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Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery, the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum and the Law Uk Folk Museum.
The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence was converted from the old Lei Yue Mun Fort in Shau Kei Wan. In addition to its permanent exhibition, '600 Years of Hong Kong's Coastal Defence', the museum staged four thematic shows 'Escape from Hong Kong: The Road to Waichow', 'British Army Aid Group Drawings', 'Cultural Relics of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom' and 'To the Last Man: Canadian Troops in the Battle of Hong Kong'. Some 122 700 people visited the museum in 2011.
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The Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum housed in historic Kom Tong Hall contains exhibits relating to Dr Sun's life and career. In addition to the two permanent exhibitions. there, two thematic exhibitions, 'People Who Made History A Philatelic Commemoration of Xinhai Revolutionaries' and 'In Search of the Ideal Nation Dr Sun Yat-sen and Guangzhou after the 1911 Revolution' were held in 2011. Some 100 300 people visited the museum during the year.
The Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery in Quarry Bay Park displays the decommissioned fireboat and literature on the history of fireboats and sea rescue as well as relics. Some 64 800 people visited the gallery in 2011.
The other two branch museums, the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum in Sham Shui Po and the Law Uk Folk Museum in Chai Wan, attracted some 37 400 and 15 000 visitors in 2011 respectively.
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
A blockbuster exhibition, 'Pixar: 25 Years of Animation', was staged in 2011 to showcase the vast creative collection of Pixar Animation Studios. With over 400 exhibits, including traditional artworks in various mediums, maquettes, early animated short films, and one-of-a-kind media installations, the exhibition took visitors on a behind-the-scenes journey through Pixar's blockbuster animations. A record 435 883 people visited the exhibition.
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To promote the art of Cantonese Opera, the exhibition 'Virtuosity and Innovation The Masterful Legacy of Lam Kar Sing', featuring more than 250 exhibits including libretti, handbills, stills, records, costumes and audio and video clips, was organised. The museum also organised an exhibition 'Applauding to Hong Kong Pop Legend: Roman Tam' featuring more than 200 items drawn from Roman's memorabilia.
To acknowledge a generous donation by the famous Cantonese opera artiste, Yu Kai, a display, featuring 60 highlights from his donation, showed his contribution to the art. Outreach displays entitled 'Theatre Art of Cantonese Opera' and 'The Art of Cantonese Opera' were organised at the Hong Kong International Airport to promote this traditional art form to foreign visitors.
In 2011, the museum jointly presented two exhibitions of design, entitled 'Fashion Visionaries' in collaboration with the Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association; and 'Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies Business, Living, Creativity', a
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