travel
the railway system. Admission is Free.
13 Shung Tak Street, Tai Po Market, Tai
Po, Hong Kong.
https://www.heritagemuseum.
gov.hk/en_US/web/hm/museums/
railway.html Why not bring a picnic and make
it a full day out with a visit to the
neighbouring playground!
27 Coombe Road, The Peak, Hong
Kong Island
www.police.gov.hk
Hong Kong Maritime Museum
If you have a little sailor, this is the place
for you. In its fitting location at Central’s
Pier 8, this museum showcases the
city’s 3,000 years of maritime history
of Hong Kong, The South China Sea
and The Pearl River Delta. Learn about
Hong Kong’s Role in the Chinese Silk
and in connecting China to the world
in trade and export all through the sea.
There is also a rooftop café.
www.hkmaritimemuseum.org Fireboat Alexander Grantham
Exhibition Gallery
Calling all future firefighters! Climb
aboard the fireboat Alexander
Grantham for an educational outing
on HK Island. From 1953 to 2002,
the fireboat Alexander Grantham was
bravely fighting boat fires and leading
marine rescues in Hong Kong's busy
waters. After its retirement and an
extensive preservation, the boat was
opened to the public in 2007 as a
museum inside Quarry Bay Park.
With so many different rooms to
explore, plus tons of equipment to
touch, kids of all ages will have a
blast pretending they're out in Victoria
Harbor fighting fires!
Quarry Bay Park, Quarry Bay, Hong
Kong Island
www.lcsd.gov.hk
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
The museum, which first opened 18
years ago, is located in a former coastal
defence fort overlooking the Lei Yue
Mun Channel. It is currently closed for
renovation, but is due to re-open later
this year offering
https://hk.coastaldefence.museum/en
Hong Kong Science Museum
For your little scientist…experiments
anyone?
Visiting the Science Museum is a
really fun day out for kids. More than
70 per cent of the 500 exhibits are
hands-on and interactive. Young visitors
will love the robotics, virtual reality and
transportation displays. Look out for the
22m high twin-tower Energy Machine.
This is a museum that children will want
to visit time and time again.
2 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha
Tsui, Kowloon
www.hk.science.museum
Hong Kong Police Museum
The Hong Kong Police Museum on The
Peak is a great place for kids to learn
about the history of policing in Hong
Kong. There are lots of fun artifacts
including motorcycles, the transition of
types of guns used, as well as a stuffed
head of the “Sheung Shui Tiger”, shot in
1915 by two policeman.
Hong Kong Space Museum
Where to begin? This museum is
chock full of fun hands-on activities
and educational exhibits for the whole
family. Some of the most popular
attractions include The "Aurora" exhibit
which allows visitors to adjust the
strength of solar wind inside a vacuum
tube to create an aurora on an Earth
model; "Icy Bodies" creates comets
with dry ice to simulate their jets and
movements; "Big Bang Theatre"
displays the evolution of the Universe
from the Big Bang to the present era;
and "Gravity Surfing" which allows
visitors to stand on surfing boards
to venture through different celestial
objects to understand the warping of
space by gravity.
10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
www.lcsd.gov.hk
Hong Kong Museum of Art
Established in 1962, HKMoA is the first
public art museum in the city, displaying
an art collection of over 17,000 items,
representing the unique cultural legacy of
Hong Kong's connection across the globe.
The aspiration of this museum is to lend
new ways of viewing tradition and making
art relevant to all and they have done this
by curating a wide world of contrasts, from
old to new, Chinese to Western, local to
international. There are new exhibitions
year round as well as free hands-on
workshops, although interactive activities
are currently suspended.
10 Salisbury Road TST
https://hk.art.museum/en_US/web/
ma/home.html
Metropolis Museum
A new private venture, the Metropolis
Museum aims to promote classical
western art and to make it accessible
to all. Through thematic exhibitions and
programmes, the museum introduces
visitors to masterpieces from classical art.
By commissioning professional painters
to replicate masterpieces, introducing
the most advanced printing technologies
and embracing a variety of immersive
experiences, they hope to break the
boundaries of art and share the knowledge
one gathers from a visit to a museum
with everyone. The museum also runs art
classes and workshops.
17/F Genesis, 33 – 35 Wong Chuk Hang Road
https://metropolismuseum.com
Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Art
Strictly speaking it’s not a museum but
the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and
Arts offers visitors the opportunity to
explore the former Central Police Station
compound, which consists of the Central
Police Station, Central Magistracy and
Victoria Prison, all of which are declared
monuments. Visitors are immersed in
the experience through interactive tours,
heritage storytelling spaces, diverse
education programmes and thematic
heritage exhibitions. And children will
|love running around exploring!
www.taikwun.hk
*Most Hong Kong Museums are free for
children under 4 years and free for all on
Wednesdays.
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