Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence
22°16′55″N 114°14′8″E / 22.28194°N 114.23556°E
香港海防博物館 | |
The general view of Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence, before entering the neo-classical arch entrance | |
| Established | 25 July 2000 |
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| Location | 175 Tung Hei Road, Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong |
| Type | Public |
| Owner | Government of Hong Kong |
| Website | hk |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港抗戰及海防博物館 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港抗战及海防博物馆 | ||||||||||
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The Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence is a public museum in Hong Kong, located in a former coastal defence fort overlooking the Lei Yue Mun channel, near Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island. The fort was built by the British in 1887, intended to defend the eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour.
The total area of the museum is 34,200 square metres (368,000 sq ft). An exhibition entitled "600 years of Coastal Defence" is held permanently in the museum, which tells the story of the defence of the Hong Kong coastline from the time of the Ming Dynasty, through the First and Second Opium Wars and the Battle of Hong Kong, through to today.
On 3 September 2024 the museum was renamed the "Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence". The date marked the anniversary of Japanese surrender in World War II as commemorated in China. The renamed museum includes a gallery with regular exhibitions on the War of Resistance, in partnership with cultural institutions in mainland China.