Heritage
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Recreation, Sport and the Arts
Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust promotes the preservation and conservation of Hong Kong's heritage through funding community organisations and individuals to undertake heritage- related activities and research projects.
The trust granted about $1.44 million to support nine heritage-related projects in 2012.
Museums
Hong Kong Museum of Art
To celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2012, the Hong Kong Museum of Art organised an exhibition 'Collecting for 50 Years - The People and Their Stories: Other highlights of the year included 'Fantastic Creatures from the British Museum, 'A Lofty Retreat from the Red Dust: The Secret Garden of Emperor Qianlong' (co-presented with the Palace Museum to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the HKSAR's establishment), ‘Chinese Painting and Calligraphy of Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties from the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts' and 'Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal' in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Museum.
Outbound exhibitions included 'Modern Chinese Painting and Japan, 'Maritime Porcelain Road: Relics from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Museums' and 'All are Guests - Hong Kong at the Liverpool Biennial 2012; staged at Kyoto National Museum, Macao Museum, Guangdong Museum, and Liverpool respectively.
To enhance the appreciation of art, a wide array of education programmes was presented, including special lectures, art workshops, family programmes, Gallery Talks and audio guide services. The exhibitions and education programmes attracted over 728,600 visitors and participants in 2012.
The Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware's collection comprises various kinds of tea ware and related vessels from the collection of the late Dr K S Lo and rare Chinese ceramics and seals donated by the K S Lo Foundation. Two special exhibitions were held in 2012: 'From Clay to Teapot: Tea Ware by Hong Kong Potters 1986-2010, and 'A Date with Chinese Tea' which introduced tea-drinking culture from ancient to modern times. Some 228,100 visitors visited the museum (a branch of the Hong Kong Museum of Art) and joined its education programmes in 2012.
Hong Kong Museum of History
In addition to the permanent exhibition, 'The Hong Kong Story, the Hong Kong Museum of History in 2012 organised two exhibitions: 'Hong Kong Currency' showcasing a wide range of rarely seen exhibits, including rare coins, tools for minting circulated coins, design sketches of banknotes and note-printing plates, and 'The Majesty of All Under Heaven: The Eternal Realm of China's First Emperor' featuring 120 exhibits selected from major museums and archaeology institutions in Shaanxi province, including 20 terracotta figures from the Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum. Over 425,000 people visited the exhibition, an additional
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