HONG KONG MARITIME MUSEUM, Presentation

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, or HKMM.

The museum first opened in 2005 in the Stanley neighborhood, but the 800-meter-square building was not large enough to contain the more than 1200 objects, so in 2013 it was moved to the splendid Pier 8 building on the Central Harbor Waterfront looking onto Victoria Harbor.

This extraordinary museum illustrates over 3000 years of history of sea transport and trade in Hong Kong, the South China Sea and the Pearl River Delta.

Since the very beginning, the development of Hong Kong has always been closely linked with the sea and the activities connected with it. Here in the museum, you’ll discover that many Chinese ships set out from this port to trade in silk, porcelain and fine goods from the 8th century; you’ll learn about the strong influence the British colonial power had on navigation from the 19th century, and the scourge that piracy was in the early 20th century....