History in Guangzhou from 17 February. To celebrate this festive season, from the first to the third day of the New Year, Macao residents and students can visit the Macao Museum free of charge by presenting their ID or Macao student cards. The Macao Museum is open from 10am to 6pm (tickets available until 5:30pm). For more information on the opening hours of the aforementioned museums, please call (853) 2835 7911, during office hours, or visit www.macaumuseum.gov.mo and www.icm.gov.mo.