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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (January 24) announced the special opening hours for its 14 museums, two heritage centres, the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre during the Lunar New Year holidays.
Details of the opening hours are:
January 30 (Lunar New Year's Eve)
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The Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Space Museum, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, the Hong Kong Railway Museum, the Sam Tung Uk Museum, the Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, the Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery, the Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre, the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre will be closed at 5pm.
The Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum, the Law Uk Folk Museum and the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre will be closed for the whole day as it will be their weekly closing day.
January 31 and February 1 (the first and second days of the Lunar New Year)
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All venues will be closed.
February 2 (the third day of the Lunar New Year)
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Apart from the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, which will remain closed, all venues will be open as usual.
February 3 (the fourth day of the Lunar New Year)
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All venues will be open as usual.
Ends/Friday, January 24, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:41
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