Hong Kong Museum of Art

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  • Address
    10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
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  • Phone
    7221 0116
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Tsim Sha Tsui
ferry: Star Ferry

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Lonely Planet review

To the southeast of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, The Museum of Art does a good job with classical Chinese art, showcase paintings and lithographs of old Hong Kong, and a Xubaizhi collection of painting and calligraphy. Another hall shows creditable international exhibitions, but the gallery falls down in contemporary art - visit the smaller galleries around for recent Chinese art.

Highlights include some exquisite ceramics in the Chinese Antiques Gallery, the Historical Pictures Gallery, with its 18th- and 19th-century Western-style paintings of Macau, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and the Gallery of Chinese Fine Art, which combines contemporary Chinese art and 20th-century collections of painting and calligraphy from Guangdong. Audio guides are available for around HK$10 , and there are free English-language tours at and Sunday to Wednesday and Friday, and at , and on Saturday.

When your feet get tired, take a seat in the hallway and enjoy the harbour views. Or head for the Museum Café. The Museum Bookshop sells a wide range of books, prints and cards. Salisbury Gardens, which leads to the museum entrance, is lined with sculptures by contemporary Hong Kong sculptors. To reach the museum from the Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station, take exit E and walk south down Nathan Rd.