The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) announced today that it has received 500,000 visitors since its opening on 3 July this year. To celebrate this important milestone, Dr Louis Ng, Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, welcomed the 500,000th visitor at the Museum’s entrance and presented her with a free one-year HKPM Friends Membership, a commemorative NFT (non-fungible token) of a specially designed ticket, and other souvenirs.
Opened to the public since 3 July 2022, the HKPM has received overwhelming support amid the pandemic and social distancing measures, and is thrilled to record more than 500,000 visitors in less than four months. To commemorate the opening of HKPM for 100 days and in an effort to promote the appreciation of Chinese culture through innovative technologies, the HKPM will give away a total of 1,000 Commemorative NFTs to visitors, which are based on the images of specially designed tickets, each in a unique colour scheme.
Buyers of any admission tickets who purchased via the West Kowloon Cultural District’s (WKCD) ticketing platforms (i.e. HKPM website, WKCD website, WKCD mobile app and Cityline website) for admission to HKPM from 2 July to 25 October 2022 are invited to register for the Commemorative NFT. Registration period will be from 15 November 2022 at 10:00 (Hong Kong Time) to 20 November 2022 at 23:59 (Hong Kong Time). The first 1,000 eligible registrations with the required information provided will receive the NFT on a first come, first served basis. Awardees will be contacted via email. More information with terms and conditions will be available on HKPM’s website: https://www.hkpm.org.hk/en/nft-registration.
Museum Director Dr Louis Ng said, “We’re thrilled to celebrate the milestone of receiving 500,000 visitors within four months after the museum’s opening. The remarkable number of visitors and their length of stay in the museum demonstrate the community’s passion and support for the Palace Museum culture. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the community and will continue to present innovative, multi-faceted, and high-quality exhibitions. We look forward to welcoming tourists from Mainland China and the rest of the world to the Museum, promoting to them the splendour of Chinese culture and fostering cultural exchange among world civilisations.”
All categories of admission tickets to HKPM for the month of November 2022, including those for the first major special exhibition after its opening exhibitions, “Odysseys of Art: Masterpieces Collected by the Princes of Liechtenstein”, are now on sale. Members of the public can purchase tickets through the HKPM website, WKCD website, WKCD mobile app, and online ticketing platform Cityline. Alternatively, tickets can be purchased through the online platforms of the Museum’s ticketing partners, namely Klook, China Travel Service (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fliggy. Admission tickets for the last few days of October are also available for purchase on the above platforms.
The HKPM would also like to thank the sponsors of the Commemorative NFT, Animoca Brands and its invested company NFT First Social Wallet DTTD, for their generous support for the initiative.
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About the Hong Kong Palace Museum
The Hong Kong Palace Museum aspires to become a leading institution on the study and appreciation of Chinese art and culture while advancing dialogue between world civilisations. The Hong Kong Palace Museum is a collaborative project between the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Palace Museum, and is funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust with a donation of HK$3.5 billion for its establishment, as well as some of the annual exhibitions and education programmes in 2023–2031.
Embracing new curatorial approaches, the Museum combines a Hong Kong perspective with a global vision to present precious artefacts from the Palace Museum and other important cultural institutions around the world. Through research, exhibitions, and educational and professional exchange programmes, the Museum aims to build international partnerships and position Hong Kong as a global hub for art and culture. At heart a resource that belongs to the local community, the Museum strives to inspire community engagement, foster dialogue, and promote creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration.
About the West Kowloon Cultural District
The West Kowloon Cultural District is one of the largest and most ambitious cultural projects in the world. Its vision is to create a vibrant new cultural quarter for Hong Kong on 40 hectares of reclaimed land located alongside Victoria Harbour. With a varied mix of theatres, performance spaces, and museums, the West Kowloon Cultural District will produce and host world-class exhibitions, performances, and cultural events, providing 23 hectares of public open space, including a two-kilometre waterfront promenade.
https://www.westkowloon.hk/
