vA! - Visit

Address:	7A Kennedy Road, Central, HK To reach us, you can take bus nos. 12, 12A, 23, 23B, 40, 103 and mini-bus nos. 1A, 9, 28. Or you can take a walk to the Centre through the Hong Kong Park by following the directional signs in the Park.
Enquiries:	2521 3008
Fax:	2501 4703

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Opening Hours		Starting from 2 April 2021 (Friday), the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre (vA!) will be reopened. We will implement admission quota and special precautionary measures to help ensure public safety. Visitors are required to use the "LeaveHomeSafe" mobile app or register personal information on site. Please be prepared in advance. Opening hours are from 10am to 9pm (closed on Tuesdays). Exhibition Hall, Lecture Theatre, Multi-purpose Rooms/Studios, Art Studios will be open for hire. For details of special booking arrangements, please see here, or contact Booking Office (Tel: 3101 2736). Special precautionary measures: • Visitors are subject to temperature check before admission. Visitors with fever symptoms will not be admitted. • Visitors should apply alcohol hand sanitisers before admission. • Visitors will need to wear their own masks in the Centre. • Children aged under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. • The hygiene of the facilities will be strengthened. Regular disinfection of toilets, lifts, railings, buttons and all public areas of the Centre will be arranged. Sanitising mats and alcohol hand sanitisers will be provided. Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre will review the situation and adjust relevant preventive measures as and when necessary. For enquiries, please call 2521 3008.
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Inclement Weather Arrangements		Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No.8 or above vA! will be closed. It will remain closed if the signal is lowered less than 2 hours before the usual closing time. Black Rainstorm Warning If the warning is issued while vA! is in service, the usual opening hours will remain unchanged. If the warning is issued before opening hours, vA! will be closed until the warning is removed.
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Barrier-free Facilities

To strive for a barrier-free art space, vA! is committed to providing equal access for all to ensure that everyone can fully participate and enjoy art. We shall offer suitable assistance to the persons with disabilities if needed in using venue facilities.

Currently, barrier-free facilities and services provided at vA! are:

Automatic door, barrier-free ramps and Braille and tactile floor plan at the entrance from Kennedy Road
Barrier-free ramps and tactile guide paths at the public area of each floor
Accessible toilets on 2-5/F
Information counter suitable for wheelchair users on 5/F
Hearing loop system for hearing-impaired at the information counter on 5/F
Designated spaces convenient for wheelchair users at the Lecture Theatre on 4/F
Barrier-free ramps at the entrance from Hong Kong Park
Audio and visual signals of the emergency alarm system

Access Officer

You are welcome to contact Mr. Geoffrey WONG, Assistant Curator I of the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre at 3101 2733 or the Duty Officer at 2521 3008.

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		The following initiatives for the fee-charging museums of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department come into effect from 1 August 2016 – The permanent exhibitions of five fee-charging museums (i.e. Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art^Note, Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence and Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum) are opened to all free of charge; The permanent exhibitions of the Hong Kong Science Museum and the Hong Kong Space Museum^Note are opened to full-time students free of charge; The admission charges for the permanent exhibitions of the Hong Kong Science Museum are revised to $20 for standard ticket, $14 for group ticket and $10 for concessionary ticket; and The charges for annual museum passes are revised to $100 for family pass, $50 for individual pass and $25 for concessionary pass. Half-yearly, monthly and weekly museum passes are no longer be available. Note: The Hong Kong Space Museum (permanent exhibition halls only) and the Hong Kong Museum of Art are currently closed for renovation and are targeted to be re-opened in late 2016 and 2019 respectively.
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Leisure and Cultural Services Department