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{{Infobox museum
| name            = Hong Kong Heritage Museum
| image           = Hong Kong Heritage Museum 201305.jpg
| caption         = The Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Sha Tin
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| mapframe-marker = museum
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| established     = {{Start date and age|df=y|2000|12|16}}
| dissolved       = 
| location        = 1 Man Lam Road, [[Sha Tin]]
| type            = [[History museum]]
| publictransit   = {{rint|HK|MTR}} [[Che Kung Temple station]]
| website         = {{URL|https://hk.heritage.museum}}
}}
{{Chinese
| t = 香港文化博物館
| y = Hēung góng màhn faa bok maht gún
| j = Hoeng1 gong2 man4 faa3 bok3 mat6 gun2
}}

'''Hong Kong Heritage Museum''' is a public [[museum]] of [[history]], [[art]] and [[culture]] in [[Sha Tin]], [[Hong Kong]], located beside the [[Shing Mun River]]. The museum opened on 16 December 2000. It is managed by the [[Leisure and Cultural Services Department]] of the [[Government of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Government]].<ref name="about us">[http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/eng/aboutus/themuseum.aspx Hong Kong Heritage Museum website: about us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807172100/http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/eng/aboutus/themuseum.aspx |date=2011-08-07 }}</ref> The six permanent exhibits and the original temporary exhibits were designed by design firm Reich+Petch along with Lord Cultural Resources.

The museum building is the largest in Hong Kong, and can accommodate up to 6,000 visitors.<ref>{{cite web|title=District Highlights|url=http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/st/en/dchighlights.html|publisher=Sha Tin District Council|access-date=24 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310122301/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/st/en/dchighlights.html|archive-date=10 March 2014}}</ref>

==Features==
[[Image:Hong Kong Heritage Museum Cantonese Opera Heritage Hall 2010.JPG|thumb|right|Cantonese Opera Heritage Hall]]
[[Image:Hong Kong Heritage Museum New Territories Heritage Hall 2010.JPG|thumb|right|New Territories Heritage Hall]]
[[Image:Bruce Lee -Kung Fu‧Art‧Life Exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum (Hong Kong).jpg|thumb|right|Bruce Lee -Kung Fu‧Art‧Life Exhibition]]
The Museum has been designed to provide comprehensive exhibitions on history, art and culture. The Museum has a number of interactive exhibitions and programmes. It also houses a cafe and museum shop.

There are six permanent exhibition [[Art gallery|galleries]] for the display of the museum's collections and six thematic galleries for temporary exhibitions.<ref name="about us"/> Permanent galleries include:
* [[New Territories]] Heritage Hall (closed in June 2016)
* Children's Discovery Gallery
* [[Cantonese Opera]] Heritage Hall
* T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, displaying artifacts from the former [[Tsui Museum of Art]]
* [[Chao Shao-an]] Gallery
* [[Jin Yong]] Gallery (opened on 1 March 2017)

Other than galleries, the museum has a 350-seat theatre for various performing arts and talks, including regular [[Cantonese opera]] performance. The museum possesses over 30,000 items related to Cantonese opera, which is a designated [[intangible cultural heritage]] of Hong Kong and the region.<ref>{{cite web|title=LCQ2: Intangible Cultural Heritage|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201512/02/P201512020364.htm|publisher=Hong Kong Government|date=2 December 2015}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery heights="120px" mode=packed>
File:Hong Kong Heritage Museum Children's Discovery Gallery 2010.JPG|Children's Discovery Gallery
File:Children's Discovery Gallery View1 2010.jpg|Old Toy Exhibition
File:Hong Kong Heritage Museum Jin Yong Gallery 2017.jpg|Jin Yong Gallery
File:T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art 201011.jpg|T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art
</gallery>

==Branch museums==
The museum runs three branch museums:<ref>[http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/eng/museums/museums.aspx Hong Kong Heritage Museum website: branch museums] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807163517/http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/eng/museums/museums.aspx |date=2011-08-07 }}</ref>
* [[Hong Kong Railway Museum]] (Tai Po Market, [[Tai Po District]])
* [[Sam Tung Uk Museum]] (in a former [[Hakka people|Hakka]] [[walled village]], Tsuen Wan, [[Tsuen Wan District]])
* [[Sheung Yiu Folk Museum]] (in a former Hakka village, Sheung Yiu, [[Sai Kung District]])

==Transport==
The museum is served by numerous bus lines. It is also within walking distance of several [[MTR]] railway stations:
* [[East Rail line]]: 15-minute walk from either [[Tai Wai station|Tai Wai]] or [[Sha Tin station|Sha Tin]] station
* [[Tuen Ma line]]: 5-minute walk across the river from [[Che Kung Temple station]]

==See also==
* [[Museums in Hong Kong]]
* [[History of Hong Kong]]
* [[Culture of Hong Kong]]
* [[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong]]
* [[Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre]]
* [[Hong Kong Museum of History]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/hong-kong-heritage-museum?hl=en Virtual tour of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum] provided by [[Google Arts & Culture]]
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[[Category:Museums in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Sha Tin]]
[[Category:Tai Wai]]
[[Category:Rural history museums in Asia]]
[[Category:Living museums]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Local museums in China]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries established in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Hong Kong]]