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members of the Symposium on Chinese Paintings that was held in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, in June 1970.
Probably the most popular of all exhibitions so far mounted by the City Museum and Art Gallery was that of '100 Years Ago—a picture-story of Hong Kong in 1870' shown in the months of August and September 1970. This exhibition consisted of over 100 photographic enlargements from the Museum's collection of historical material. The exhibition was the hundredth organised by the City Museum and Art Gallery since the opening of the City Hall in 1962 and was visited by 150,000 people.
The City Museum and Art Gallery continued to present a monthly programme of art documentary films during the year. These frequently relate to exhibitions currently on display.
The Lei Cheng Uk Museum which is a site museum of a Han tomb discovered in 1955 and preserved in situ, came under the administration of the City Museum and Art Gallery in 1969. Plans are being prepared for the complete renovation of the exhibition rooms and to provide extra space for temporary displays serving the local community.
The total attendance at the City Museum and Art Gallery at the City Hall for the year was 272,440 representing an average of 870 persons on each day that it was open. The corresponding figures for 1969 were 120,000 and 390. At the Lei Cheng Uk Museum, where an admission charge of 30 cents for adults and 10 cents for children is made, the total attendance was 15,225 averag- ing 50 per opening day. The corresponding figures for 1969 were 11,900 and 39.
In addition to the formal Art Gallery and Museum exhibitions organised by the Museum and Art Gallery, a total of 138 exhibi- tions were held in the City Hall's general Exhibition Hall and Exhibition Gallery which are available for hire. These exhibitions were arranged and mounted by various commercial and non- commercial groups and ranged from exhibitions of paintings to exhibitions of commercial appliances. Photography is an art form in which Hong Kong residents have gained international reputa- tions and it is not surprising therefore that amongst the most interesting of these exhibitions were the international salons of the several photographic societies in Hong Kong.