Established | 2 March 1962 |
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Location | 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°17′37″N 114°10′19″E / 22.29361°N 114.17194°E |
Type | Art museum |
Collection size | 17,000 (2020) |
Owner | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
Website | hk |
Hong Kong Museum of Art | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 香港藝術館 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 香港艺术馆 | ||||||||||
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The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) is the first and main art museum of Hong Kong, located in Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. It is a public museum managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. HKMoA has an art collection of over 17,000 items. Admission is free for permanent exhibitions.[1] Its rival is the non-government-managed Hong Kong Arts Centre. These two museums are considered to be the top two art museums in Hong Kong that dictate the discourse of art in Hong Kong.[2][3]
It has an extended branch, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, at the Hong Kong Park in Central.[4]
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