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Established in 1911, HKU is the oldest university in Hong Kong. The Edwardian-style Main Building, with its pastel-pink edifice, colonnaded verandahs and red-brick core, dates to 1912 and is a declared monument. Several other early 20th-century buildings on the campus, including the domed Hung Hing Ying (1919), opposite the main entrance, and Tang Chi Ngong Buildings (1929), are also protected.

The University Museum & Art Gallery is downhill to the east of the university’s main building, opposite the start of Hing Hon Rd.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Po Lin Monastery & Big Buddha

    Po Lin Monastery & Big Buddha

    14.85 MILES

    Po Lin is a huge Buddhist monastery and temple complex that was built in 1924. Today it seems more of a tourist honeypot than a religious retreat,…

  • Peak Tram Hong Kong's Peak Tram going up an incline

    Peak Tram

    1.43 MILES

    This cable-hauled funicular railway has been scaling the 396m ascent to the highest point on Hong Kong Island since 1888. A ride on this clanking tram is…

  • Winter sunrise over Hong Kong from the Peak, at Victoria Peak

    Victoria Peak

    0.71 MILES

    Standing at 552m, Victoria Peak is the highest point on Hong Kong Island. It is also one of the most visited spots by tourists, and it’s not hard to see…

  • Man Po Daoist Temple, Hong Kong

    Man Mo Temple

    0.8 MILES

    One of Hong Kong’s oldest temples and a declared monument, atmospheric Man Mo Temple is dedicated to the gods of literature (‘Man’), holding a writing…

  • High Island Reservoir East Dam

    High Island Reservoir East Dam

    16.07 MILES

    Handsome architecture, the South China Sea, and 140-million-year-old volcanic rocks make this one of Hong Kong's most breathtaking places. High Island…

  • Traditional junks on display at Hong Kong Museum of History, Tsim Sha Tsui.

    Hong Kong Museum of History

    2.81 MILES

    Prepare to be whisked through millennia of Hong Kong history at this extraordinary museum, starting with prehistory (don't linger, the best is yet to come…

  • Lai Chi Wo

    Lai Chi Wo

    18.4 MILES

    Part of Hong Kong Global Geopark, 400-year-old Lai Chi Wo is Hong Kong's best-preserved Hakka walled village and has an intact woodland. With 200 houses,…

  • Temple Street Night Market, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon

    Temple Street Night Market

    2.79 MILES

    When night falls and neon buzzes, Hong Kong's liveliest market rattles into life. Covering multiple city blocks from Man Ming Lane in the north to Nanking…

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Nearby Hong Kong attractions

1. University Museum & Art Gallery

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The University of Hong Kong Museum & Art Gallery houses collections of ceramics and bronzes spanning 5000 years, including exquisite blue-and-white Ming…

2. ᠎Western District Community Centre

0.24 MILES

Offices and amenity rooms occupy this red-brick Georgian house at the junction of Western St and Third St. The listed building was opened in 1922 as the…

3. ᠎Sai Ying Pun Community Complex

0.41 MILES

A modern high-rise imposed on Victorian remains make up this complex that's fondly nicknamed the High Street Haunted House. The grey stone facade and…

4. Pak Sing Ancestral Hall

0.64 MILES

In the 19th century many Chinese who left home in search of better horizons died overseas. As it was the wish of traditional Chinese to be buried in their…

5. Kwun Yam Temple

0.66 MILES

Built in 1840, Sheung Wan's oldest temple honours Kwun Yam, the Goddess of Mercy. It's a quaint-looking structure, with a magnificent and intricate brass…

7. Possession Street

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Just before Hollywood Rd meets Queen’s Rd West is Possession St, where Commodore Gordon Bremmer and a contingent of British marines planted the Union Jack…

8. Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences

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Although this museum's focus is medical sciences, there are several interesting exhibits for tourists – in particular the section dedicated to the history…