Museum & Gallery

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.

Hong Kong's first exhibition centre themed around urban planning and infrastructure development, featuring a large 3D model of the whole city and multimedia interactive displays introducing Hong Kong's development blueprint and historical changes.

Housed in the former Whitfield Barracks at Kowloon Park, this heritage exhibition centre introduces Hong Kong's history, archaeology and heritage conservation, displaying artefacts and old photographs excavated across the city with accessible explanations of Hong Kong's cultural heritage.

Hong Kong's only cultural centre dedicated to the Tai Hang Fire Dragon tradition, introducing the history and craftsmanship behind the Mid-Autumn Fire Dragon Dance, a custom inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, with a real fire dragon on display and interactive experiences.

Named after the renowned sinologist Jao Tsung-I, this cultural centre occupies the historic former Lai Chi Kok Hospital building complex, combining art exhibitions with cultural promotion, and regularly hosting calligraphy, Chinese painting exhibitions and cultural events, a great place to appreciate traditional Lingnan art and culture.

The official archive dedicated to collecting and preserving Hong Kong film heritage, with an exhibition hall showcasing the history of Hong Kong cinema and precious film artefacts, and regular screenings of restored classics, a must-visit for Hong Kong film fans and cinema culture enthusiasts.

Housed within the revitalised mill complex The Mills, this centre explores textile culture and labour history through a contemporary art lens, regularly hosting exhibitions by local and international artists, a new cultural landmark in Tsuen Wan.

Founded by veteran Hong Kong art promoter Pearl Lam, this gallery has been based in Central's Pedder Building since 2005, focusing on East-West contemporary art dialogue and regularly participating in Art Basel Hong Kong, an important window into contemporary Asian art.

The only Asian outpost of top New York gallery David Zwirner, located in the vertical gallery building H Queen's in Central, regularly showing works by international blue-chip artists such as Gerhard Richter and Jeff Koons. Free admission.

The Hong Kong space of Swiss top gallery Hauser & Wirth, relocated in 2024 to 8 Queen's Road Central, spanning three floors and around 10,000 sq ft, showing works by contemporary art masters such as Louise Bourgeois and Mark Bradford. Free admission.

The Hong Kong branch of London's top gallery White Cube, showing works by international contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Free admission and a key player in Central's art scene.

A contemporary art gallery established in 2010, focusing on photography and media works by emerging and established Asian artists, located in the Wong Chuk Hang industrial art cluster.

One of the largest contemporary art galleries in Wong Chuk Hang, with nearly 10,000 sq ft of exhibition space showcasing international and Asian contemporary artists.

A gallery specializing in Asian classical and contemporary art, covering Himalayan, Indian and Southeast Asian works, located at M Place, Wong Chuk Hang.

A rare black-cube gallery in Hong Kong on the Tin Wan waterfront, showcasing multimedia works, performances and music projects by emerging and established artists.

A local gallery established in 2008 that relocated from Central to Tin Wan, focusing on progressive cross-media contemporary art exhibitions.

A larger exhibition annex of the Central-based 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, set up in a Chai Wan industrial building for large-scale installations and exhibitions by international contemporary artists.

A 1,400 sq ft gallery in a Chai Wan industrial building dedicated to contemporary print and paper works, showcasing emerging artists from Hong Kong, Asia and Europe.

A contemporary art gallery founded in Tokyo in 1967, with its Hong Kong space in M Place, Wong Chuk Hang, showing Japanese and Asian artists. Free to visit.

The Hong Kong space of a London contemporary art gallery, housed in The Factory, Wong Chuk Hang. Free entry, no appointment needed.

A Hong Kong contemporary art gallery founded in 2024, showcasing emerging and mid-career artists. Free to visit.