West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Hong Kong Palace Museum
Public Consultation and Exhibition Details
Table of Content
What is the Hong Kong Palace Museum? ................................................ 2 Where will the Hong Kong Palace Museum be built? ............................... 3 How w ill the Hong Kong Palace Museum operate? .................................. 4 Who will cover the costs of the Hong Kong Palace Museum? .................. 5 What is the Palace Museum? .................................................................... 6 What is the relationship between the Palace Museum and Hong Kong? . 8 Previous collaboration: .............................................................................. 9 How w ill the Hon g Kong Palace Museum be situated? ........................... 11 What facilities is proposed to contain in the Hong Kong Palace Museum? ................................................................................................. 12 How w ill the Hong Kong Palace Museum look like? ............................... 14 Who has been commissioned to design the Hong Kong Palace Museum? ................................................................................................. 16 What is the West Kowloon Cultural District? ........................................... 18 What facilities is proposed to contain in the West Kowloon Cultural District? ................................................................................................... 19 How can I be involved? ........................................................................... 21
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What is the Hong Kong Palace Museum?
It is a new world class museum.
Artefacts from the Palace Museum
It will display artefacts from the Palace Museum (Beijing).
West Kowloon Cultural District
Hong Kong Palace Museum
It will be an important addition to the arts and cultural facilities in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
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Where will the Hong Kong Palace Museum be built?
North
West East
South
Hong Kong Palace Museum
It will be built in the western end o f the West Kowloon Cultural District, near the waterfront.
2022
It is scheduled to open in 2022.
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How will the Hong Kong Palace Museum operate?
Beijing
HK
It will borrow and display items from the collection of the P alace Museum in Beijing.
Branch
Palace Museum It will not be a branch museum of the Palace Museum.
Independent professional team
It will be operated by an independent professional team.
Board & Staff
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority It will be managed by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.
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Who will cover the costs of the Hong Kong Palace Museum?
Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust Design and construction
• Hong Kong Jockey ClubCharities Trust • $3.5 billion
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Board & Staff
Operation and management
• West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
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What is the Palace Museum?
Beijing
HK
It is a museum in Beijing.
It is one of the world’s
greatest museums.
It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
It is a popular museum that attracted a record of 16 million visitors in 2016.
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It has a collection of over 1.8 million artefacts (including paintings, ceramics, calligraphy, and antiquities from the imperial collections).
Nationally protected
Many of its valuable artefacts are nationally protected.
Shown to public: 0.6% In storage: 99.4%
Only a small part of the collection is shown to the public at any given time.
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What is the relationship between the Palace Museum and Hong Kong?
The Palace Museum has a history of cultural collaboration with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) of Hong Kong.
2007 The first collaboration was an exhibition in Hong Kong in 2007.
Collaborative Agreement 2012
A collaborative agreement was signed in 2012.
2012, 2013, 2015, 2016… 4 exhibitions have been held and attracted many visitors.
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Previous collaboration:
Jun – Aug 2007 Hong Kong Museum of Art
The Pride of China: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy of the Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties from the Palace M useum
• 32 masterpieces of Chinesepainting and calligraphy
Jun – Oct 2012 Hong Kong Museum of Art
A Lofty Retreat from the Red Dust: The Secret Garden of Emperor Qianlong
• 93 masterpieces from the PalaceMuseum (including paintings andcalligraphy, furniture, etc.)
Jul – Oct 2013 Hong Kong Museum of History
The Splendours of Royal Costume: Qing Court Attire
• More than 130 historic imperialcostumes from the Qing Court
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Jun – Sep 2015 Hong Kong Science Museum
Western Scientific Instruments of the Qing Court
• Objects from the Western science and technology collection of the Palace Museum
Nov 2016 – Feb 2017 Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Ceremony and Celebration – The Grand Weddings of the Qing Emperors
• Objects related to imperial wedding rituals
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How will the Hong Kong Palace Museum be situated?
Waterfront
Art Park Square It will be located close to the Art Park and waterfront.
The square will give views of the skyline, harbor and park.
The museum will also be close to the other arts and cultural facilities in the district (e.g. M+)
It is with easy access via different access routes.
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What facilities is proposed to contain in th e Hong Kong Palace Museum?
Exhibition galleries
Lecture topic Lecture theatre
Workshop on… Educational activity rooms
Installation In progress
Workshops
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Storage
Souvenir shop
Restaurants
Office
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How will the Hong Kong Palace Museum look like?
Main Entrance Main Entrance Lobby
2/F Atrium 2/F Atrium (view of HK Island)
4/F Atrium (view of Lantau Island) 4/F Atrium (Sky Garden)
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Exhibition Gallery (view of HK Island) Exhibition Gallery
Activity Room Lecture Theatre
View from Waterfront Promenade
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Who has been commissioned to design the Hong Kong Palace Museum?
• It is being designed by Rocco Design Architects, an award-winningHong Kong-based architectural firm
• Award-winning arts and cultural facilities by Rocco DesignArchitects:
Guangdong Museum (Guangzhou, China )
• 2004 Winner, International Invited Competition
• 2009 HKIA Medal of the Year• 2010 International Design Awards
(Silver Award) • 2013 Silver Prize, the China Weihai
International Architectural Design Award Competition
• 2013 Chicago Athenaeum’s International Architecture Award
• 2014 ICONIC Awards, German Design Council
Yunnan Provincial Museum (Kunming, China )
• 2008 Winner, International Invited Competition
• 2014 HKIA Medal of the Year outside Hong Kong
• 2016 Chicago Athenaeum’s International Architectural Award
• 2016 Special Mention Award, Architizer A+ Awards
• 2016 Winner, ICONIC Awards 2016, German Design Council
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L'Opéra Bastille (Paris, France)
• 1983 1st Prize Award, International Competition
Festival of Vision HK in Berlin – Bamboo Pavilion (Berlin, Germany)
• 2001 HKIA M erit Award
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What is the West Kowloon Cultural District?
It is an arts and cultural hub of diversity.
It offers a variety of different arts and cultural venues.
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What facilities is proposed to contain in the West Kowloon Cultural District?
The Xiqu Centre • Dedicated venue for xiqu
(Chinese traditional theatre, including Cantonese opera)
• with a large public artrium, shopsand restaurants
The Art Park • Green public space for
enjoyment and relaxation• Outdoor venue for music, dance,
theatre, art exhibitions and otherevents
Freespace • Black box theatre with space for
450 people seated or 900standing
• Café / bar venue for small-scaleperformances
M+ • Museum of visual culture
showcasing 20th and 21stcentury visual art, design,architecture and moving image
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The Lyric Theatre Complex • Venue for dance and theatre • Performance spaces of different
types and sizes • Resident companies centre and
extensive rehearsal spaces
Artist Square • Large public square • Location for events, markets and
performances
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How can I be involved?
Collection Box
Express your views on the museum’s design and facilities.
Collection Box
Express your views on the future programmes and content.
Public Consultation Exhibition Visit the public consultation exhibition and fill in the questionnaire.
Submit your views via the West Kowloon website www.westkowloon.hk
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