Hong Kong Museum of History - Exhibition

29 April - 17 August 2009 (Closed on Tuesdays)
Special Exhibition Gallery

Admission Fee (including "The Hong Kong Story" permanent exhibition):

General Opening Days：HK$10
30% discount for group of 20 or more：HK$7 each
50% discount for full-time students / senior citizens /
people with disabilities：HK$5 each
On Wednesdays：Free
Free Admission for holders of Museum Pass and Weekly Pass

Jointly presented by the Shanghai Administration of Culture Heritage and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Organised by the Hong Kong Museum of History and the Shanghai History Museum

Shanghai and Hong Kong have developed simultaneously and the pattern of development shared a lot of similarities. The stories of the two coastal cities began more than one hundred years ago. Magnificent architecture appeared along the coast and the building clusters later developed into the Bund in Shanghai and City of Victoria in Hong Kong. In the two cities, the foreign interacted with the local, the traditional merged with the modern, and the new fused with the old to form a unique cosmopolitan lifestyle. This exhibition sets out to illustrate how Shanghai and Hong Kong pioneered China's modernisation, as well as depict the two cities' open, innovative, diversified and commercial way of life through clothing, food, living environment, transportation and culture and entertainment. A collaborative effort between Hong Kong Museum of History and Shanghai History Museum, the exhibition will present some 240 sets of exhibits from Shanghai and Hong Kong, including the metal plaque marking the border of the Shanghai International Settlement, a rickshaw before 1949, a pictorial album with actress Lily Yuen's autograph, a signage for the old Shanghai Race Club, costumes from the early 20th Century, monthly calendars and artefacts of the four major department stores. Please join us in revisiting the cities' social pasts – a cosmopolitan way of life that is prosperous, colourful and in touch with world trends.

The Museum offers public guided tours and pre-booked group visit with docent services from 6 May 2009 (Wed) onwards.

Group Visits

Public Guided Tours (in Cantonese)
Each tour lasts for about 1 hour and admits 30 persons on a first come, first served basis. Please gather at the “Docent Stop” at the entrance of the Special Exhibition Gallery according to the following schedule：
Session 1：11:30 am daily
Session 2：3 pm daily

Highlight Exhibits

	Firedog from the Shanghai Branch of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 1920s Collection of the Shanghai History Museum

	Pictorial album with the famous Chinese actress Lily Yuen's autograph 1934 Collection of the Shanghai History Museum

	Rickshaw for charter carriage 1930s Collection of the Shanghai History Museum

	Magneto telephone set Early 20th century Collection of the Shanghai History Museum

	Cigarette cards produced by Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company 1920s – 1930s Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of History

	Promotional poster of Fung Keong Rubber Manufactory Ltd. 1930s Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of History