Monday, May 27, 2013

Spellbinding Hong Kong Museums

By Hazel Rabi


Hong Kong museums illustrate a wide slice of Hong Kong city cultural life that starts over 400 million years ago. Hong Kong's numerous museums are dedicated to a multitude of subjects, with history bring a thread that stiches them all together. All the main museums in Hong Kong are operated by the city of Hong Kong's Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Hong Kong Museum of History

The Hong Kong Museum of History, one of the premier museums in the city of Hong Kong, permits patrons to find out more about 400 million years of history in just a few hours. The Museum of History's permanent exhibit, the Hong Kong Story, spreads 8 exhibits from the Devonian period to the 1997 hand-over to China from Britain, over 2 floors. This piece de resistance includes 4,000 items on view, 53 multi-media programs and more than 750 panels, all with CGI effects. Museum staff say this exhibit may be seen in 2 hours for those pressed for time, but endorse visitors allow at least 4 hours for the full experience.

Hong Kong Science Museum

Another one of the great Hong Kong museums, the Hong Kong Science Museum is brilliant fun for all ages. The Museum of History has more than 500 science-related exhibitions, of which just about 70 % are interactive, providing an exciting way for youngsters of every age to find out more about science. Since it opened in 1991, the museum's main 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, assorted demonstrations on subjects like molecular gastronomy, artificial clouds and liquid nitrogen occur daily throughout the museum.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Museum

The museum praising Dr. Sun Yat-Sen is among the smaller Hong Kong museums, but that does not reduce its signification. Doctor. Sun was a revolutionary who played an important role 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 Doctor. Sun's life as well as the role Hong Kong played in this early 20th century revolution in China.

Museum of Tea Ware

Tea drinkers will not need to miss the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, a little museum in central Hong Kong that's housed in an 1840s house built for the chief of English 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 British and Asian of drinks. A bunch 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 thought of as a particularly high grade of tea ware. Visitors also will learn about the history of tea, as well as view a set of Chinese ceramics and seals.




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