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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

and workshops, while Caring for the Community holds outreach activities for ethnic minorities, youngsters, the elderly, families and new immigrants.

The museum works with educational organisations to hold public lectures on Hong Kong's history and culture. It organises a school competition 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. The museum is closed for a revamp, during which outreach programmes, such as travelling exhibitions, public lectures, family workshops, field visits to local military sites and school programmes, are arranged to promote Hong Kong's military history.

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, and organises educational programmes relating to the man and Central and Western District. It attracted over 13,700 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 Alexander Grantham and sea rescue services in Hong Kong. Some 22,600 people visited the gallery 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. To celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2020, the museum organised a multimedia display and staged a variety of special exhibitions, including '20/20 Hong Kong Print Art' and 'Between the Lines - The Legends of Hong Kong Printing' co-presented with the Hong Kong Open Printshop, and 'Hand-in-Hand for Benevolence - Tung Wah's Fundraising Culture and Social Development, jointly presented with the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

The 'Time Will Tell / anothermountainman x stanley wong / 40 years of work' exhibition, part of a continuing designer exhibition series, won the Grand Award and the Grand Award for Culture in the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2020.

The museum organised complementary education programmes to help visitors appreciate the exhibitions. The museum's MuseKids membership scheme and MuseTeens: Youth Leadership Scheme enabled participants to explore Hong Kong's heritage and culture through a wide array of activities.

The museum manages two branch museums: Railway Museum in Tai Po and Sheung Yiu Folk Museum in Sai Kung Country Park. The former is situated in the old Tai Po Market Railway Station with a station building constructed in 1913, while the latter is located in a Hakka village built in the late 19th century. In 2020, the Heritage Museum had around 111,900 visitors, Railway Museum 86,800 and Sheung Yiu Folk Museum 21,000.

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