Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Maritime museum at Central Piers, Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Maritime Museum occupies the four-storey Central Pier 8, a former Star Ferry terminal for the Hung Hom route, with fifteen galleries plus two rooms for special exhibitions. Its 3,000 objects cover the South China coast and Hong Kong's port, from Han-dynasty ceramic ship models to a walk-in recreation of a Qing naval campaign against the pirate Cheung Po Tsai.
The museum was established in 2005 at Murray House and relocated to Central Pier 8 in 2013. This move allowed the collection to grow significantly, from its original scope to more than two thousand maritime objects.
The museum's name is tied to the shipping companies that funded it: 82 firms backed its opening and first five years. Its centrepiece is a digital animation of the 18-metre Qing scroll Pacifying the South China Sea, made of 20 paintings and projected 360 degrees around visitors, depicting the 1809–1810 Battle of Lantau against the pirate Cheung Po Tsai.
The museum occupies Central Pier 8, a former Star Ferry terminal for the Hung Hom route, so it is reached on foot from the Central waterfront rather than by ferry to the museum itself. It is closed on the first two days of Lunar New Year. The four floors are connected by stairs and lifts.
The museum features a ship bridge simulator where visitors can practice controlling a vessel. This hands-on experience offers insight into how captains and navigation professionals carry out their work.
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