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The "Bring Me Home - the Story of Hong Kong Culture, Art & Design" exhibition will open at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum tomorrow (April 18). Featuring local designers' souvenir creations inspired by museum collections and collective memories of Hong Kong people, the exhibition will enable visitors to gain a greater insight into museums and their collections.
The exhibition is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) and organised by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, and will feature the "Bring Me Home - the Story of Hong Kong Culture, Art & Design" museum souvenir design project series. The guest curator, Stanley Wong (anothermountainman), and six renowned local designers, namely Dr Kan Tai-keung, Alan Chan, Hon Bing-wah, Freeman Lau, Sandy Choi and Benny Au, have been invited to design different museum souvenirs.
Of the seven major museums managed by the LCSD, the Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Hong Kong Heritage Museum each has its own unique and diverse collections. Inspired by the collections of these three museums, and images which evoke the collective memory of Hong Kong people, the participating designers have designed about 30 proposals for museum souvenirs, each of which has a local flavour. The exhibition will display the blueprints and prototypes of the souvenirs, as well as the posters created by the participating designers, allowing visitors to understand more of the style of designers as well as the museum collections that inspired them.
Seven of the proposals have been adopted for the production of souvenirs which will be available for public sale. Souvenir items will include umbrellas, postcards, wrapping paper, a cup, a bookmark, a tie pin, a lapel pin, ties, handkerchiefs, scarves, cufflinks, vases, coin banks and pillow cases. Visitors will be able to enjoy the exhibition and purchase these unique souvenirs to take home and cherish.
The exhibition will hold until May 31. The Hong Kong Heritage Museum is located at 1 Man Lam Road, Sha Tin. For details of the exhibition, please visit the website of the museum www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk, or call 2180 8188.
Ends/Friday, April 17, 2015
Issued at HKT 19:56
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