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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (January 25) announced the special opening hours for its 12 museums (excluding the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the Hong Kong Space Museum which are now closed), two heritage centres, Oi!, the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre during the Lunar New Year holidays.
Details of the opening hours are:
February 7 (Lunar New Year's Eve)
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The Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum, the Law Uk Folk Museum, the Hong Kong Railway Museum, the Sam Tung Uk Museum, the Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, the Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery, the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, the Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre, Oi!, the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre will close at 5pm.
February 8 and 9 (the first two days of the Lunar New Year)
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All the aforementioned venues will be closed.
February 10 (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 the aforementioned venues will open as usual.
February 11 (the fourth day of the Lunar New Year)
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All the aforementioned venues will resume normal opening hours.
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.
Ends/Monday, January 25, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:31
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