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Opening Hours
Normal opening hours of the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum
Monday to Wednesday, Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10am – 7pm
Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year's Eve: 10am – 5pm
Closed on Thursdays (except public holidays, the anniversaries of Dr Sun's birth on 12 November and death on 12 March), and the first two days of the Chinese New Year
Inclement Weather Arrangements
- Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above:
The Museum will be closed if the signal is in force before museum opening hours.
The Museum will be closed if the signal is issued during museum opening hours.
The Museum will resume service within 2 hours if the signal is cancelled or lowered to Signal No.3 or below 3 hours or more before the normal closing time as conditions allow. The Museum will remain closed if the signal is cancelled or lowered to Signal No.3 or below less than 3 hours before the normal closing time.
- Extreme Conditions*:
The Museum will be closed if "extreme conditions" is in force before museum opening hours.
* In the case of serious disruption of public transport services, extensive flooding, major landslides or large-scale power outage caused by a super typhoon, the Government will make an announcement of "extreme conditions".
The Museum will resume service within 2 hours if "extreme conditions" is cancelled 3 hours or more before the normal closing time as conditions allow. The Museum will remain closed if "extreme conditions" is cancelled less than 3 hours before the normal closing time.
- Black Rainstorm Warning Signal:
The Museum will be closed if the signal is in force before museum opening hours.
The Museum will remain open if the signal is issued during museum opening hours.
The Museum will resume service within 2 hours if the signal is cancelled 2 hours or more before the normal closing time as conditions allow. The Museum will remain closed if the signal is cancelled less than 2 hours before the normal closing time.
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Address: 7 Castle Road, Mid-Levels, Central, Hong Kong
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Docent Services / Group Visits
Group Visits
The following organisations can apply for free guided tours by completing the application form:
- registered kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools, post-secondary institutions, universities and charitable or non-profit-making organisations in a group of 20 visitors or more; and
- registered schools and charitable or non-profit making organisations serving people with disabilities or the elderly in a group of 10 visitors or more.
Each tour lasts about 1 hour. Application will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Applications should be made from 2 weeks to 3 months (from the first working day of the month) in advance before the date of visit. For example, if the proposed visit falls in November 2016, please make application on 1 August 2016. Please call 3580 6780 during office hours (Mon-Fri: 9:30am – 12:45pm & 2:00 – 5:30pm) for reservation first, and then submit the duly completed application form together with copies of relevant documents to us by mail (please mark "Group Visit" on the envelope) or fax (3580 0498) within one week after the telephone booking. Otherwise, the booking will be cancelled. Application made less than two weeks before the visit will not be considered.
Form download: Application Form for Group Visit and Guided Tour Service (PDF file)
Please note that
- if there are too many visitors at the Museum, we will arrange the admission on a first come, first served basis according to the capacity of the gallery.
- no parking spaces for coaches are available at the Museum. Coaches can drop off and pick up visiting groups at 25 Seymour Road (near the Pentecostal Church). It is a one to two-minute walk from there along Castle Road to the Museum (with no need to cross the road).
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Facilities
The four-storey Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum occupies a total floor area of about 2,560 square metres. Apart from the permanent and special exhibition galleries, there are reading room, video rooms, interactive room and activity room. The various facilities have been specially designed to strike a balance between the convenience of the public and the preservation of the historic structure.
Barrier-free Facilities
Currently, barrier-free facilities and services provided at the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum are:
- A barrier-free ramp, tactile guide path and Braille and tactile map at the main entrance
- Assistive listening system at the Box Office
- Wheelchair loan service at the Reception counter
- Accessible toilets at each floor
- Braille and tactile markings and audible signal in passenger lift
- Audio and visual signals of the emergency alarm system
- Each floor is accessible via lift
"Smart City Walk" in Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum
– Enjoying Barrier-free Visit Experience
"Smart City Walk" is a mobile application for navigation produced by Hong Kong Blind Union under the "Jockey Club Smart City Walk Project". By applying different navigating technologies such as beacon and Wi-Fi, the app shows current location of the users and provides navigation to destination through audio and text navigation instructions. It also provides floor plan and important information of the indoor venues. It's free to download!
Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum is one of the venue partners of "Smart City Walk" to bring barrier-free visit experience to the public.
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Access Officer
You are welcome to contact Assistant Curator I (Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum) of the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum at 3580 6776 during office hours (9:15am to 1pm & 2pm to 6pm on Mon to Fri) or call the Duty Officer at 2367 6737 during non-office hours.
Museum Pass
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Visiting Rules
- To ensure the safety of exhibits and for the benefit of other visitors, please do not use flash-light, other lighting devices, selfie sticks or tripods, and follow the photography and filming regulations of each exhibition hall.
- Please do not write upon, mark, soil or damage any exhibit, installation, wall or facilities in the museum.
- To keep the museum clean and tidy, please do not eat or drink in the museum.
- To maintain a quiet, safe and pleasant environment, please do not make excessive noise or otherwise cause danger or disturbance.
- Visitors must comply with the "Museums Regulation" (Cap. 132, section 105I) and any other rules enforced by the museum as and when required.
