Hong Kong Heritage Museum

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

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

Features

thumb|right|Cantonese Opera Heritage Hall

thumb|right|New Territories Heritage Hall

thumb|right|Bruce Lee - Kung Fu‧Art‧Life Exhibition

The HKHM has been designed to provide comprehensive exhibitions on history, art and culture. It has several interactive exhibitions and programmes, and also houses a café and museum shop.

The museum also 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.

Permanent exhibitions

Current exhibitions

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

Hong Kong Railway Museum (on a diversion from the East Rail Line, Tai Po District)
Sheung Yiu Folk Museum (in a former Hakka village, Sheung Yiu, Sai Kung District)

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 Exit A of Tai Wai or Exit A3 of Sha Tin station
Tuen Ma line: 7-minute walk across the river from Exit B of Che Kung Temple station

References

External links

Virtual tour of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum provided by Google Arts & Culture