The Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre is located in the

Kowloon Park Kowloon Park is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It has an area of and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.Leisure and Cultural Services DepartmentKowloon Park: Historical Background History ...

Haiphong Road Haiphong Road is a road south of Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The road links Canton Road and Nathan Road. History It was initially named as Elgin Street but its name changed in 1909 to Haiphong, a city in Vietnam to avoid confusion ...

Tsim Sha Tsui Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an list of areas of Hong Kong, urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hu ...

, Kowloon,

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. The Centre occupies the historic Blocks S61 and S62 of the former

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at the Kowloon Park.

History

The two blocks were built in circa 1910, when Hong Kong was under British

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as a

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. They were used for accommodating

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until 1967 when the military lands were returned to the colonial government for redevelopment for leisure services. They were used by the

Hong Kong Museum of History The Hong Kong Museum of History is a museum that preserves Hong Kong's historical and cultural heritage. It is located next to the Hong Kong Science Museum, in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The collections of the museum encompass ...

as its temporary premises from 1983 to 1998 until the new museum complex was built in Tsim Sha Tsui East.

Discovery Centre

The Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre is under the management of the

Antiquities and Monuments Office The Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) was established in 1976 under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance to protect and preserve Hong Kong's historic monuments. Housed in the Former Kowloon British School, the AMO is responsible for ide ...

. It has opened its door to visitors since October 2005 with its thematic exhibition gallery, lecture hall, educational activity room and reference library. It includes a standing exhibition on Hong Kong's architectural heritage.

Public transport

The centre is accessible within walking distance North West from

Tsim Sha Tsui station Tsim Sha Tsui is an MTR station on the . The station, originally opened on 16 December 1979 on the , serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui. East Tsim Sha Tsui station on the , which opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this station by underg ...

via the MTR.

References

Official website of the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre

External links

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History

Discovery Centre

Public transport

See also

References

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