The Leisure and Cultural Services Department today (January 10) announced the special opening hours for its 13 museums (excluding the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, which is currently closed), the Oil Street Art Space, the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre during the Lunar New Year holidays.

     Details of the opening hours are as follows:

January 24 (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 Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Space Museum, the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, the Hong Kong Railway Museum, the Sam Tung Uk Museum, the Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, the Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery, the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum, the Law Uk Folk Museum, the Oil Street Art Space, the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre will close at 5pm.

January 25 and 26 (the first two days of the Lunar New Year)
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     All the aforementioned venues will be closed.

January 27 (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.

January 28 (the fourth day of the Lunar New Year)
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     All the aforementioned venues will resume normal opening hours.

Ends/Friday, January 10, 2020
Issued at HKT 14:00

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