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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

Victory, Historic Contribution: Exhibition of the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War' to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression. To celebrate the museum's 15th anniversary, it organised special programmes including fun days, drill performances, a classical military music concert, workshops and public lecture series.

More than 59,700 people visited the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum in 2015. Housed in the historic Kom Tong Hall, it has two permanent exhibitions relating to Dr Sun's life and career. Two special exhibitions were held in 2015: 'With the Passage of Time - Artefacts of Sun Wan, Dr Sun Yat-sen's Second Daughter and her Husband, Tai Ensai' and 'Wonderful Times, Beautiful Images: Calendar Posters and Modern Society in the Republican Period:

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. More than 92,700 people visited in 2015.

The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum in Sham Shui Po and the Law Uk Folk Museum in Chai Wan attracted more than 37,000 and 13,700 visitors in 2015 respectively.

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Devoted to exploring Hong Kong's diverse cultures, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum organised an array of thematic exhibitions on art, design and history in 2015. Highlights of the year included the 110th Birthday of Chao Shao-an Programme Series, which comprised two exhibitions, namely, 'The Pride of Lingnan: In Commemoration of the 110th Birthday of Chao Shao-an, co-organised with the Guangzhou Museum of Art; and 'Treasures Abroad: Works of Chao Shao-an, jointly organised with the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.

Other exhibitions staged in 2015 included 'Bring Me Home - the Story of Hong Kong Culture, Art and Design, 'Walking in the Dreams' and 'The Past is Continuing.

The museum collaborated with the Education Bureau, the Arts Development Council and HKBU's Institute of Creativity in continuing to present the Arts Buddies project. It also ran a MuseKids programme to stimulate children's interest in museum learning and the annual MuseTeens training programme for older youngsters to enrich their understanding of the museum's work and collections.

The Heritage Museum manages three branch museums. The first of these, the Sam Tung Uk Museum in Tsuen Wan, was converted from a Hakka walled village built in 1786. An Intangible Cultural Heritage Office was set up in May 2015, converting the Sam Tung Uk Museum into a resource centre on intangible cultural heritage. The Railway Museum in Tai Po is housed in a station building constructed in 1913, while the Sheung Yiu Folk Museum in Sai Kung Country Park is located in a Hakka village that was built in the late 19th century.

The Heritage Museum, Sam Tung Uk Museum, Hong Kong Railway Museum and Sheung Yiu Folk Museum attracted some 484,200, 92,000, 220,700 and 39,400 visitors respectively in 2015.

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