Selasa, 02 Juli 2013

Top Museums in Hong Kong

By Georgina Straits


HK museums represent a wide slice of HK life and culture that begins about 400 million years back. The city's museums are devoted to many subjects, with history a thread that sews them all together. All of the main museums in HK are controlled by the city's Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Hong Kong Museum of History

The Hong Kong Museum of History, one of the premier museums in Hong Kong, permits visitors to find out about 400 million years of history in just one or two hours. The museum's permanent exhibit, the HK Story, spreads 8 exhibits from the Devonian period to the 1997 hand-over from Britain to China, over two floors. This piece de resistance includes 4,000 items on show, 53 multimedia programs and more than 750 panels, all with special effects. Museum staff say this exhibit may be seen in 2 hours for those pressed for time, but counsel visitors allow at least 4 hours for the "meal deal" as well as temporary items.

Hong Kong Science Museum

Another one of the great museums in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Science Museum is excellent fun for families. The museum has more than 500 science-related exhibitions, of which about 70 p.c are interactive, providing an entertaining way for kids of any age group to find out about science. Since it opened in 1991, the museum's major attraction is the Energy Machine, a four-story high machine that demonstrates energy conversion as balls move down towers in the structure, the biggest of its sort internationally. In the meantime, varied demonstrations on topics like molecular gastronomy, synthesised clouds and liquid nitrogen happen daily across the museum.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Museum

The museum respecting Dr. Sun Yat-Sen is probably one of the smaller Hong Kong museums, but that does not reduce its signification. Dr. Sun was a state of the art who was instrumental in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty that ruled China from Beijing. As a consequence, this Hong Kong-educated man became the first president of the Republic of China. The museum provides a detailed look at Dr. Sun's life as well as the job Hong Kong played in this early 20th century revolution in China.

Museum of Tea Ware

Tea drinkers won't wish to miss the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, a small museum in downtown Hong Kong that's housed in an 1840s house built for the chief of British forces in the colony. Found within Hong Kong Park, the museum offers a stunning collection of tea pots, tea cups and other accessories, all dedicated to this most Brit and Asian of beverages. A set of tea ware from Yixing is a highlight of the collection; Yixing tea ware is made from a special purple clay found only in Yixing County, and is considered a extremely high grade of tea ware. Visitors also will learn all about the history of tea, as well as view a collection of Chinese ceramics and seals.




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