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Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences

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The aim of the museum is to promote the collection and preservation of materials of historical interest relating to the development of the medical industry in Hong Kong. On occasion, exhibitions are held by the museum to present basic and advanced medical information and news. One of its major goals
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It is a three-tier building occupying 10,000 square feet (930 m) and it consists of 11 exhibition galleries including a gallery for Tai Ping Shan View, a game room, a library and the Gordon King Lecture Theatre. There is an entry fee charged at the museum of 20 Hong Kong Dollars per person.
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The building that would later become Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences was built in 1906. It was designed as a Bacteriological Institute and renamed to Pathological Institute after World War II. The building was designed by
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Publications and leaflets are distributed to the public occasionally to help arouse the interest of the public in the medical history of Hong Kong and increase their knowledge and understanding of health and diseases.
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in Hong Kong, it was constructed of red bricks and consisted of three blocks. The main block is a two-storey building with a basement. The second one was used as a dormitory and the third for keeping animals.
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The aim of the museum is to exhibit and educate the public about Hong Kong's medical history and to preserve historical medical materials relating to the local development of medicine.
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in 1990. In 1995, it was handed over to the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences Society and converted to a public museum where it was opened on 16 March the following year.
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and the building was then used as a storeroom for Pathology Service for the Health Department.
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is to help raise public interest in the medical history of Hong Kong and teach them more about
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Sites specifically associated with University of Hong Kong are listed at the
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Film Service Office location library: Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
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Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association Gallery
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Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences at Google Cultural Institute
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was established in 1996. It is in a renovated three-story
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The exhibits explain the history of Tsun Yuk Hospital
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Caine Lane
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
Coordinates
22°17′00″N 114°08′55″E / 22.283443°N 114.148606°E / 22.283443; 114.148606
Heritage
Leigh & Orange
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences Society
www.hkmms.org.hk/en
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping


Edwardian-style
Caine Lane
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong
health
diseases
Leigh & Orange
bacteriology
Victoria Road
declared a monument

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