Flagstaff House
The Flagstaff House is located in Hong Kong Park in the Central and Western District in Hong Kong .
Built between 1844 and 1846 in the Greek Revival style, it is now the oldest western-style building in the city.
The building served as the residence of the Commander in Chief of the British Armed Forces in Hong Kong until 1978 and was converted into the Museum of Tea Ware , a museum for teaware, in 1984 as a branch of the Hong Kong Museum of Art .
history
The Flagstaff House was built between 1844 and 1846 on the site of the Victoria Barracks , the barracks of the former British forces in Hong Kong, as accommodation for the then British Commander George Charles D'Aguilar . After his return to England in 1848, it retained the function of the commander-in-chief's residence until 1978, first known as Headquarters House and from 1932 as Flaggstaff House . After the site was returned to the Hong Kong government by the British military in 1979, Flagstaff House was handed over to the city council in 1981, converted into a tea set museum and opened on January 27, 1984. In 1989 it was placed under monument protection.
Teaware
The core of the museum collection was created by Dr. KS Lo donated and consists of 600 exhibits dated from the time of the Zhou dynasty (1045–770 BC) to the 20th century.
Web links
- Hong Kong Museum of Art Homepage (Cantonese, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Declared Monuments in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Iceland. Retrieved January 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Hong Kong Museum of Art - Museum Collections - KS Lo Collection of Tea Ware and Seals. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
Coordinates: 22 ° 16 ′ 42.6 ″ N , 114 ° 9 ′ 45 ″ E