The 19-year permanent exhibition of the Museum of History "Hong Kong Story" will be closed next Monday, and will be launched in mid-December.

District 18 News

Written by: Lu Ningmin

2020-10-11 18:33

Last update date: 2020-10-11 18:44

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced earlier that the permanent exhibition "Hong Kong Story" at the Hong Kong Museum of History will be temporarily closed next Monday (19th) for a large-scale renovation project.

During this period, the museum will remain open, and the number of visitors will be limited and cleanliness will be strengthened to protect the health of visitors.

The permanent exhibition "Hong Kong Story" at the Hong Kong Museum of History opened for 19 years and will be closed until next Monday (19th).

(Photo by Ou Jiale)

The "Hong Kong Story" permanent exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History opened in 2001 and has been very popular. Over the past 19 years, it has recorded more than 10 million visitors.

The exhibition will be temporarily closed from the 19th of this month for a large-scale renewal project.

During the closing of the exhibition, the museum will remain open. In addition to continuing to hold various activities, the museum will also hold in the lobby the "Old Photo Collection-Hong Kong Early History Photo Exhibition", introducing the north shore of Hong Kong Island from the second half of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century. Changes in Ye Canghai.

In addition, in mid-December this year, the museum will also launch a condensed version of "Hong Kong Stories" in the first floor exhibition hall: "Classic Reproduction-The Essence of Hong Kong Stories Exhibition", introducing Hong Kong's folk customs and the development process from prehistoric times to the return of Hong Kong in 1997 .

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The permanent exhibition of "Hong Kong Story" is divided into 8 exhibition areas, which are distributed in two exhibition halls. Through 4,000 exhibits, 750 text explanations, multiple three-dimensional landscapes and 53 multimedia theaters, it vividly introduces the natural ecology and folk customs of Hong Kong. And historical development.

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