Fire Services Museum

Macau


This two-room museum in a stately 1920s colonial building is worth a peek if you're with children or into fire engines. The highlights are two vintage fire engines – handsome and made in the UK – a flight of hoses and nozzles, and old fire hydrants once seen in Macau.

Transportation

  • bus: 8A, 17, 18, 18A

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