Museum and Memory - Objects Tell Your Story

Acquisition, research, exhibition and education are the core functions of museums. With rapid development in Hong Kong, local museums have to meet challenges with continuous advancement. Apart from providing more diversified and quality services to the public, the museums have been organizing multifarious exhibitions on various themes supplemented by different kinds of educational and promotional programmes. Nowadays museums have become an essential place of learning and enjoyment for the public.

Since 1978, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has designated 18 May as the International Museum Day (IMD) to arouse public awareness of the role that museums play in society. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) has echoed to this significant appeal since 2001 and keeps on organising IMD events in mid-
May annually.

"Museum and Memory - Objects tell your story" is the theme of IMD in 2011. As museum is the place of collecting objects, we encourage the public to visit the museums and participate in museum activities, with the hope that visitors may recall important but forgotten moments in the past. Visitors will be admitted free to most of the local participating venues on 14 and 15 May 2011 where a wide range of educational and entertaining programmes will be held. Come and share the fun!

For details of the IMD 2011, Hong Kong, please refer to the announcements by individual participating units, and visit the website of “International Museum Day 2011, Hong Kong” (http://imd-2011.hk) in mid-April.