Museum & Gallery in Hong Kong

The flagship visual culture museum of Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District, housing over 8,000 works of art, design, architecture and moving image from the 20th century to today, with regular world-class special exhibitions.

Displaying over 900 precious artefacts from Beijing's Palace Museum, including 166 First-Grade national treasures, presenting China's cultural heritage through a contemporary lens.

Hong Kong's first private museum dedicated to photography, set in a Grade 3 historic Art Deco pre-war mansion, with a collection of rare vintage cameras and photographic artefacts, regularly hosting exhibitions by local and international photographers. Free admission, booking required.

Hong Kong's largest public art museum, home to over 17,000 works including Chinese calligraphy, painting, artefacts and Hong Kong art, plus a floor-to-ceiling harbour-view photo spot.

Centred on the permanent "Hong Kong Story" exhibition, retracing Hong Kong's history from prehistoric times to the 1997 handover, with life-size street recreations and interactive displays.

Over 500 interactive exhibits covering physics, mathematics, life science and more, one of Hong Kong's most-visited museums, a must for families.

The Eastern Hemisphere's first planetarium with a full-dome projection system; the Sky Show presents a realistic starry sky, great for families and astronomy fans.

Hong Kong's largest comprehensive museum, designed around a Chinese courtyard layout, with dedicated galleries for Cantonese opera artefacts and the Jin Yong Gallery, plus regular Cantonese opera performances and cultural events.

Revitalised from the former Lei Yue Mun Fort, showcasing 600 years of Hong Kong's coastal defence history, with outdoor military installations and trenches, great for history buffs and families.

Revitalised from the former Central Police Station compound, blending contemporary art exhibitions with colonial-era heritage buildings; home to the JC Contemporary gallery, dining and cultural programmes, a top photo spot in Central.

Revitalised from a former Shek Kip Mei factory building, home to over 100 local artist studios and exhibition spaces; studios open to visitors on holidays for a taste of Hong Kong's creative scene.

A key multidisciplinary arts venue in Hong Kong, combining visual art exhibitions, theatre, film and dance across multiple galleries and performance halls.

Revitalised from the former Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club clubhouse into an LCSD contemporary art space, hosting local and international contemporary art exhibitions plus outdoor installations and community events.

Housed in the former Bacteriological Institute built in 1905, showcasing Hong Kong's medical history and the 1894 plague, and designated a Grade 3 historic building.

Revitalised from the former Museum Compound Bachelor Officers' Quarters (1914) into a visual arts exhibition centre, with multiple galleries and studios offering exhibitions and art education workshops.

Showcases a century of Hong Kong's news media history, with interactive media installations and historical footage displays for visitors to explore local media culture.

Housed in the former British Army headquarters building inside Hong Kong Park, over 170 years old, this museum specialises in Chinese teaware and tea culture artefacts, making it one of the few tea-themed museums in the world.

Housed in the Edwardian-era heritage building Kom Tong Hall, this museum focuses on the life of Dr Sun Yat-sen and modern Chinese history, making it one of the few museums worldwide dedicated to his life story.

A rare Eastern Han dynasty tomb site in Hong Kong, showcasing a brick-chamber tomb over 1,600 years old along with excavated pottery and bronzeware, making it a key archaeological site for understanding early Lingnan culture.

An 18th-century walled village complex that fully preserves the traditional Hakka way of life, now home to the Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre, showcasing local folk culture and traditional crafts.

Housed in the former Tai Po Market railway station built in 1913, this museum preserves over a century of KCR history, with a collection of vintage train carriages on outdoor display, making it a great spot for family history exploration.

Displaying the Alexander Grantham fireboat built in 1954, this rare maritime history museum lets visitors learn about firefighters' working conditions of the past and Hong Kong's marine firefighting history.

A 200-year-old Hakka village house that authentically preserves its rammed-earth wall construction, displaying traditional Hakka household items and farming tools, a rare cultural relic in the Chai Wan area.

A 19th-century Hakka village ruin in the hills of Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung, right next to a nature trail, where visitors can see well-preserved lime kilns and villagers' traditional belongings, a great spot for combining hiking with cultural history.