The Leisure and Cultural Services Department has announced that designated museums under its management will offer the general public free admission to permanent exhibitions starting from August 1 (Monday).
 
     Under the new arrangement, the permanent exhibitions of five designated fee-charging museums, namely the Hong Kong Museum of History, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence and the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, will be open to all members of the public free of charge, whereas the permanent exhibitions of the Hong Kong Science Museum and the Hong Kong Space Museum will offer free admission to full-time students.
 
     To complement the free admission initiative, admission fees for the permanent exhibitions of the Hong Kong Science Museum will be reduced by 20 per cent. The new fees for standard, group and concessionary tickets at the Science Museum will be $20, $14 and $10 respectively. Moreover, the prices of annual museum passes will be reduced by 50 per cent, with the revised charges for individual, concessionary and family passes set at $50, $25 and $100 respectively.
 
     Currently, the Hong Kong Museum of Art and the permanent exhibition halls of the Hong Kong Space Museum are closed for renovation. They will be re-opened to the public in 2019 and late 2016 respectively.

Ends/Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Issued at HKT 15:00

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