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Hong kong correctional services museum attractions
The Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum (Chinese: 香港懲教博物館) is a museum in Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, Hong Kong, China. It was originally housed in the Staff Training Institute of the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department.
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Description
Today it is housed in a two-storey building next to the parade ground of the Staff Training Institute. It has an area of 480 square metres (5,200 sq ft) with a collection of over 600 artifacts representing some 170 years of Hong Kong's criminal and rehabilitative past starting in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) and extending through the colonial period, when piracy was punishable by death.
Along with ten galleries, the museum contains a mock gallows and two mock cells as well as a mock guard tower on top of the building. One of the galleries displays equipment formerly used for floggings and assorted corporal punishments. An annex for the presentation of correctional and rehabilitative services and for the display of handicrafts produced by prisoners has been added to the museum. Outside the annex is a 200 square metres (2,200 sq ft) lookout point for visitors to savour the scenery of Tai Tam Bay.
The museum is under the management of the Correctional Services Department Staff Training Institute (STI).
Exhibits
There are ten galleries in the museum:
Also on display are:
Opening hours
Tuesdays to Sundays: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
The Museum is closed on Mondays and Public Holidays.
Group tours are available.