Hong Kong Heritage Museum

This ‘heritage’ museum is really good at picking exhibition topics that may not have direct relevance to Hong Kong heritage. BUT it is still worth 4 stars because they manage to find topics that are appealing to the mass audience: Hayao Miyazaki, Pixar, Claude Monet etc. are all good crowd pleasers, and the main stay exhibition until 2018, Bruce Lee exhibition, manages to align with both Hong Kong heritage AND attract interest! That is actually a great strategy to bring in crowds that would otherwise not come in for the smaller exhibitions that they run concurrently. So props to the curators and marketers behind the museum for bringing it to relevance in the mainstream.
What’s not mainstream is its location. Shatin is up in the New Territories and usually not the first spot tourists see in their travel guides, but Hong Kong really isn’t that big and a trip from Central by train will take you 30 mins plus a 10min walk. I do think the museum is interesting enough to make a trip to, and while you are in Shatin you can check out the Thousand Buddhas Monastery. Go Google that one, it looks pretty darn cool. Thousand Instagram Likes for you. Another couple from the museum and you could become the next popular online wanderluster from your posts on ‘underrated Hong Kong sites’.
Tickets are cheap too. HKD 20 per exhibition, or HKD 10 depending on day of the week or if you have special status such as student, elderly, disabled etc. I saw the Claude Monet exhibition at normal adult price of HKD 10 on a Sunday! Some of the smaller galleries are often free as well.

I’ve been to the heritage museum before with other people who took us there. This time I went with my mum and her friend and we got lost finding it from the train station lol at least I am increasing my steps on my Fitbit! Ha ha
It costs $ 10 (£1) to enter which I found is mega cheap! It’s $ 5 for seniors!
This year until 2018, they have the Bruce Lee exhibition and documentary film included in the entry fee! You get to see photos of Bruce Lee, his handwritten scripts, costume, film sets etc plus other Bruce lee memorabilia like comics etc.
If you are a fan then go! It’s interesting and you get to see and understand why he did in his short life.
Shame you can’t take photos inside.

One of my favorite museums in Hong Kong. The other favorite is the history museum. They have a variety of exhibits related to Hong Kong culture. The most notable being the Bruce Lee one. Definitely worth checking out. And free admission every Wednesday. Otherwise it’s only HKD 10.

While the museum was about as inexpensive as the Hong Kong History Museum, the experience wasn’t nearly as organized or as thorough. Still, the quality of the artifacts were nice to look at and even the variety of modern art was good to look at for a few hours.

There is so much more to do in Hong Kong than shopping! HK is a vibrant city with a rich and captivating culture.
Go visit the HK Heritage Museum and wander around the remnants of New Territories or get fascinated by Tibet’s sacred paintings. While The Cantonese Opera Heritage Hall will shed a light on the life of Cantonese opera artists.
The centerpiece of the museum is of course the Bruce Lee exhibition! A must-​visit if u’re a Bruce Lee fan. The temporary exhibition (2013 — 2018) tracks Bruce Lee through his life, from his early years till he became a martial arts icon.
Taking pics and video recording in the «Bruce Lee: Kung‧Fu‧Art‧Life» Exhibition Area are not allowed but u can always buy the hardcover catalogue (English and Chinese, 140 hk dollar /​16.8 €).
The admission to the museum is only 10 hk dollar (1.2 €) and even free every wednesday, so no excuses allowed!
P. S. The Che Kung Temple is just across the street so don’t forget to make a quick stop.

Gosh… tough place to review.
it really isn’t TOO far from Central… but about 30 minutes or so with a 10 minute walk by the water.
This place is also known as the «Bruce Lee» museum… and really is the only reason I went. One of the last few «touristy» things I had not done on my frequent travels to HK… the building is very nice… and VERY empty. I’d say about 70% of the place is either unoccupied or under construction. The highlights were a 90 minute documentary on Bruce Lee, and a fairly substantial exhibit of his belongings and artifacts, (mostly on loan from his foundation/​family).
The entrance fee was $ 10 HKD ($ 1.25 USD) with your octopus card… and I would say worth a trip if you like Bruce… if not STRONG pass… at least until they fill the place up. Bruce stuff…5 stars… the rest…1…average 3!

Ventured out here while staying in TST on my last trip. Came specifically to see the Bruce Lee exhibit. It lived up to my expectations as I am a big Bruce Lee fan. If you aren’t, might not be worth it.
Also liked the fashion exhibit and a decent restaurant to eat at in the museum.
Easy to get here from TST via MTR and short walk. Don’t be scared… you can figure it out.

Well, I’ve got no particular good feelings about the building… to me it is kind of awkward, just like the central library in Tin Hau. Both employed the post-​modernistic approach to design, exploiting traditional architecture’s ornamental /​superficial characteristics but applying it in a scale that is out of proportion, on a modern building (taking reference on western architecture for Central Library, and taking reference from Chinese architecture for Cultural Museum). The result is an embarrassing quasimodo, that looks strangely familiar yet somehow weird…
Well, architectural critiques aside, I’m really impressed with the work of the curation team of the museum. The museum had never ceased to draw me all the way to Shatin for its unique exhibits. It collaborates with museums around the world to assemble touring exhibitions to Hong Kong.
From the first days of 100 years of fashion, where you can see the original garments designed by masters & mega brands like Valentino, Channel, Lanvin; to exhibition on Bruce Lee; exhibition on local fashion design Eddie Lau focusing on his works for Anita Mui (a famous HK pop song singer in the 80s); the Pixer Animation exhibition; to the recent Ghibili Exhibition and exhibition on the history of chairs. All have an abundance of authentic artefacts and nicely done exhibition set up.
Due to its large exhibition halls, it can afford to assemble physical objects of arts and crafts and display them in a way that is one step closer to how the international museums do.
Indeed this place is one of the most vibrant exhibition scene in the book of me and my friend circles in the past few years, ever since its inauguration~

As a Shatin resident, I’m very familiar with the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, in terms of its name and physical location. When I take the bus to or from Kowloon, the museum is one of the stops that it passes by. Yet actually as I remember, I’d just been to there maybe once or twice before Secondary School — contrary to what others said as the most frequently visited site for kindergarten or primary school students.
I’ve had some fresh memories of the museum since three year ago when the famous Pixar exhibition took place there. It’s a bit embarrassed to say that from my memory, Toy Story 3 should be the first Pixar film that I’ve ever watched, or that I’ve ever finished. Well I should’ve watched a short part of Finding Nemo but I can’t recognise the characters now… so that shouldn’t be counted. Okay let’s go back to the exhibition, due to my enthusiasm towards Toy Story 3 after it was aired, I was excited to go to the exhibition with my friends. The exhibits were quite diverse — not only pain sketches and 2D posters, but also some film clips about the making process of the animated films, as well as some models of Aliens and Buzz — photo time! What surprised me was the decoration — even the stairs were embellished with carton scenes! The arrangement was nice generally and I started to love going there.
The exhibitions in this museum are always popular comparing to other museums as the themes are easily understood and related to the culture nowadays. Apart from the Pixar one, those about Bruce Lee and Kayao Miyazaki also became people’s weekend highlights. What’s more, the admission fee is cheap indeed — just $ 20 – 30 for adults and around $ 10 for full-​time students, so you’re always enticed to pay a visit there. in the morning of weekdays is better since there’ll be much fewer people. That means your mood won’t be ruined because you’ll hardly see the crowds at that period. It’s an ideal place to spend your time here and immerse yourself into the cultural diversity.