To promote art in the community, the Museum provides a variety of education and extension services, including workshops, demonstrations, lectures, talks, video programmes and the education corner as well as on-line resources. The following services are available for those who wish to enjoy art at the Museum at the pace and in the way that suits them:
Public Guided Tour
Public guided tours are given by museum docents in English or Cantonese covering a variety of topics, including the history of the Museum, its collections and services as well as special exhibitions.
The Museum currently has 107 docents, and they provided 2,005 guided tours for 44,393 visitors in 2011.
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| Docent Ceremony 2007 | Public Guided Tour |
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| Guided Tour for School | Guided Tour for Special Group |
Audio Guide Service
The audio guide service provides pre-recorded commentaries on exhibition highlights in a choice of English, Cantonese or Putonghua. From 1997 to 2011, over 263,500 users made use of this service.
It was in 1993 that the first audio guide service – provided in the form of a cassette player – was inaugurated in the Museum. The CD-Rom audio guide was introduced in 1997 and the current MP3 player was launched in 2003.
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| CD-ROM Audio Guide | MP3 Audio Player |
Art Workshop
The Museum has a wide range of practical workshops and special programmes to help you get more out of your visit to the Museum.
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| Adult Art Workshop | Family Art Workshop |
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| Children Art Workshop | School Culture Day |
Story Time
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| Stories on Hong Kong Festivals | Stories on Historical Pictures |
Art Demonstration
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| Ceramic Sculpture | Paper Cutting |
Special Lecture / Gallery Talk
The Museum offers a range of free lectures and talks for professionals, researchers and the general public during weekends.
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| Special Lecture | "Meet the Curators" |
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| "The Pride of China" International Academic Lecture Series |
Gallery Talk |
Video Programme
A varied programme of videos covering both general and specialist interests is screened in the Museum's lecture hall every Wednesday and Sunday.
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| Public Video Programme | Video Programme for registered schools and organizations |
Education Corner
Special education corners with games, books and introductory text are designed for the public to have more knowledge in art through interactive activities in a relaxed setting.
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| Education Corner at Chinese Fine Art Gallery | Education Corner at Chinese Antiquities Gallery |
Education Corner for Special Exhibition
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| Masterpieces – The Origins of Modern Art in France | Impressionism: Treasures from the National Collection of France |
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| Artist and Their Models – Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris | Treasures of the World's Cultures from the British Museum |
Web Kit for Special Exhibition
To coincide with major exhibitions at the Museum, special web kits packed with information about the exhibition, exhibit highlights and the programmes accompanying it will be provided on the Museum's website.
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| "The Pride of China " Exhibition Web Kit | "Treasures of the World's Cultures" Exhibition Web Kit |
Web-based Art Course
"Hong Kong Visual Arts Appreciation – Web-based Course for Primary and Secondary School Teachers" collaborated with the Education Bureau.
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