Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, Heritage museum in Kowloon Park, Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre occupies two restored barrack buildings in Kowloon Park and displays exhibitions about the city's architectural history. The spaces include galleries, lecture rooms, and areas for educational programs that explain the territory's building heritage.

Blocks S61 and S62 of Whitfield Barracks were built around 1910, when Hong Kong was a British crown colony, and housed British troops until 1967. The military land was then returned to the colonial government for leisure redevelopment. From 1983 to 1998 the buildings served as the temporary premises of the Hong Kong Museum of History, and after restoration they opened as the Heritage Discovery Centre in October 2005.

The center reveals how buildings shaped the city and the way different architectural styles influenced how people lived and worked. Visitors can see how traditional and modern structures coexist throughout the territory, telling the story of urban development.

The center sits on Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui and welcomes visitors free of charge, so you can explore the exhibitions without paying entrance fees. The rooms are open during regular hours and also offer a reference library for additional information.

The bronze doors at the entrance to the thematic exhibition gallery came from the third HSBC Main Building, demolished in 1983 for reconstruction. The restoration of Blocks S61 and S62 won a Quality Building Award in 2006, an excellence prize in the sustainable development, heritage building category.