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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

Some 60,900 people visited the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum in 2014. Housed in historic Kom Tong Hall, it has two permanent exhibitions relating to Dr Sun's life and career. Two special exhibitions were held in 2014: 'Collection Highlights - A Century of Kom Tong Hall' and 'The Whampoa Military Academy: Modern China's Crucible for Military Talent!

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 89,500 people visited the gallery in 2014.

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 38,500 and 13,200 visitors in 2014 respectively.

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Major exhibitions organised by the museum in 2014 included 'Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata and Miyazaki Animation' (organised with the co- operation of Studio Ghibli and Ghibli Museum, Mitaka and sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust); 'The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: Chairs for Viewing the World through Time, with exhibits from the Palace Museum, Beijing, and eight overseas museums; and 'Dunhuang - Untold Tales, Untold Riches' exhibition (jointly organised with the Dunhuang Academy).

Other exhibitions staged in 2014 included 'Twin Peaks: Contemporary Hong Kong Photography' (in partnership with the Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association) and 'Vision - Hong Kong International Poster Triennial 2014, jointly presented with the Hong Kong Designers Association.

With the Hong Kong Design Institute and the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee), the museum launched 'From the Classroom to the Museum - Chairs for All' art project in 2014. Students' artworks for the museum's 'Please Have a Seat' project were displayed at the museum. The museum also collaborated with the Education Bureau to run gallery talks, workshops and seminars supporting Life-wide Learning and the 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 866,300, 91,400, 220,700 and 40,100 visitors respectively in 2014.

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