Hongkong Attractions - History and Culture Class
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Hong Kong Science Museum
The Hong Kong Science Museum is a science-themed museum in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, located next to the Hong Kong Museum of History. The museum has a DC3 airliner suspended from the ceiling. The most popular exhibition items for children are a computer area, a real (but stationary) car in which visitors can attempt to drive in a driving simulation while avoiding accidents, speeding, and excessive fuel usage, and a small life-sized stationary aircraft with a video of a ... View Detail
Madame Tussauds
Madame Tussauds Hong Kong is a museum exhibiting the wax likenesses of world famous people. The founder, Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), was an outstanding artist in France, well known all over the world for her wax products. The headquarters of Madame Tussauds museum is in London. Madame Tussauds Hong Kong, at Peak Tower on Victoria Peak, opened to the public in 2000. This was the first Madame Tussauds in Asia and has on display 100 wax figures of celebrities. Since its opening, it has drawn the ... View Detail
Hong Kong Space Museum
Strategically located at the seaside of Tsim Sha Tsui, the Hong Kong Space Museum commenced its construction in 1977 and was commissioned in October 1980. It is the first local planetarium for the popularisation of astronomy and space science. The unique egg-shaped dome renders the 8000-square-metre museum to be one of the most famous landmarks in Hong Kong. The Museum comprises two wings - east and west. The former, the planetarium's nucleus, has an egg-shaped dome structure. Beneath it ... View Detail
Hong Kong Museum of History
The Hong Kong Museum of History ( Mandarin Pinyin: Xianggong Lishi Bowuguan; Jyutping: Hoeng1 Gong2 Lik6 Si2 Bok3 Mat6 Gun2) is a museum which preserves Hong Kong's historical and cultural heritage. It is located next to the Hong Kong Science Museum. The museum was established by the Urban Council in July 1975 when the City Museum and Art Gallery was split into the Hong Kong Museum of History and Hong Kong Museum of Art; some of the Museum of History's collections were on display at ... View Detail
Police Museum
The forerunner of the Police Museum was the Police Historical Records Committee formed in 1964 which collected a significant number of artifacts relating to the history of the Force and proposed the foundation of a museum to display them. Originally housed in Police Headquarters, the Police Museum was started in a limited form in 1976 and later moved to Tai Sang Commercial Building in Wan Chai, and moved to the present site in 1988. The Museum is divided into five galleries; Orientation Gallery ... View Detail
Correctional Services Museum
Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum is located at 45 Tung Tau Wan Road, Stanley, Hong Kong. It was originally housed in the Staff Training Institute of Hong Kong Correctional Services Department. Today it is housed in a two-storey building next to the parade ground of the Staff Training Institute. It has an area of 480 square metres with a collection of over 600 artifacts representing some 170 odd years of history. The museum comprises ten galleries with one mock gallows and two mock cells ... View Detail
Film Archive
Hong Kong Film Archive is located at 50 Lei King Road, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong . It was opened in January 2001 and it is now under the management of Leisure and Cultural Service Department. It joined the International Federation of Film Archives in 1996. The archive aims to collect and preserve Hong Kong films and other related materials. It also has exhibitions on Hong Kong film, screenings and seminars. Film Archive edits the books Hong Kong Filmography and Monographs of Hong Kong Film ... View Detail
Sam Tung Uk Museum
The Sam Tung Uk Museum is a museum restored from Sam Tung Uk (literally "three-beam-dwelling", which describes the original floorplan), a Hakka walled village in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.History It was built by a Chan clan under the leadership of the clan patriarch, Chan Yam-shing, in 1786 (during the reign of Emperor Qianlong). The Chan clan was originally from Fujian; they had moved to Guangdong, and then to Hong Kong to engage in farming. The site has been carefully restored and opened ... View Detail
Hong Kong Racing Museum
To commemorate the 125th Anniversary of the Club's establishment, The Hong Kong Racing Museum is hosting a special exhibition, Moments in History - The Hong Kong Jockey Club 125th Anniversary Exhibition to showcase the evolution and development of The Hong Kong Jockey Club since its establishment in 1884. With a selection of precious historical exhibits and photos dating back to the 19th century, the exhibition features the evolution and development of the Club and its horse racing history in ... View Detail