Hong Kong Museum of History on Postcard

"Encountering Hong Kong's Past The best way to know a city is through its history. Hong Kong’s many well-curated museums tell the stories of its heritage by allowing visitors to literally walk through it. For a journey through time, the Hong Kong Museum of History uses impressive, life-size replicas to take you through 400 million years of the city’s development. Start with a tour of its terrain, wander through recreated streets of Old Hong Kong and end with a film on that pivotal moment in 1997 when it acquired its Special Administered Region status. The kids will love exploring the different Hong Kong eras and identities, too."

A Perfect Day in Hong Kong

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"Encountering Hong Kong's Past The best way to know a city is through its history. Hong Kong’s many well-curated museums tell the stories of its heritage by allowing visitors to literally walk through it. For a journey through time, the Hong Kong Museum of History uses impressive, life-size replicas to take you through 400 million years of the city’s development. Start with a tour of its terrain, wander through recreated streets of Old Hong Kong and end with a film on that pivotal moment in 1997 when it acquired its Special Administered Region status. The kids will love exploring the different Hong Kong eras and identities, too."

Discovering Art and Culture in Hong Kong

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Reza Sattarzadeh Nowbari

Google

Don't let the name of this museum fool you. This museum has very little to do with Hong Kong and is merely a showcasing of how wonderful China has been and is throughout history. The entrance is free, and on the lower floor, there is an interesting exhibition of first photographs in China; again, there is very little about Hong Kong. The upper floor is all about China and how great a nation it is. Overall, the place did not impress and if you skip it, you have not missed much.

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Google

After you get through the entry, which is full of propaganda, which is interesting for its own reasons, the main gallery exhibition is fascinating and well worth seeing. I took off 2 stars for the unnecessary gloating about the 2019 riots. It seemed distasteful.

Martin McNulty

Google

Do not waste your time visiting this museum. The Chinese Communist party has taken things in hand and closed the old (interesting) exhibitions they are now just showing Chinese propaganda. At the moment there are 2 exhibitions: "Glorious Voyage" about the 75 years of progress of the Chinese nation under communist rule and "National Security exhibition gallery" about how to quash democracy. Absolutely surreal experience. Totalitarianism at its most repugnant. Instead of going to the museum, use your time wisely and read 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell: “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” IMO Google should close this page for 2 reasons: 1. It is not a museum anymore (just a propaganda machine) 2. It is not about the history of Hong Kong.

Z

Google

Visited on Saturday 3pm. It was free entrance. There were some crowds due to student groups. It's not very interesting nor engaging, rather disappointing. Seems like the main exhibition is closed for renovation. I think should just skip this place. Mostly felt like propaganda, biased.

PL Lau

Google

Hong Kong Museum of History - A Disappointing Visit We visited the Hong Kong Museum of History expecting to learn about the city's rich history and culture. However, our experience was disappointing. The main exhibition was closed for renovation, which left us with only two smaller exhibitions to explore. "Glorious Voyage" celebrated 75 years of communist rule in China, while "National Security exhibition gallery" focused on suppressing democracy. We found these exhibitions to be biased and uninformative. The museum itself is large and well-maintained, but the exhibits were not engaging or interesting. We left feeling that we had wasted our time and efforts.

Yy Heng

Google

It’s very not visitor friendly! I am having menstrual pain and rest on the bench. The staff mentioned to go home to rest if feel uncomfortable to her colleague with in-polite way when the colleague change duty with her and explain to her why there’s me rest and nap on the bench. There were lots of people more than 20-30 persons keep going to the emergency exit which cause by the misleading signage, the staff explain to visitor which is the real exit repeatedly and inefficient. You may visit the national security exhibition gallery which is not really highlight on hk history but emphasise on their main country :( Anyway, the real hk exhibition on 2nd floor looks interesting.

Craig Bryan

Google

I could see this used to be an enlightening museum covering the full history of Hong Kong. However, when I visited today, I was horrified to only see CCP propaganda now on display. Hardly a mention of HK, just the Chinese achievements of the last 75 years, mixed with how the Colour Revolution was quashed. I came here for history, not political opinion. I urge others to not waste your time coming here

Jacob N

Google

The whole museum is closed other than the brand new National Security exhibit as of September 5 2024. However it is free to visit. As an American it was fascinating to see the differences in the American media portrayals and Chinese point of views on national security, the British colonial history, and the paths going forward. It is so one sided backed home and I love being able to get both sides of the story. A lot of the exhibit is in Chinese where you need to scan a QR code to get the details in English, but it’s well worth the extra time spent to open your eyes up to a more accurate world view of geo politics. I’d highly reccomend coming even if it is just this one exhibit. You should be good with a 1-2 hour visit.

Reza Sattarzadeh Nowbari

Google

Don't let the name of this museum fool you. This museum has very little to do with Hong Kong and is merely a showcasing of how wonderful China has been and is throughout history. The entrance is free, and on the lower floor, there is an interesting exhibition of first photographs in China; again, there is very little about Hong Kong. The upper floor is all about China and how great a nation it is. Overall, the place did not impress and if you skip it, you have not missed much.

Mobile Phone

Google

After you get through the entry, which is full of propaganda, which is interesting for its own reasons, the main gallery exhibition is fascinating and well worth seeing. I took off 2 stars for the unnecessary gloating about the 2019 riots. It seemed distasteful.

Martin McNulty

Google

Do not waste your time visiting this museum. The Chinese Communist party has taken things in hand and closed the old (interesting) exhibitions they are now just showing Chinese propaganda. At the moment there are 2 exhibitions: "Glorious Voyage" about the 75 years of progress of the Chinese nation under communist rule and "National Security exhibition gallery" about how to quash democracy. Absolutely surreal experience. Totalitarianism at its most repugnant. Instead of going to the museum, use your time wisely and read 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell: “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” IMO Google should close this page for 2 reasons: 1. It is not a museum anymore (just a propaganda machine) 2. It is not about the history of Hong Kong.

Z

Google

Visited on Saturday 3pm. It was free entrance. There were some crowds due to student groups. It's not very interesting nor engaging, rather disappointing. Seems like the main exhibition is closed for renovation. I think should just skip this place. Mostly felt like propaganda, biased.

PL Lau

Google

Hong Kong Museum of History - A Disappointing Visit We visited the Hong Kong Museum of History expecting to learn about the city's rich history and culture. However, our experience was disappointing. The main exhibition was closed for renovation, which left us with only two smaller exhibitions to explore. "Glorious Voyage" celebrated 75 years of communist rule in China, while "National Security exhibition gallery" focused on suppressing democracy. We found these exhibitions to be biased and uninformative. The museum itself is large and well-maintained, but the exhibits were not engaging or interesting. We left feeling that we had wasted our time and efforts.

Yy Heng

Google

It’s very not visitor friendly! I am having menstrual pain and rest on the bench. The staff mentioned to go home to rest if feel uncomfortable to her colleague with in-polite way when the colleague change duty with her and explain to her why there’s me rest and nap on the bench. There were lots of people more than 20-30 persons keep going to the emergency exit which cause by the misleading signage, the staff explain to visitor which is the real exit repeatedly and inefficient. You may visit the national security exhibition gallery which is not really highlight on hk history but emphasise on their main country :( Anyway, the real hk exhibition on 2nd floor looks interesting.

Craig Bryan

Google

I could see this used to be an enlightening museum covering the full history of Hong Kong. However, when I visited today, I was horrified to only see CCP propaganda now on display. Hardly a mention of HK, just the Chinese achievements of the last 75 years, mixed with how the Colour Revolution was quashed. I came here for history, not political opinion. I urge others to not waste your time coming here

Jacob N

Google

The whole museum is closed other than the brand new National Security exhibit as of September 5 2024. However it is free to visit. As an American it was fascinating to see the differences in the American media portrayals and Chinese point of views on national security, the British colonial history, and the paths going forward. It is so one sided backed home and I love being able to get both sides of the story. A lot of the exhibit is in Chinese where you need to scan a QR code to get the details in English, but it’s well worth the extra time spent to open your eyes up to a more accurate world view of geo politics. I’d highly reccomend coming even if it is just this one exhibit. You should be good with a 1-2 hour visit.

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