Hong Kong Museum of Art, Art museum in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, China
The Hong Kong Museum of Art sits on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront and presents more than seventeen thousand objects in galleries that span several floors. The rooms feature both Chinese antiquities and contemporary art from Hong Kong and the wider region.
The museum opened in 1962 as part of the old City Hall and later moved to its own building along the harbor promenade. The collection grew over the decades and now shows Hong Kong's artistic development from colonial times to the present day.
The museum's name in Chinese, 香港藝術館, is simply "Hong Kong Museum of Art". Its galleries group the Xubaizhai scrolls donated by collector Liu Zuochou in 1989, the Zhilelou collection given by the He Yaoguang family in 2018, and Wu Guanzhong's paintings and papers, of which it holds over 450 items.
The museum stands on Salisbury Road beside the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, a short walk from the Star Ferry pier and the East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui MTR stations. The entrance is on the ground floor, reached from Salisbury Road, the Cultural Centre plaza or the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade. No online booking is needed for general admission.
The Xubaizhai collection holds rare scrolls and calligraphy that once belonged to scholarly officials and literati. These works offer insight into the study rooms and artistic exercises of traditional Chinese elite.
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