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The Old City Hall housed the first museum of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong has a variety of museums, covering a wide range of topics including science, the arts, culture and the development of Hong Kong. Most museums are established and managed by the Hong Kong Government, under departments including the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Environmental Protection Department. Museums established by businesses, education institutions and non-profit organisations also exist, showcasing their respective topics.

The first museum of Hong Kong was opened on 28 June 1869, in the Old City Hall. Main exhibits of the museum included books, images, and specimens of animals and plants. The museum was then demolished in 1947, after operating for 70 years. After its demolition, Hong Kong did not have any operating museums until the opening of the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum in 1957.

This list compiles all existing and former museums in Hong Kong, categorised by the type of exhibits displayed at the museums.

Museums[edit]

Arts[edit]

Name Location Opened Operator
Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong 1971 Chinese University of Hong Kong
Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware Hong Kong Park 1984 Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Hong Kong Film Archive Sai Wan Ho 2001 Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Hong Kong Museum of Art Tsim Sha Tsui 1962 Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre Hong Kong Park 1992 Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Madame Tussauds Hong Kong The Peak 2000 The Tussauds Group
University Museum and Art Gallery University of Hong Kong 1953 University of Hong Kong

Historical[edit]

Name Location Opened Operator
Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum Central 2006 Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre Kowloon Park Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Hong Kong Heritage Museum Sha Tin Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Hong Kong Museum of History Tsim Sha Tsui Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum Sham Shui Po Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Law Uk Folk Museum (in a restored Hakka village house, Chai Wan Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Sam Tung Uk Museum (in a former Hakka walled village, Tsuen Wan Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Urban Development[edit]

Name Location Opened Operator
Airport Core Programme Exhibition Centre Ting Kau 1995 Home Affairs Department
Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre Kowloon Park Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Hong Kong Heritage Museum Sha Tin Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Hong Kong Museum of History Tsim Sha Tsui Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum Sham Shui Po Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Law Uk Folk Museum (in a restored Hakka village house, Chai Wan Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Sam Tung Uk Museum (in a former Hakka walled village, Tsuen Wan Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Other[edit]

|* |- |[[Fanling Environmental Resource Centre]] ||[[Fanling]] || [[Environmental Protection Department|EPD]] ||* |- |[[Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery]] || || || [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] |- |- |[[Foods of Mankind Museum]] (reopened on 15 October 2005)||[[Fanling]] || || |- |[[Health Education Exhibition and Resources Centre]] ||[[Kowloon Park]] || ||* |- |[[HKMA Information Centre]] ||[[Two International Finance Centre]] || || |- |[[Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum]] ||[[Stanley, Hong Kong|Stanley]]|| ||* |- |- |- |[[Hong Kong Housing Authority Exhibition Centre]] ||[[Ho Man Tin]], [[Kowloon]] || ||* |- |[[Hong Kong Immigration Museum]] ||[[Tuen Mun]] || ||* |- |[[Hong Kong International Hobby and Toy Museum]] ||[[Yau Ma Tei]] || || |- |-|[[The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archive and Museum]] ||[[Happy Valley Racecourse]], [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]] || || |- |[[Hong Kong Maritime Museum]] ||Ferry Pier 8 [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]] || || |- |- |[[Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence]] ||[[Shau Kei Wan]] || || [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] |- |[[Hong Kong Museum of Education]] ||Block D1, Podium Level, The [[Hong Kong Institute of Education]], 10 Lo Ping Road, [[Tai Po]]|| || |- |- |[[Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences]] ||[[Mid-levels]] || || |- |[[Hong Kong Planning & Infrastructure Exhibition Gallery]] ||[[Edinburgh Place]], [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]] || || * |- |[[Hong Kong Police Museum]] ||[[Victoria Peak|The Peak]] || ||* |- |[[Hong Kong Public Records Building]] ||[[Kwun Tong]] || ||* |- |[[Hong Kong Racing Museum]] || 2/F, Happy Valley Stand, [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]] || || |- |[[Hong Kong Railway Museum]] ||[[Tai Po]] || || [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] |- |[[Hong Kong Science Museum]] ||[[Tsim Sha Tsui East]] || || [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] |- |[[Hong Kong Space Museum]] ||[[Tsim Sha Tsui]] || || [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] |- |- |[[Lantau Link Visitors Centre]] ||[[Tsing Yi]] || ||* |- |- |- |[[Lions Nature Education Center]] ||[[Tsiu Hang]] Special Area, [[Sai Kung]] || || |- |[[Museum of Ethnology (Hong Kong)|Museum of Ethnology]] ||[[Tai Po]] || || |- |[[Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre]] ||[[Ping Shan]] || || [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] |- |[[Po Leung Kuk Museum]] ||[[Leighton Road]], [[Causeway Bay]] || || |- |- |[[Sau Choi Mansion]] || Ping Shan || || |- |[[Sheung Yiu Folk Museum]] || (in a former Hakka village, [[Sai Kung]] || || [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] |- |[[Tai O Folk Museum]] || [[Tai O]] || || |- |[[Tao Heung Museum of Food Culture]] ||[[Fo Tan]] || || |- |[[Tsuen Wan Environmental Resource Centre]] ||[[Tsuen Wan]] || [[Environmental Protection Department|EPD]] ||* |- |[[Tsui Museum of Art]] || (former) || || |- |[[Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum]] ||[[Kwong Wah Hospital]], [[Waterloo Road, Kowloon|Waterloo Road]], [[Yau Ma Tei]] || || |- |- |[[Urban Renewal Authority's Information Centre]] ||[[Queen's Road Central]], [[Sheung Wan]] || || |- |[[Wan Chai Environmental Resource Centre]] ||[[Wan Chai]] || [[Environmental Protection Department|EPD]] ||* |- |}

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