Hong Kong Museum of History

Hong Kong Museum of History
Front entrance to the museum
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EstablishedJuly 1975; 49 years ago (1975-07)
Location100 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°18′06″N 114°10′38″E / 22.30159°N 114.17711°E / 22.30159; 114.17711
TypeHistory museum
Visitors1,038,000 (year ending March 2017)[1]
Public transit accessTsim Sha Tsui station, East Tsim Sha Tsui station, Hung Hom station
Websitehk.history.museum
Hong Kong Museum of History
Traditional Chinese香港歷史博物館
Simplified Chinese香港历史博物馆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Lìshǐbówùguǎn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēung góng lihk sí bok maht gún
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 lik6 si2 bok3 mat6 gun2

The Hong Kong Museum of History is a public museum that preserves Hong Kong's historical and cultural heritage. It is located next to the Hong Kong Science Museum, in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

The collections of the museum encompass natural history, archaeology, ethnography and local history.

  1. ^ "Museums – Kowloon*". Retrieved 23 March 2018.