Coordinates: 22°17′36.77″N 114°10′19.29″E / 22.2935472°N 114.172025°E
Hong Kong Museum of Art
|
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 香港藝術館 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港艺术馆 | ||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
The Hong Kong Museum of Art (Chinese: 香港藝術館) is a museum in Hong Kong for Chinese cultural heritage, as well as local and international art. The museum was established as the City Hall Museum and Art Gallery in the City Hall in Central by the Urban Council in 1962. In 1991, it was moved to the present premises at 10 Salisbury Road, near the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and the Hong Kong Space Museum, in Tsim Sha Tsui. It is currently managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.
A branch museum, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, is situated in the Hong Kong Park.
Exhibitions
The museum changes its displays regularly. The exhibitions in the museum are mainly of paintings, calligraphy and sculpture from Hong Kong, China and other parts of the world. It has cooperated with other museums as well.
See also
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hong Kong Museum of Art |
 |
This article about a Hong Kong building or structure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article related to an art display, art museum or gallery is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
