Leisure & Cultural Services Department: Museums

All types of museums in the Hong Kong and Kowloon regions, as well as in the New Territories. Cultural programs listed by place, date, and type. [en, zh]

Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Founded in 1971 as the Art Gallery, changed to present name in 1995. It is an integral part of the Institute of Chinese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, serving both as a teaching museum and as a center for research on Chinese art and archaeology. [en, zh]

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Permanent and temporary exhibitions on history, art and culture of China and Asia, among others: fine arts (ancient and contemporary), design, folk art. On the website lots of images from highlights of the permanent collection. Address: 1 Man Lam Road, Sha Tin, Hong Kong. [en, zh]

Hong Kong Museum of Art

Established in 1962 in City Hall, moved to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in 1991. Extensive collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, Chinese antique treasures, paintings of historical significance and works by local artists. Temporary exhibitions of art from China and abroad. [en, zh]

Tsui Museum of Art

Doesn't exist anymore. The first privately-owned collection in Hong Kong, established since the 1970s by businessman T. T. Tsui, has been dispatched to several museums. [en]

University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG)

An institution of the University of Hong Kong, comprised of a museum (in the Fung Ping Shan Building) and an art gallery (first 3 floors of the T T Tsui Building). The collection, begun in 1953, contains over a thousand Chinese art objects, mainly bronzes, ceramics and paintings. [en, zh]