museums in Hong Kong represent a wide slice of Hong Kong life and culture that began over 400 million years back. The city\’s numerous museums are dedicated to a diverse range of topics, with history bring a thread that stiches them all together. All major Hong Kong museums are operated by the city of Hong Kong\’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

Hong Kong Museum of History

The Hong Kong Museum of History, one of the premier museums in the city of Hong Kong, allows guests to find out more about 400 million years of history in only one or two hours. The museum\’s permanent exhibit, the Hong Kong Story, spreads eight exhibits from the Devonian period to the 1997 hand-over to China from Britain, over 2 floors. This piece de resistance includes 4,000 items on view, 53 multi-media programs and more than 750 panels, all with special effects. Museum of History staff say this exhibit may be seen in 2 hours for those pressed for time, but endorse visitors permit at least four hours for the optimal experience.

Hong Kong Science Museum

Another one of the greatest Hong Kong museums, the Hong Kong Science Museum is brilliant fun for all ages. The museum has more than 500 science-related exhibitions, of which nearly 70 p.c are interactive, providing an exciting way for kids of every age to find out more about science. Since it opened in 1991, the museum\’s main 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 sort globally. In the meantime, various demonstrations on subjects such as molecular gastronomy, artificial clouds and liquid nitrogen happen daily throughout the museum.

Doctor. Sun Yat-Sen Museum

The museum revering Doctor. Sun Yat-Sen is one of the smaller Hong Kong museums, but that does not reduce its importance. Doctor. Sun was a new who was instrumental in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty that ruled China from Beijing. As a result, this Hong Kong-educated man became the 1st president of the Republic of China. The museum provides a detailed look at Dr. 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 will not want to miss the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, a little museum in central Hong Kong that is housed in an 1840s house built for the chief of British forces in the colony. Found inside Hong Kong Park, the museum offers an incredible collection of tea pots, tea cups and other accessories, all dedicated to this most English and Asian of beverages. A collection 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 exceedingly 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.