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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (January 16) announced special opening hours for its museums and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre during the Lunar New Year holidays.
Details of the opening hours are:
January 22 (Lunar New Year﷿s Eve):
Apart from Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, which will close at 4pm, all other museums will close at 5 pm. They are the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Hong Kong Space 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 Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery, the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, the Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre, the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre.
January 23 and 24 (the first two days of the Lunar New Year):
All museums and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre will be closed.
January 25 (the third day of the Lunar New Year):
The following will open as usual - the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Hong Kong Space Museum, the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, the Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery, the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, the Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre and the Hong Kong Film Archive. However, 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 and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre will remain closed.
Ends/Monday, January 16, 2012
Issued at HKT 12:12
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