Centre for Harmony and Enhancement of Ethnic Minority Residents (CHEER)

Museums

Hong Kong has museums to suit a wide range of interests. Some museums are free-of-charge for visit during respective weekdays. Let’s know some of them.

The Hong Kong Museum of History

The museum have made great efforts in collecting, conserving, processing, studying and displaying cultural objects which are related to the archaeology, history, ethnography and natural history of Hong Kong and South China.

Address : 100 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

(next to the Hong Kong Science Museum) 

Tel. :       2724 9042

Website : http://hk.history.museum

Opening Hours: Monday & Wednesday to Saturday: 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday and public holiday: 10 am – 7 pm
Closed at 5 pm on Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year’s Eve
Closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays) and on the first two days of the Chinese New Year

Admission Fees:

The Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Located in a wooded setting away from the New Town’s high-rise housing complexes, the museum’s architecture is patterned after the traditional Si He Yuan style, a compound of harmoniously-blended houses built around a courtyard. It is divided into 12 exhibition galleries, each a treasure house of relics of the history, culture and arts of early Hong Kong and the nearby South China region.

Address:1 Man Lam Road, Sha Tin, Hong Kong.

Tel:         2180 8188 

Website: http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk

Opening Hours  

Mondays, Wednesdays to Saturdays：10 am – 6 pm

Sundays and Public Holidays：10 am – 7 pm 

Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year Eve：10 am – 5 pm

Closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays) and the first two days of the Lunar New Year

Admission Fees:

The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence

The Museum is formerly known as the Lei Yue Mun Fort, which was the most formidable fortifications in the territory built more than 100 years ago. It was also an important battlefield during the Battle for Hong Kong in 1941. Today it has been revitalized to preserve and present HK’s 600-year history of coastal defence.

Address: 175 Tung Hei Road, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong   

Tel: 2569 1500

Website :http://hk.coastaldefence.museum

Opening Hours

Monday to Wednesday & Friday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

(The opening hours are extended to 6pm during weekends and public  

holidays between 1 July and 31 August.)

Closed on Thursdays (except public holidays) and the first two days of the Chinese New Year

Admission Fees:

If you want to learn more about other museums, please visit the following website:

http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/cs_mus_lcsd.php