Hong Kong museums represent a wide slice of HK life and culture that begins about 400 million years back. The city\’s museums are dedicated to many subjects, with history a thread that sews them all together. All the important museums in Hong Kong are operated by the city\’s Leisure and Cultural Services Office.

Hong Kong Museum of History

The Hong Kong Museum of History, one of the premier museums in Hong Kong, allows visitors to find out about 400 million years of history in just a few hours. The museum\’s permanent exhibit, the Hong Kong Story, spreads 8 exhibits from the Devonian period to the 1997 hand-over from Britain to China, over two floors. This piece de resistance includes 4,000 items on display, 53 multi media programs and more than 750 panels, all with special effects. Museum staff say this exhibit may be seen in 2 hours for those pressed for time, but suggest visitors allow at least four hours for the \”meal deal\” as well as brief displays.

Hong Kong Science Museum

Another one of the greatest museums in HK, the Hong Kong Science Museum is superb fun for families. The museum has more than 500 science-related exhibitions, of which almost 70 % are interactive, providing an entertaining way for kids of all ages to find out about science. Since it opened in 1991, the museum\’s star attraction is the Energy Machine, a four-story high machine that demonstrates energy conversion as balls move down towers in the structure, the biggest of it's type worldwide. Meanwhile, varied demonstrations on subjects like molecular gastronomy, synthetic clouds and liquid nitrogen take place daily throughout the museum.

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Museum

The museum lauding Dr. Sun Yat-Sen is one of the smaller Hong Kong museums, but that does not lessen its importance. Dr. Sun was a state of the art who played an important role in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty that ruled China from Beijing. As a consequence, this Hong Kong-educated man became the 1st president of the Republic of China. The museum offers a detailed look at Doctor. Sun\’s life as well as the job Hong Kong played in this early 20th century radical reform in China.

Museum of Tea Ware

Tea drinkers won't wish to miss the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, a tiny museum in central HK that's housed in an 1840s house built for the chief of UK forces in the colony. Found inside Hong Kong Park, the museum offers a fabulous collection of tea pots, tea cups and other accessories, all dedicated to this most UK and Asian of beverages. A set of tea ware from Yixing is a highlight of the collection; Yixing tea ware is made from a special purple clay found only in Yixing County, and is considered a very high grade of tea ware. Visitors also will learn all about the history of tea, as well as view a set of Chinese ceramics and seals.