Hong Kong Museum of History

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Hong Kong Museum of History - Main Entrance - Kowloon, 2005

The Hong Kong Museum of History ( Chinese  香港 歷史博物館  /  香港 历史博物馆 , Pinyin Xiānggǎng Lìshǐ Bówùguǎn , Jyutping Hoeng 1 gong 2 Lik 6 si 2 Bok 3 mat 6 gun 2  - "Hong Kong History Museum") is a history museum that especially focuses on the history of the city of Hong Kong . The museum is located in the Tsim Sha Tsui neighborhood on the Kowloon Peninsula and is operated by the Hong Kong Government's Leisure and Cultural Services Department .

history

In 1962 the City Museum and Art Gallery opened in Hong Kong City Hall in Central on Hong Kong Island . In July 1975, the museum was split into two separate museums, the Hong Kong Museum of History and Hong Kong Museum of Art . The Hong Kong Museum of History moved to a new building in 1998 in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Kowloon in the Yau Tsim Mong district . The building cost 390 million Hong Kong dollars and was designed by P&T Architects and Engineers based on the architectural concept by E. Verner Johnson. Together with the Hong Kong Science Museum ( 香港 科學館  /  香港 科学馆 ) in the immediate vicinity, it forms a joint museum complex.

exhibition

The exhibitions include the permanent exhibition on the history of the city and a temporary special exhibition with regularly changing topics. It is possible to access other virtual exhibitions via the museum's website .

The permanent exhibition comprises 8 galleries with over 4000 exhibits, 750 graphics, several dioramas and multimedia offers, on two levels with an area of ​​7000 m². The exhibition vividly explores Hong Kong's natural history, archeology, ethnography and local history. The time span of the historical representation covers the Devonian , the fourth geochronological period within the Paleozoic about 400 million years ago up to the reunification of Hong Kong with the People's Republic of China in 1997.

Web links

Commons : Hong Kong Museum of History  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hong Kong Museum of History to celebrate 40th anniversary with public. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Hong Kong Museum of History Website - Permanent Exhibition. Retrieved November 30, 2016 .

Coordinates: 22 ° 18 ′ 6.6 "  N , 114 ° 10 ′ 38.7"  E