Museum & Gallery

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.

Built in 1954, the H-shaped Mei Ho House in Shek Kip Mei Estate is Hong Kong's oldest surviving public housing block. The museum recreates everyday life in a 1950s-60s public housing household, taking visitors through Hong Kong's grassroots living history.

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.