H@Museum of Tea Ware

Hello, i'm going to introduce 'Museum of Tea Ware' to all of you, this site bring to Hong Kong a multi-cultural vision of the arts and culture of the world through an international programme of exhibitions.

About the Museum

Specializing in the collection, study and display of tea ware, the branch museum at Flagstaff House features at its core the generous donations of Dr K.S. Lo (1910-1995) , which include many fine examples of the famous Yixing teapots.

Built in the 1840s, Flagstaff House originally served as the office and residence of the Commander of the British Forces in Hong Kong. It was converted to the Museum of Tea Ware in 1984, with a new wing, The K.S. Lo Gallery, added in 1995. Alongside its exhibitions, the Museum holds regular demonstrations, tea gatherings and lecture programmes to promote ceramic art and Chinese tea drinking culture.

There are several type of collections: Chinese Antiquities, Chinese Fine Art, Historical Pictures, Hong Kong Art,  K.S. Lo Collection of Tea Ware and Seals and Xubaizhai Collection of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy.

Also, they have some permanent exhibitions in the museum, which are Chinese Tea Drinking and Chinese Ceramics and Seals Donated by the K.S. Lo Foundation.

This exhibition introduces the history of Chinese tea drinking and features various kinds of tea ware, from the Tang dynasty (618 – 907) to the 20th century. An education corner on “Essential tea vessels”, with hand-on facilities for the people with visual impairment, is set up to give visitors a more comprehensive background on tea utensils and to encourage a culture of tea drinking.

Education Corner

How to get there?
10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, Hong Kong (inside Hong Kong Park)
Tel: (852) 2869 0690 / (852) 2869 6690 (The K.S. Lo Gallery)
Fax: (852) 2810 0021
Free admission

Opening Hours:
10:00 am - 5:00 pm daily
Closed on Tuesdays and the following public holidays:
Christmas Day and Boxing Day
New Year's Day and the first three days of the Chinese New Year





Source:
http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Arts/english/tea/tea01.html

HL@ Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences

Have you guys seen the TV programme last night?

The TV programme had introduced the 'Hong Kong Museums of Medical Sciences' (HKMMS) which was located in a renovated 3-storey Edwardian style building, at 2 Caine Lane at the Mid-levels, Hong Kong Island.

 This buidling was established in 1906 and called "Bacteriological Institute" previously. Later, it was called "Pathological Institute" after The World War II.

The Museum occupies 10,000 square feet, comprising 11 Exhibition Galleries, 1 Gallery for Tai Ping Shan View, 1 Library and 1 Lecture Room, each presents in a variety of ways to arouse interests and to help members of the community know more about health and diseases, including past conquests, current developments and future challenge of special relevance to Hong Kong. It also explores the interface between Chinese and Western medicine and encourage research in this area. It intends to serve both as an educational venue and to restore and conserve medical objects of historical value. As such, it is the first of its kind amongst medical museums in the world!

About their objectives, they want to exhibit and educate the public about Hong Kong's medical history as well as to preserve historical medical materials relating to the local development of medicine. Occasionally, special activities are held by the museum to inform the public about medical information and news. Publications and leaflets are also distributed to the public occasionally so as to help arouse the interest of the public in the medical history of Hong Kong and increase their knowledge and understanding of health and diseases. This museum is special and meaningful since it is the first of its kind among all the medical museums in the world.

This is the Herbalist Shop of HKMMS which included Chinese herbal medicines and the

traditional Chinese medical practitioner's equipment.

The design of this room is in accordance with the traditional style and concept of a Chinese herbalist shop. We can recognize many herbs from the Chinese herb shop and some them we might have actually taken before.

  

How to get there?

The museum closes on Mondays but is open to the public from 10:00a.m to 5:00p.m from Tuesday to Saturday. On Sundays and public holidays, it starts at 1:00p.m. and closes at 5:00p.m. The admission fee is HK$10.00 for adults and $5 for the disabled people, full-time students and the elderly aged 60 or above. 

  

Click it to see the MAP!

By "Central - Mid-Levels Escalators"

Use the "Central - Mid-Levels Escalators" (after 10:30am) from Central to Caine Road, and walk westwards for around 10 minutes till you reach Ladder Street. Descend Ladder Street and turn left after the first flight of steps into Caine Lane. The Museum is down Caine Lane, on your right. [Dynamic Route (Central Market - Museum)]

The video will let you know more about Hong Kong Museums of Medical Sciences.
Check it out!

Source: 

http://www.hkmms.org.hk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Museum_of_Medical_Sciences

http://www.discoverhongkong.com/tc/attractions/museum-medical-sciences.html

K@Hong Kong Railway Museum

One of the Hong Kong heritage site in New Terrorists is Hong Kong Railway Museum. Hong Kong Railway Museum is located in the town center of Tai Po Market. I remember that I visited it last year in summer holiday. Let me share my experience and photos in Hong Kong Railway Museum to all of you guys.

The Hong Kong Railway Museum is an open-air museum converted from the old Tai Po Railway Station that built in 1913. It is a unique building that full of traditional Chinese style feeling. The building built with many small figures decoration that are commonly found in existing old southern Chinese temples.

Inside the museum, we can read the information and history about Hong Kong Railway. There is also an exhibition room of train tickets and train models of not only KCR trains but also Japanese Shinkansen and Eurostar. The further internal part of the room is a refurnished ticket office and signalling house.

For the outdoor area, there are two locomotives are on exhibition.

We can go into the track and take photos. Here is the picture of first-class compartment.

Want to get more information about Hong Kong Railway Museum? Visit the website of Hong Kong Heritage Museum of HKSARS and know more. 

CLICK HERE

Sources:

http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/english/branch.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Railway_Museum