The Hong Kong Palace Museum, which is about to open, held a naming ceremony today (2nd). The dedicated learning space "Forbidden City Academy" lecture hall was officially named "The Hong Kong Jockey Club Lecture Hall" in recognition of the Jockey Club's donation of 3.5 billion through its charitable trust fund. Yuan for the cost of building the museum.
In her speech, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor disclosed for the first time that as long as there were no overruns or delays in the project, the donation amounted to 260 million yuan.
The Jockey Club announced that it will support part of the exhibition and education work of the Hong Kong Palace Museum in the next nine years, including planning large-scale exhibitions, nurturing artistic talents, and promoting arts and technology education.
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The naming ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Palace Museum in the afternoon. In her speech, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that the Jockey Club has funded a large number of projects through charitable trust funds over the years. She has worked in the government for more than 20 years and has been trusted by the past six Jockey Club chairmen for generous donations.
She said with a smile that as her official position got higher and higher, the demands on the Horse Club became more and more serious.
She also thanked the Jockey Club for the remaining 260 million yuan for the construction of the Palace Museum, all of which were allocated to the operating expenses of the Hong Kong Palace Museum.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor went on to say that, as the proponent of the Palace Museum, I am very excited to learn that the Palace Museum will open as scheduled. It is now at a critical moment in the development of Hong Kong's culture, and it has also been affirmed by the National 14th Five-Year Plan. I hope that Hong Kong's cultural undertakings will flourish.
She also said with a smile that she hoped that the Jockey Club would uphold the attitude of responding to needs and contribute to the next government.
She continued that she was about to leave office, and many people were concerned about whether she would ask the Jockey Club to donate again to build or conserve projects, and she decided to "sell it out".
The chairman of the Jockey Club, Chen Nanlu, said that the Hong Kong Palace Museum is the largest single donation project of the Jockey Club in the past 130 years. It is a great joy to be able to open as scheduled and in time for the 25th anniversary of the return of the motherland. He hopes to lead Hong Kong forward and promote cultural and artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries. .
He also said that he was grateful to the Chief Executive for the idea of building the museum that year, which made the Hong Kong Palace Museum become a card project.
The Jockey Club announced that it will use part of the donation to support some of the exhibition and educational work of the Hong Kong Palace Museum in the next nine years, including planning large-scale exhibitions to showcase the essence of art in China and other parts of the world.
It also supports the cooperation between the Hong Kong Palace Museum and local artists to launch an experimental and innovative exhibition every year, providing them with opportunities to contact and study the treasures of the Palace Museum, interpret the Palace Museum culture from a new perspective, and curate, design, education and cultural and creative industries for local museums, etc. field, cultivate talents.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum was established in December 2016. The Jockey Club Charitable Trust Fund donated 3.5 billion yuan to build the museum. It took nearly six years and is expected to open in July this year.
(Photo by Liang Pengwei)
▼On May 10, the Hong Kong Palace Museum was first opened for media tours▼
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Every year, an art and technology education project with the theme of Chinese culture is launched
In addition, the Jockey Club will also make related donations to support the Hong Kong Palace Museum's annual education project with the theme of Chinese culture, combining art and technology.
Covering an area of 1,600 square meters, the "Forbidden City Academy" is the largest dedicated learning space in the Hong Kong Museum. It has a "Hong Kong Jockey Club Lecture Hall" and three activity rooms that can accommodate 400 spectators. After the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, the "Forbidden City Academy" Various educational activities will be carried out, including film screenings, including "When the Louvre Meets the Forbidden City", "New Events in the Forbidden City", etc. during the opening period, as well as public lectures, performing arts activities, student exhibitions, art workshops and teacher activities Wait, most events are free to enter.
▼On May 10, the Hong Kong Palace Museum was first opened for media tours▼
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The Hong Kong Palace Museum will also cooperate with the Education Bureau to compile and publish a Chinese history teaching resource book, and also set up the "Hong Kong Palace Museum Student Cultural Ambassador" program to provide themed workshops and learning activities for secondary school and college students.
The opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum is imminent. The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority did not meet the media this time, and was followed by reporters to see when the Hong Kong Palace Museum was officially opened to the public. The Chief Executive Officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Feng Cheng Shuyi, did not disclose the exact date but said: " It's so fast, it will open in a blink of an eye."
▼The construction progress of the Hong Kong Palace Museum in April 2022▼
▼The construction progress of the Hong Kong Palace Museum in November 2020▼
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