Hong Kong Space Museum, Space museum and astronomical observatory 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.
The museum opened in October 1980 as the first institution of this kind in the city. It emerged during a period when the territory expanded its cultural offerings and devoted more attention to science education.
The building takes its name from humanity's growing fascination with outer space during the late twentieth century. Families today gather here to watch shows together and let children touch models of spacecraft and planets.
The museum stands at 10 Salisbury Road and opens at 1 PM on weekdays except Tuesdays, starting at 10 AM on weekends. The rooms are air-conditioned, and most stations suit visitors of all ages.
The building's dome consists of more than a thousand individual aluminum panels that seem to change color under different light. The planetarium projector inside can cast over nine thousand stars simultaneously onto the curved screen.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 60,000 contributors worldwide.
