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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

and culture of Hong Kong. A new initiative, Museum Day and Night, and story-telling tours help visitors know more about the history in a fun way.

In schools, the museum organises teacher seminars, a school competition and the Future Curator Training Course to enhance teachers and students' understanding of Hong Kong's history and culture.

The Museum of History manages five branch museums: the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery, Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum and Law Uk Folk Museum.

The Museum of Coastal Defence is converted from the old Lei Yue Mun Fort in Shau Kei Wan. It holds the permanent exhibition, '600 Years of Hong Kong's Coastal Defence, and organises educational programmes such as field trips to places of military interest and a National Day flag- raising ceremony. In 2017, the museum staged 'Braving Untold Dangers: War Correspondents, as well as an interactive drama to arouse students' interest in learning Hong Kong's military history. The museum attracted over 160,000 visitors in 2017.

Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, housed in the historic Kom Tong Hall in Central, runs two permanent exhibitions about Dr Sun's life and career. In 2017, the museum staged 'A Matter of Record: Dr Sun Yat-sen in the Historical Archives. It attracted over 94,800 visitors during the year.

The Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery in Quarry Bay Park displays the decommissioned fireboat, relics and literature on the history of fireboats and sea rescue. The exhibition gallery celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017, organising an anniversary Memorial Day as well as trips to the fireboats Alexander Grantham and Elite and to the Fire and Ambulance Services Education Centre cum Museum. Some 77,800 people visited during the year.

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Sha Tin explores the city's diverse cultures through exhibitions on art, design and history. Highlights of the year included 'Inventing le Louvre: From Palace to Museum over 800 Years, a collaboration with Le French May and the Louvre Museum that showcased the diversity of the museum's collections and enabled visitors to explore the Louvre's history. Heritage Museum also joined hands with the University of Hong Kong to present the 'Splendours of Dunhuang: Jao Tsung-i's Selected Academic and Art Works Inspired by Dunhuang Culture, exhibiting the fascinating Dunhuang culture and Professor Jao's contributions to Dunhuang studies. 'Touch - Hong Kong International Poster Triennial 2017, comprising a competition, an exhibition and a symposium, documented the development of international poster design.

The museum also cooperated with Pixar Animation Studios to organise 'Pixar 30 Years of Animation: Hong Kong Celebration of Friendship and Family, featuring artworks in various media as well as interviews with the film directors to introduce the craftsmanship and creative process behind Pixar's productions. At the same time, 'Moving Tales of Hong Kong Animation' was staged to offer an overview of the development of local animation over the past decade.

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