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Established
  
2000

Website
  
Official Website

Founded
  
2000

Type
  
History museum

Phone
  
+852 2180 8188

Public transit access
  
Che Kung Temple Station

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Location
  
1 Man Lam Road, Sha Tin

Address
  
1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, Hong Kong

Hours
  
Closed today TuesdayClosedWednesday10AM–6PMThursday10AM–6PMFriday10AM–6PMSaturday10AM–7PMSunday10AM–7PMMonday10AM–6PM

Similar
  
Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong Railway Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Coastal D

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Hong Kong Heritage Museum (Chinese: 香港文化博物館) is a museum of history, art and culture in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, located beside the Shing Mun River. The museum opened on 16 December 2000. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. The six permanent exhibits and the original temporary exhibits were designed by design firm Reich+Petch along with Lord Cultural Resources.

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The museum building is the largest in Hong Kong, and can accommodate up to 6,000 visitors.

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Features

The Museum has been designed to provide comprehensive exhibitions on history, art and culture. The Museum has a number of interactive exhibitions and programmes. It also houses a cafe and museum shop.

There are six permanent exhibition galleries for the display of the museum's collections and six thematic galleries for temporary exhibitions. Permanent galleries include:

  • New Territories Heritage Hall (closed in June, 2016)
  • Children's Discovery Gallery
  • Cantonese Opera Heritage Hall
  • T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, displaying artifacts from the former Tsui Museum of Art
  • Chao Shao-an Gallery
  • Jin Yong Gallery Gallery (opened in 1st March, 2017)
  • Other than galleries, the museum has a 350-seat theatre for various performing arts and talks, including regular Cantonese opera performance. The museum possesses over 30,000 items related to Cantonese opera, which is a designated intangible cultural heritage of Hong Kong and the region.

    Branch museums

    The museum runs three branch museums:

  • Hong Kong Railway Museum (Tai Po)
  • Sam Tung Uk Museum (in a former Hakka walled village, Tsuen Wan)
  • Sheung Yiu Folk Museum (in a former Hakka village, Sai Kung)
  • Transport

    The museum is served by numerous bus lines. It is also within walking distance of several MTR railway stations:

  • East Rail Line: 15-minute walk from either Tai Wai or Sha Tin station
  • Ma On Shan Line: 5-minute walk across the river from Che Kung Temple station
  • References

    Hong Kong Heritage Museum Wikipedia


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