Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Although contemporary art is more my cup of tea when it comes to a museum, I enjoyed my time today at the Maritime Museum. If the maritime history of region, Victoria Harbor and boats are your thing, you will then love this museum.
Focused on every aspect of the maritime theme in Hong Kong and the region, this museum extensively tells its story via several floors of fine art, cermics, ship models (there are a lot of ship models!), interactive displays and 21^st century technologies. They did a good job with this musuem, from the narrative to the installation. It is very well laid out and the material is extensive.
There was also an additional installation that appeared to be free to the public if you only went to this section and did not go to the Maritime Museum called something like 150 Years of Hong Kong History… or something like that. It was sponsored by HSBC and was a worthy bonus to our visit to the museum. It is specific to Hong Kong and how it has evolved on my fronts over many years.
If you go to the Maritime Museum, half the interesting part is walking out to Pier 8, seeing the water, seeing the Hong Kong skyline (there are some phenomenal views out on that pier and also from inside the museum!), seeing the ferris wheel, seeing the small shops along the way to the museum that are on the pier. So if you are looking for something to do, this is kind of a good walk and lots to see even before you get to the museum.

Hong Kong was once a small trading post and people often see the florishment of this little city as a miracle. A century ago, hundreds of thousands of people immigrated to this very land after enduring horrific sea passages because of personal, or war time reasons. And thanks to these early settlers, we are what we are today — proud, peaceful living in this very land. Therefore, a museum that stores that part of history is long overdue.
The Hong Kong Maritime Museum displays the past, present and future maritime heritage here. If you find the Art museum or the space museum is not really up to your alley — come to this less popular museum instead as people of all ages and from around the world can definitely find something that interests them. There are quite a lot of galleries and interactive games here; and the one that interested me the most was the T Y Chao Gallery that says «Creating Victoria Harbour».
It depicts Hong Kong as early as 1841 when it was under the administration of the British and how it started off as a farming and fishing village with only a few thousands of residents and later became a port that transported merchants from all over the world to here. Regardless if you are a fan of history, I do reckon that that part of Hong Kong history should be preserved and educated to our future generation. With it being located at the Central pier, its accessibility makes no excuses not to visit here.