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Canada

1867 Yonge Street
Suite 1100
Toronto, ON
M4S 1Y5
+1 416.480.2020

United States

530 Seventh Avenue
M2 - Unit 20
New York, NY
10018
+1 212.929.6060

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Overview

The highly popular Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the largest in Hong Kong, brings the past to life for more than 20,000 visitors a day.

Details

Client
Hong Kong Leisure & Cultural Services Department
Project
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Size
80,000 sq. ft.
Scope
Exhibit Design, Graphic Design
Location
Hong Kong, China
Year Completed
2000
Budget
$20,000,000

Impact

Permanent Galleries
6
Temporary Galleries
6
First year visitation
+1 million

The
Goal

The Hong Kong Heritage Museum is a new purpose-built museum dedicated to the history, popular culture, fine art, and contemporary art of Hong Kong. The museum is complex, comprised of a combination of permanent galleries and collections together with temporary exhibition galleries that are meant to host rotating exhibits. R&P designed six permanent and six temporary galleries at the Museum. The cultural and natural history of the New Territories is highlighted along with the art and history of China, its decorative arts tradition and future directions. Exhibit media include artifacts in context, multimedia, and a wide range of interactive media. Exhibits are developed in three languages.

  • Anyone who thinks putting a museum together is just a matter of arranging a few exhibits in a hall would be surprised at how much forethought goes into such a project. South China Morning Post

The
Design

A chronological series of galleries presents treasures from the history of Chinese art. A series of thematic and comprehensive galleries showcase various topics such as Tibetan painting, jade, furniture-making, and traditional domestic interiors. In addition, a reading room is furnished with museum-quality late nineteenth century furniture produced in Hong Kong, demonstrating cross cultural influences that synthesize western and eastern decorative motifs. The gallery design and graphics were inspired by traditional motifs in Chinese architecture and the visual arts, but are presented in a contemporary manner. Cases and exhibit systems were developed for the Museum to the highest conservation standards and detailed to allow the curators themselves to rotate collections.

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Details

Client
Hong Kong Leisure & Cultural Services Department
Project
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Size
80,000 sq. ft.
Scope
Exhibit Design, Graphic Design
Location
Hong Kong, China
Year Completed
2000
Budget
$20,000,000

Overview

The highly popular Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the largest in Hong Kong, brings the past to life for more than 20,000 visitors a day.

Impact

Permanent Galleries
6
Temporary Galleries
6
First year visitation
+1 million

The
Goal

The Hong Kong Heritage Museum is a new purpose-built museum dedicated to the history, popular culture, fine art, and contemporary art of Hong Kong. The museum is complex, comprised of a combination of permanent galleries and collections together with temporary exhibition galleries that are meant to host rotating exhibits. R&P designed six permanent and six temporary galleries at the Museum. The cultural and natural history of the New Territories is highlighted along with the art and history of China, its decorative arts tradition and future directions. Exhibit media include artifacts in context, multimedia, and a wide range of interactive media. Exhibits are developed in three languages.

  • Anyone who thinks putting a museum together is just a matter of arranging a few exhibits in a hall would be surprised at how much forethought goes into such a project. South China Morning Post

The
Design

A chronological series of galleries presents treasures from the history of Chinese art. A series of thematic and comprehensive galleries showcase various topics such as Tibetan painting, jade, furniture-making, and traditional domestic interiors. In addition, a reading room is furnished with museum-quality late nineteenth century furniture produced in Hong Kong, demonstrating cross cultural influences that synthesize western and eastern decorative motifs. The gallery design and graphics were inspired by traditional motifs in Chinese architecture and the visual arts, but are presented in a contemporary manner. Cases and exhibit systems were developed for the Museum to the highest conservation standards and detailed to allow the curators themselves to rotate collections.

Projects Hong Kong Heritage Museum