Hong Kong Space Museum, Astronomy and space science museum in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Space Museum is a science museum and astronomical observatory in Tsim Sha Tsui housed inside a building with an egg-shaped dome beside the waterfront promenade. Two exhibition halls inside display interactive stations about space travel, celestial objects, and astronomical processes.
A planetarium was first proposed in 1961 by the Urban Council, and in 1973 the site of the old Kowloon-Canton Railway station in Tsim Sha Tsui was chosen. Construction began in 1977; the museum, built for HK$60 million, opened on 8 October 1980 with the world's first computerized planetarium. Its planetarium was named the Stanley Ho Space Theatre in 2004.
Locals call the egg-shaped dome the "pineapple bun" because its early cladding was a grid of square panels. The crab sculpture outside is from the late sculptor Cheung Yee's "General" series. Planetarium shows are mostly narrated in Cantonese, with some English sessions; headsets offer Cantonese, English, Mandarin and Japanese.
The museum is at 10 Salisbury Road, next to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower. The planetarium dome sits in the egg-shaped building, while the two exhibition halls occupy the floors below. The Stanley Ho Space Theatre offers Cantonese, English, Mandarin and Japanese narration through headsets, and seats are numbered, so pick a place on the curved screen's arc.
The egg-shaped dome is clad in square panels, earning it the nickname "pineapple bun". The planetarium's 23-metre hemispherical screen, replaced in 2021 using NanoSeam technology, provides seamless projection. The museum also houses a sculpture from Zhang Yi's "General" series, nicknamed "Crab".
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