Exhibitions
The Hong Kong Palace Museum presents over 900 priceless treasures from the Palace Museum. Many of them are on display in Hong Kong for the first time, while others have never been shown to the public before. The Museum regularly presents special exhibitions featuring Chinese art and culture, as well as art and treasures from other parts of the world.
Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums
Featuring 250 precious artefacts from seven major Egyptian museums and the Saqqara archaeological site.
Treasures of Global Jewellery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Body Transformed
Featuring around 200 dazzling and iconic masterpieces of jewellery, it is the first major exhibition in Hong Kong dedicated to the sweeping narratives of jewellery and other human adornment, covering five continents and nearly 4,000 years from the second millennium BCE to the 21st century.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: The Forbidden City and the World: Cultural Encounters
The exhibition presents the Forbidden City as a vital platform for dialogue between China, other parts of Asia, and Europe. Spanning more than 600 years of history, the Yuan (1271–1368), Ming (1368–1644), and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties.
Joyful Encounters: The Connoisseurship and Art of Wong Kwan Shut
From 2025 to 2026 , Mr Wong Kwan Shut and his spouse Mrs Wong Pong Chi-ying generously donated 68 works to the Hong Kong Palace Museum, including representative works by Mr Wong, works he created in collaboration with his friends, as well as classical paintings from his collection. Dawning on this important donation, the exhibition pays homage to an exceptional scholar-artist, who conversed with and emulated ancient masters with his eloquent brush.
Heavenly Horses: Masterpieces from the Palace Museum
This exhibition celebrates the Year of the Horse in 2026 by examining and showcasing the achievements of Chinese horse painting from multiple perspectives: courtly and literati, classical and modern, Chinese and European.
From Dawn to Dusk: Life and Art in the Forbidden City
Follow in the footsteps of the emperors and empresses of the Forbidden City and experience court life in the eighteenth century. Significant events from morning to bedtime and over 300 sumptuous treasures from the Palace Museum represent key moments in their busy and well-regulated lives. These moments bring to life the colour, texture, joy, and sorrow of life inside the Forbidden City.
The Quest for Originality: Contemporary Design and Traditional Craft in Dialogue
This exhibition brings together nearly 100 precious objects from the Palace Museum in lively dialogue with Hong Kong contemporary design talents. It demonstrates the deep interest in innovation, materiality, and function in design shared by people of the past and today, and how contemporary work draws inspiration from time-honoured traditions.
