Located at Kowloon Park in Tsim Sha Tsui, once the site of the British Army's Whitfield Barracks, the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre is housed in two old barrack blocks, S61 and S62. The two blocks were previously used as the temporary premises of the Hong Kong Museum of History, and were subsequently converted into the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre and opened to the public in 2005.
Blocks S61 and S62 are a pair of two-storey Victorian military blocks featured with pitched tarred Chinese tiled roofs and deep flattened arch colonnaded verandahs at each elevation. Commenced in 2003, the restoration works aim to restore blocks to their original appearance while also converting them into a building with modern facilities. Works include adding an outdoor cafeteria to the forecourt to provide a feeling of comfort and space and converting the front elevation of the exhibition hall into a glass curtain wall to create a spacious and welcoming atmosphere inside the foyer.
At present, the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre is mainly used for heritage publicity and educational activities. Major facilities include exhibition galleries, a lecture hall, activity rooms, a conference room and a reference library. The Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre organises a variety of educational activities from time to time to enable the public to gain a better insight into Hong Kong’s heritage.
The former Whitfield Barracks Blocks S61 and S62 were rated Grade 1 historic buildings in 2009.
Transport
To plan your journey to Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, visit the "HKeMobility" website (https://www.hkemobility.gov.hk) or mobile application developed by the Transport Department, and insert your starting point to search for routes of different transportation mode. Alternatively, you may click the “Journey” button in the Google Map below.
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