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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

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Romanov dynasty treasures) and 'Bruce Lee: Kung Fu Art Life' to mark the 40th anniversary of his death. The latter exhibition will run for five years, with various associated education and extension programmes.

Other exhibitions staged in 2013 included 'Intelligence Infinity: Inspiration through Art, 'Fashion

·Image ·Eddie Lau, 'Best Wishes for the Family: Traditional Chinese Woodblock Prints from the Collections of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, 'Collaborative Printmaking' and 'The Legend of Silk and Wood: A Hong Kong Qin Story!

In addition, in 2013 the museum introduced 'Sharing Our Lives: New Interactive Experience for Seniors and Teens, a series of special programmes designed to connect younger and older generations by interacting, sharing experiences and learning from each other. The museum also collaborated with the Education Bureau to run gallery talks, workshops and seminars in support of Life-wide Learning and the New Senior Secondary Curriculum during the year.

The Hong Kong Heritage Museum also manages three branch museums. The first of these, the Sam Tung Uk Museum in Tsuen Wan, was originally a Hakka walled village built in 1786. It was declared a monument in 1981 and later converted as a museum. The Railway Museum in Tai Po comprises the old Tai Po Market Railway Station building, two historic locomotives and several coaches. The station building was constructed in 1913 in a Chinese style and was declared a monument in 1984. The Sheung Yiu Folk Museum in Sai Kung Country Park is housed in a Hakka village, which was built in the late 19th century and comprises several domestic units, pig pens, an open courtyard and an entrance gate-tower. The village and a nearby lime kiln were gazetted as monuments in 1981.

The Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Sam Tung Uk Museum, Hong Kong Railway Museum and Sheung Yiu Folk Museum attracted some 624,300, 91,200, 206,600 and 42,400 visitors respectively in 2013.

Hong Kong Science Museum

Over 1,700,000 visited the Science Museum in 2013. The museum's exhibitions included Julius Caesar - Military Genius & Mighty Machines' and 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year' and 'Legends of the Giant Dinosaurs. The latter exhibition was the largest of its kind ever held in Hong Kong. Covering an area of 2,500 square metres, the exhibition's 190 exhibits included robotic dinosaurs, fossils and multimedia programmes. Activities held to tie in with the exhibition included 'A Night with Dinosaurs, giving family groups a unique opportunity to stay in the museum overnight and take part in an array of fun-filled activities.

The museum continued to showcase the latest local scientific researches, with exhibitions on 'Painless Vaccination' and 'Soybean Homecoming' and the Distinguished Chinese Scientists Lecture Series continued in 2013.

Events co-organised by the museum in 2013 included the Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition, which attracted 807 students in 200 teams from 87 secondary schools and the Fun Science Competition, with 372 students from 145 school teams.

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