Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Hong Kong Maritime Museum

The Hong Kong Maritime Museum is located on the ground floor of Murray Building, Stanley Plaza, Hong Kong. It was started by enthusiasts from the shipping industry in Hong Kong at the end of 2003 and officially opened on September 8, 2005. The Hong Kong Maritime Museum aims to show the history of shipping along the South China coast and the role played by Hong Kong. It is run by Hong Kong International Shipping Group and is honorary patron of the museum by Dong Chee Hwa, vice chairman of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. It is now located at pier 8, central, Hong Kong Island.

Introduction to maritime

MSA is formed on the basis of the former port administration of the people's Republic of China (Traffic Safety Supervision Bureau) and the former Ship Inspection Bureau of the people's Republic of China (Ship Inspection Bureau of the Ministry of Communications). The MSA is an organization directly under the Ministry of communications and implements a vertical management system. According to the authorization of laws and regulations, the MSA is responsible for the national water safety supervision and prevention of ship pollution, inspection of ships and marine facilities, navigation security management and administrative law enforcement, as well as the safety production management functions of the Ministry of communications.

The main responsibilities of the MSA include:

（1） To formulate and organize the implementation of the guidelines, policies, regulations, technical specifications and standards for the national water safety supervision and management, the prevention of ship pollution, the inspection of ships and marine facilities, the navigation guarantee, and the safety production of the transportation industry.

（2） Unified management of water safety and prevention of ship pollution. To supervise and manage the safety production conditions of ship owners and the safety management system of water transport enterprises; to investigate and deal with water traffic accidents, ship pollution accidents and illegal cases of water traffic; to centralize the management of safety production in the transportation industry.

（3） To be responsible for the management of the inspection industry of ships and marine installations, as well as the seaworthiness and technical management of ships; to manage the statutory inspection and certification of ships and marine installations; to examine and approve the qualification of ship inspection institutions and surveyors, to examine and approve the establishment of representative offices in China by foreign ship inspection organizations, and to supervise and manage them; to be responsible for the registration, certification, inspection and entry / exit visa of Chinese ships; and to be responsible for the certification of foreign ships To supervise and manage the entry and exit of vessels of Chinese nationality and in China's ports and waters; to be responsible for the safety supervision of vessels carrying dangerous goods and other goods.

（4） To be responsible for the training, examination and levy management of seafarers and pilots. To examine and supervise the qualification and quality system of training institutions for seafarers and pilots; to be responsible for the management of seafarers' certificates.

（5） To manage the navigation order and environment. To be responsible for the delimitation of no navigation area, channel (Road), traffic control area, anchorage outside the port and safe operation area; to be responsible for the supervision and management of no navigation area, channel (Road), traffic control area, anchorage and safe operation area and maintain the order of water traffic; to verify the safety conditions of ship berthing; to approve the use of shoreline and the construction and operation above and below the water related to navigation safety; to manage the sunken ships It is also responsible for the following tasks: salvage of sunken objects and removal of navigation obstructions; management and issuance of national navigation police (circular) notices; handling the work of China's national coordinator of international navigation warning system; examination and approval of temporary entry of foreign ships into China's non open waters; examination and approval of port opening to the outside world and routine work of China Transport Commission.

（6） Navigation support work. To manage the radio navigation of coastal navigation aids and maritime safety communication; to manage the surveying and mapping of ports and channels in the sea area and organize the compilation and printing of relevant navigation books and materials; to centralize the surveying and mapping of the transportation industry; to organize, coordinate and guide the maritime search and rescue, and to be responsible for the daily work of China Maritime Search and rescue center.

（7） To organize the implementation of international maritime treaties; to fulfill the obligations of "flag State" and "port state" supervision and management; to safeguard national sovereignty in accordance with the law; to be responsible for international organization affairs related to maritime business and international cooperation and exchanges.

（8） To organize the preparation of medium and long-term development plans and relevant plans for the national maritime system; to manage the capital construction, finance, education, science and technology, personnel, labor wages, and spiritual civilization construction of the subordinate units; to be responsible for the management of port charges and tonnage tax of ships; to be responsible for the statistics and professional style construction of the national maritime system.

architectural composition

The museum is divided into two parts: the ancient Museum and the modern museum. The total area of the pavilion is 500 square meters (each pavilion is only 23 meters long and 10.5 meters wide).

The maritime paintings of the ancient museum the contact between China's coastal areas and its neighbors the exploration of the western ocean the sharp change of the sea route in Southeast Asia the ship model of the ancient Chinese shipping development the modern museum the steam age the cab and telegraph room the evolution of the modern ship anchorage Hong Kong shipping the special exhibition of the future ship of the container terminal is located in the ancient Museum and the modern museum respectively.

Future development

Due to the inappropriate location of the pavilion and the lack of government funding, the annual loss of the pavilion amounts to HK $3.5 million. Although the pavilion has held two fund-raising activities and raised considerable funds for the construction of the pavilion and the purchase of equipment, so that the pavilion can operate on its current scale until the end of 2012, in the long run, in the face of financial pressure and uncertain factors such as the land use of the pavilion, the pavilion has decided to inspect it in 2009 If we discuss the prospect of the Maritime Museum, we do not rule out that the museum will be closed after the lease expires in 2010.

For this purpose, the museum submitted a letter of intent to the Home Affairs Bureau on January 11, 2008, and requested the government property department to grant an area of 2400 square meters (originally planned to be used as restaurants and tea seats) of pier 8 (Star Ferry Pier) of Central Pier to the Hong Kong Maritime Museum as a new museum. As the lease of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum's current site at Murray house will expire on August 31, 2010, and the Central Reclamation Project will take several years to complete, the museum plans to successfully move to the new site before August 2010. The government, on the other hand, expressed its support for the continued development of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. It believed that the museum's theme was the history of Hong Kong's shipping development, which was complementary to the long-term exhibition "Hong Kong Story" of the Hong Kong Museum of history. It also said that it would discuss the relocation with the museum.

The Hong Kong Maritime Museum, formerly located in Murray house, Stanley, was relocated to pier 8, central in February 2013.

Visit information

Opening Hours

Tuesdays to Sundays, public holidays: 10 am to 6 pm, Monday, Lunar New Year's Day 1 and 2: rest

admission ticket

Adult (standard fare): HK $30, senior citizen (65 years old or above), child (under 18 years old), full-time student and disabled person: HK $15

traffic

Bus: No.1 in the New World Bus: 6, 6x, 14, 63, 65, 66, 73, 260, 314, 973 minibus: 16m, 40, 52

News materials

This is the location of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum at Central Pier (photo taken on May 15). The Hong Kong Maritime Museum was established in 2004 in Stanley Murray Building and moved to Central Pier in February 2013. The first-class facilities and rich collections of the museum show the maritime history and future of Hong Kong. May 18 is international museum day. This year's theme is "memory + creativity) = social change". On the eve of the international museum day, the reporter went into some special museums in Hong Kong to find out. Hong Kong has more than 30 museums of various types. In addition to the famous Hong Kong Museum of art, Hong Kong Science Museum, Hong Kong Museum of history and Hong Kong Museum of culture, there are many distinctive museums with distinctive themes to show Hong Kong's multi culture. Apart from a few symbolic fees, most museums in Hong Kong are free of charge.

Address: pier 8, central, Hong Kong

Longitude: 114.167036

Latitude: 22.283831

Tel. + 852-37132500

Admission information: HK $30 for adults, HK $15 for children, students under 18 and the elderly.