Hong Kong Travel Central -Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts 大館古蹟及藝術馆

Hong Kong Travel Central -Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts 大館古蹟及藝術馆 (2018 0908)

Address: Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong, p. 2562 9000, 中環荷李活道10號大館

Open: Tai Kwun 0800-2300/ Visitor Centre and Main Heritage Gallery 1000-2000/ JC Contemporary 1100-1900 (Tue-Sun)

Getting There:

MTR Central Station 中環 Exit D1/G and walk along Queen's Road Central 皇后大道中 to Mid Level Escalator or along Wyndham Street 咸云街

MTR Hong Kong Station Exit E via Central Mid Level Escalator

The former Central Police Station, Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison, known to the locals as ‘Tai Kwun’ (or big station), is a walled compound of heritage buildings at the commercial center of Hong Kong Island. From an urban perspective, the compound is a rare “courtyard” in the middle of one of the densest cities in the world, and has become an urban oasis of openness and calm within a forest of commercial and residential high-rises. The compound is structured around two large courtyards: the Parade Ground and the Prison Yard. The project aims to preserve the openness and distinct character of both and to revitalize them for public use as a new type of urban found space.

Tai Kwun Police Headquarters Block