Hong Kong Space Museum

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Hong Kong Space Museum with Planetarium (left)

The Hong Kong Space Museum ( Hong Kong Space Museum ; Chinese  香港 太空 館 ), which is located in the Tsim Sha Tsui district ( Kowloon ), opened in 1980 and is the oldest object in the Hong Kong Cultural Center Complex (HKCCC) and the first local planetarium for popularization of astronomy and space exploration in Hong Kong . The museum, which consists of a planetarium and two exhibition halls, also operates an external observatory called iObservatory in Sai Kung District .

The other objects in HKCCC are the Hong Kong Cultural Center , Hong Kong Museum of Art and Salisbury Garden .

history

The first considerations to build a planetarium or a space museum in Hong Kong were made by the city committee in the early 1960s. The decision to build the Space Museum at its current location was made in 1973 and construction work began in 1977. The official opening was on October 7, 1980, to the public on October 8, 1980. The first modernization of the museum and the exhibition rooms began in 1988, and in 1991 it was reopened. An overhaul of the museum was last planned for 2018.

The museum

Space shuttle cockpit, exhibited in the museum

The museum has two wings. In one, under an egg-shaped dome with a diameter of 23 m, is the planetarium - the Stanley Ho Space Theater - and the Hall of Space Science ( Hall of Space Science ). The other wing houses the Hall of Astronomy (Hall of Astronomy) and an auditorium. In the planetarium, among other things, introductions to the night sky and special programs take place twice a year; There is an Omnimax film projector in the hall . The two exhibition halls contain various exhibits, and various astronomy competitions, lectures, film screenings, etc. are organized here.

In November 2008, the Space Museum opened an external observatory ( Hong Kong Space Museum Sai Kung iObservatory ) in a three-story building in Sai Kung Country Park ( Sai Kung Peninsula , New Territories ) with a 6 m diameter dome. A Cassegrain telescope with a 60 cm mirror works there.

The museum has also been operating an astropark in the New Territories (in the Chong Hing Water Sports Center ) since January 30, 2010.

The Space Museum's first curator was Joseph Liu, after whom the asteroid (6743) Liu was named in 1994 . The museum made some efforts to improve accessibility.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Task Force on Harbourfront Developments in Kowloon, Tusen Wan and Kwai Tsing. Provision of An Art Square at Salisbury Garden, Tsim Sha Tsui , a paper by the Harbourfront Commission and LCSD from April 2013 on the further development of the property, online at: hfc.org.hk / ...
  2. ↑ a b c Timeline of Hong Kong Space Museum's History , LCSD note, online at: lcsd.gov.hk/...timeline
  3. ↑ Tsim Sha Tsui: 8 things to do on the 'other side' of Hong Kong , server edition.cnn.com, February 13, 2018, online at: edition.cnn.com / ...
  4. ↑ Hong Kong Space Museum , LCSD note, online at: lcsd.gov.hk/.../aboutus
  5. ↑ MUSEUMS - KOWLOON , section iOBSERVATORY , online at: hongkongextras.com / ...
  6. ↑ About Astripark , Astropark website of the LCSD, online at: lcsd.gov.hk /.../ astropark ...
  7. ↑ Facilities for the Disabled , Info des Museum, online at: lcsd.gov.hk/...disabled

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Coordinates: 22 ° 17 ′ 40 ″  N , 114 ° 10 ′ 19 ″  E

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