The French REvolutions - Special exhibition at Hong Kong History Museum

There are always some special exhibition at Hong Kong Museums. They are extremely good quality world class exhibition. Most of the time, they are precious collections from oversea museums. Right now at Hong Kong History Museum, there is this "The French Revolution" with some very nice done painting, photographs, and other things all the way from France.

Unfortunately, as the museum doesn't own the copyright, so photo taking is not allowed. Below is the best I can take at the photograph section. Quite a number of black and white photographs took during the revolution are displayed.

I believe this is part of the celebration between Hong Kong - France relationship. At the museum in the Kowloon Park, there is also a simple exhibition on the French buildings in Hong Kong.

Dinosaur is in the town *Free Admission*

In June 2008, the Government of Yunnan Province generously donated a Lufengosaur skeleton to the Hong Kong SAR Government. Lufengosaur possesses both scientific and historical significance in that it is the first dinosaur species studied in China and the first complete dinosaur skeleton excavated, conserved, mounted and named. This is also the first time a precious dinosaur fossil is given to a jurisdiction outside the Mainland.

Lufengosaur was a prosauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic some 180 million years ago. It had a small head, a long neck and short forelimbs. The strong hind legs enabled it to stand upright and walk. The large tail helped to counter balance the body when running. The dinosaur was herbivorous and had small, flat teeth with coarse serration that facilitated shredding plants. Its sharp claws might be used to rake foliage from trees or for defence.

The dinosaur presented to Hong Kong is a Lufengosaurus magnus unearthed in Lufeng in June 2007. Measuring 7.8 m long and 2.2 m tall, the fossil skeleton is preserved in excellent condition with bones of the lower extremities fused in a natural posture. With the exception of the skull and part of the tail vertebrae which are replicas, the skeleton is mostly made up of genuine bones numbered over 300. The dinosaur will be permanently displayed in the Hong Kong Science Museum.

24.10.2008–29.4.2009
Main Lobby, Hong Kong Science Museum
Free admission
The dinosaur fossil will be relocated to the Life Sciences Hall on G/F in May 2009
Website: http://hk.science.museum/spexh/elfg/eindex.html

Exhibition Hours:
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays : 1:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays : 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Closed on Thursdays (except Public Holidays) and the first two days of the Lunar New Year
Closed at 5:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve and Lunar New Year's Eve

Hong Kong Science Museum - You can try it out yourself

At the Hong Kong Science Museum 香港科学馆, there are a few demonstrations. However, as a visitor, not only just to watch the demonstration, you can participate too, all of you, every visitor, if you wish to.

Take a look at this mirror case, there is a section on the mirrors, all sort of mirros. And this one can make your body disappear.


Next, this experiment teaches you how to generate wind, and you can try to feel the dry ice....

Very nice, the person simply let everyone have a feel on it.

Hong Kong Science Museum - Hign Tech Games

There are many high tech games in the Hong Kong Science Museum 香港科学馆, for example, in these two games showing below, all you need to control your hands, legs and body in order to play the game. Basically yourself is in the game! Pretty cool, and not only the children like it, adults like it too.

Feel like to try it out yourself? I can remind you there will be a long queue!

Hong Kong Science Museum - Let you see how the things work

In the Hong Kong Science Museum 香港科学馆, they make the presentation so well that you can take a look on how the things work. For example, what is inside an engine, how an engine functions. Take a look at these two videos and you will understand.

Lets not forget the biggest demonstration in the science museum as shown above. It is about three storeys height, and will be running every 1 to 2 hours.

Definitely it is a good place for you and your kids to learn something practical, and I am sure you will like it.

Hong Kong Science Museum Special Exhibition - The Deep *Best*

Hong Kong Science Museum 香港科学馆 has a special exhibition - "The Deep" that shows all the animals that are living under deep in the water. A lot of the spieces are so rare and they may extinct right now. Take a look at a few samples taken.

They organize all the samples based on the depth that those fishes living. You will be surprise there are living animals in such a deep sea that has no sun light. Just due to this special exhibition, it is worth while to visit the museum. So visit it before it ends.