Hong Kong Palace Museum officially opens
Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District has welcomed the official opening of the prestigious Hong Kong Palace Museum on 3rd July.
After five years in the making, the Hong Kong Palace Museum is the latest addition to Hong Kong’s arts and cultural offerings and joins a host of other landmark attractions on the storied Victoria Harbour waterfront.
Located on the western tip of the West Kowloon Cultural District, the HKPM joins M+, Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture, the Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera and Freespace contemporary performance venue, to take the area to new heights. Visitors can look forward to a wide array of captivating exhibitions, shows, activities and events that deepen and diversify the city’s cultural offerings.
The HKPM is a must-visit attraction for arts and culture lovers, and a treasure trove of rare artefacts. It houses one of the world’s most impressive collections of Chinese ceramics and more than 900 works of art on loan from the esteemed Palace Museum in Beijing – among the largest and finest the Palace Museum has ever made to another cultural institution outside the Mainland since its establishment. The HKPM also displays 13 precious pieces borrowed from the Louvre as a testament to the museum’s role as an East-meets-West Centre for International Cultural Exchange.
Dane Cheng, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Tourism Board advised “we are delighted to welcome the Hong Kong Palace Museum to Hong Kong’s artistic and cultural landscape and the West Kowloon Cultural District. Exciting, dynamic and constantly evolving, the district is brimming with activities and discoveries that underscore Hong Kong’s reputation as a leading destination for arts and culture lovers. We believe this world-class museum will generate even more interest for Hong Kong as an arts and cultural destination and solidify the city’s position as a centre for international cultural exchange.”
Image: The exterior of Hong Kong Palace Museum. Credit: Hong Kong Palace Museum
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