Museum Inside Out Activity Series

With fallen wood, how can we explore the use of seemingly useless things? We often come across lots of trees in our daily life and in nature. Last year tens of thousands trees were swept by Typhoon Mangkhut, leaving behind many tree waste on the streets in the City. Have these fallen wood pieces now become absolute waste? Useless? Useful! Wasted? Not wasted! This programme will include a sharing hosted by special guests and a wood craft workshop led by local artists to explore different ways of reusing the junk wood pieces in the spirit of making use of the useless. After the workshop, participants can take their works home as souvenir, and join the brainstorming session of "Adopt a Log" school project!
 

Venue: Oi!
Date: Jun 23 (Sun)
Time: 2:30pm - 5pm
Speaker:
Sharing on conservation: Chan Shing-wai, Assistant Director (Heritage and Museums), Leisure and Cultural Services Department; Carol Tang, Assistant Curator (Prints & Photographs), Conservation Office
Workshop: Artists Danny Lee, Ho Yuen-leung, Dave Ho, MiyaBi Ho, Janice Kee, Kong Chun-pong, Helen Lau, Tam Wai-ling
Brainstorming session: One Bite Foundation Association
Language: Cantonese
Quota: 30 persons; first come, first served
Admission: Free
Enrollment method: By registration. For details, please visit the website or Facebook page of the Art Promotion Office.
Enquiries: 2512 3000

The curators of the Hong Kong Space Museum will introduce stargazing knowledge and techniques with the use of the digital planetarium projection system in the Space Theatre to simulate the night sky. Participants can also use the telescopes on the rooftop for stargazing and make their own paper 3D lunar models!
 

Venue: Hong Kong Space Museum
Date: Jun 25 (Tue)
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Speaker: Curator and Assistant Curators of Hong Kong Space Museum
Language: Conducted in Cantonese, supplemented with English and Putonghua
Quota: 300 persons; first come, first served
Admission: Free
Enquiries: 2721 0226

Tai O, famed for its beautiful scenery of a fishing village, is an attraction to both locals and tourists. But visitors might still miss its artistic charm while visiting the place. Szeto Yuen-kit, Chief Curator of Hong Kong Museum of Art, will lead a guided tour to Tai O and share with participants on how to find out the artistic elements hidden in the scenery from the perspectives of artists

Enrollment: Application was closed on June 10. Since applications are oversubscribed, a draw will be conducted to select the participants. The Organiser will send a confirmation via email to the successful applicants on or after June 14. Applicants should assume their applications unsuccessful if they do not receive the confirmation email up to two days before the programme commences.

Venue: Tai O
Date: Jun 29 (Sat)
Assembly Time and Place: 1:30pm at Tung Chung*
Dismissing Time and Place: 6:30pm at Tung Chung*
*Free shuttle services will be arranged for the trips between Tung Chung and Tai O
Speaker: Mr Szeto Yuen-kit, Chief Curator (Chih Lo Lou & Wu Guanzhong Collections) of Hong Kong Museum of Art
Language: Cantonese
Quota: 40 persons
Admission: Free
Enquiries: 3621 0582 / 2601 7324

Have you ever thought that people and events taking place at the campus of the Hong Kong University (now called the University of Hong Kong) during the Second World War can be a critical piece of puzzle in the wider record of the story of Hong Kong? The then University staff, students and graduates of all genders and nationalities helped in China's war effort, joined local defence preparations and took up services in time of war. Having himself done pathfinding work on this topic, Dr Fung Chi-ming, Assistant Curator of Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, will take you on a campus walk at the University to reminisce on this story, the former lives of heritage buildings, and the events that took place there.

Enrollment: Application was closed on June 10. Since applications are oversubscribed, a draw will be conducted to select the participants. The Organiser will send a confirmation via email to the successful applicants on or after June 14. Applicants should assume their applications unsuccessful if they do not receive the confirmation email up to two days before the programme commences.

Venue: The University of Hong Kong
Date: Jun 30 (Sun)
Assembly Time and Place: 3pm at MTR HKU Station
Dismissing Time and Place: 5pm at The University of Hong Kong
Speaker: Dr Fung Chi-ming, Assistant Curator of Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
Language: Cantonese
Quota: 40 persons
Admission: Free
Enquiries: 3621 0582 / 2601 7324

Among primates, chimpanzees have extremely similar genes with human. However, the drastic change of natural environment has become a significant threat to them as well as other wildlife. Paulina Chan, Museum Director of the Hong Kong Science Museum, will conduct a tour to the exhibition "Becoming Jane: Inspiring a Shared Planet" for the children and sharing with them the story of Dr Jane Goodall, a renowned primatologist who has spent many years working on the conservation of chimpanzees. Paulina will also accompany participants to visit the Bornean orangutans living at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens and tell them interesting habits of "our friends" and the importance of wildlife conservation.

Enrollment: Application was closed on June 10. Since applications are oversubscribed, a draw will be conducted to select the participants. The Organiser will send a confirmation via email to the successful applicants on or after June 14. Applicants should assume their applications unsuccessful if they do not receive the confirmation email up to two days before the programme commences.

Venue: Hong Kong Science Museum and Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Date: Jul 7 (Sun)
Assembly Time and Place: 10:15am at Hong Kong Science Museum*
Dismissing Time and Place: 12:30pm at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens / 1:30pm at Hong Kong Science Museum*
*Free shuttle services will be arranged for the trips between Hong Kong Science Museum and Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Speaker: Ms Paulina Chan, Museum Director of Hong Kong Science Museum
Language: Cantonese
Quota: 40 persons (20 pairs of kid and parent)
Admission: Free
Enquiries: 3621 0582 / 2601 7324

To echo with the Muse Fest HK 2019, the Conservation Office will open its laboratories at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and the Hong Kong Museum of History for the public to visit. Guided by the conservators, the participants will have a close look at the conservation work of different artefacts and know more about the interesting stories behind the scene.
 

Venue: Conservation Labs, Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Date: Jun 29 (Sat)
Time: 11am - 12:30pm, 2:30pm - 4pm

Venue: Conservation Labs, Hong Kong Museum of History
Date: Jul 6 (Sat)
Time: 11am - 12:30pm, 2:30pm - 4pm

Speaker: Conservators of Conservation Office
Language: Cantonese
Quota: 25 persons per session; first come, first served
Admission: Free
Enrollment method: By registration. For details, please visit the website of the Conservation Office.
Application period: May 20 to Jun 13
Enquiries: 2724 9072

Do you want to know how a Sky Show is produced? What is the secret of the OMNIMAX and the digital planetarium projection system? The curators will take you to tour around the main production facilities of the museum, including the Space Theatre, the computer and audio control rooms, and the OMNIMAX Projector room, where you can have a better understanding of the production of this kind of special multi-media show.
 

Venue: Stanley Ho Space Theatre, Hong Kong Space Museum
Date: Jul 2 (Tue)
Time: 7pm - 8:30pm
Speaker: Assistant Curators of Hong Kong Space Museum
Language: Conducted in Cantonese, supplemented with English
Quota: 30 persons
Admission: Free
Enrollment method: By registration. For details, please visit the website of the Hong Kong Space Museum.
Deadline for application: Jun 15
Enquiries: 2721 0226