Museum of Ethnology, Ethnological museum in Tai Po District, Hong Kong

The Museum of Ethnology opened in 2000 inside the Lake Egret Nature Park interactive centre on Hung Lam Road, Tai Po Kau. Its roughly 1,000 objects, arranged in 12 sections such as stone tools, fishing gear and weaving, show how people in different environments used natural resources. Highlights include a 28-foot Indian Ocean outrigger canoe, Eskimo carvings in reindeer bone and a Papua New Guinea ritual dance costume.

The museum opened in 2000 as Hong Kong's first museum devoted to world ethnic groups. It occupies part of the Lake Egret Nature Park in Tai Po Kau, built by the developer Kerry Properties under a land-lease condition requiring an interactive nature centre beside the egret lagoon and mangrove wetland of its residential project.

The galleries are divided into 12 sections by function, among them Spinning and Weaving, Stone Tools, Music, Fishing Gear and World Weaving Festival. Named pieces include a 28-foot Indian Ocean outrigger canoe, Eskimo carvings of reindeer bone and a Papua New Guinea ceremonial dance costume.

The museum sits inside the Lake Egret Nature Park at 2 Hung Lam Road, Tai Po Kau, a short walk south-east of Tai Po Market MTR station. It opens daily from 10:00 to 18:00, but only groups of 30 or more may visit, and only by advance booking. Individual visitors cannot enter.

The museum opened in 2000 as Hong Kong's first museum devoted to world peoples, and it admits groups only, not the general public. Among its roughly 1,000 objects are a 28-foot Indian Ocean outrigger canoe and a Papua New Guinea ceremonial dance costume.