Lecture

The museum offers a variety of special programmes for students and teachers that aim to make use of the museum’s resources to cater for the needs of school teaching and extra-curricular activities.

To enhance our school services, schools may apply for use of our education rooms to conduct activities, briefing or discussion during their visit to the museum. Interested schools please complete the Application Form for Use of Education Room and send it back to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum 2 weeks to 3 months in advance by mail (please mark "Application for Use of Education Room" on the envelope) or by fax to 2180 8222. The museum will notify schools the result of application 2 weeks before the date of visit. For enquiries, please call 2180 8260.

The Resource Center is home to an extensive variety of reference materials that have been acquired by the museum, including books, periodicals and audio-visual works on subjects related to Hong Kong's local history, arts and culture. Information on Chinese and Western arts is also available, while computers have been set up for users to access data on the museum's collection.
Secondary school and higher education students, teachers and interested members of public are welcome to visit the center and make use of its resources. Please make and appointment by telephone (2180 8180) before visiting.

Opening hours:

Mon - Fri	9:30 am - 12:30 pm
	2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Sat	9:30 am - 12 noon

Unless otherwise specified, all activities are conducted in Cantonese and admission is free on a first-come-first-served basis. The venue will open 15 minutes before the programme commences. For enquiries, please call the Education & Volunteer Service Team on 2180 8260.

Programmes and Speakers / Instructors	Date, Time and Venue	Target Participants
Meet a Heritage Museum Docent at Your School To promote life-wide learning, the docents of the Heritage Museum have been commissioned to visit schools and discuss topics such as the heritage of the New Territories, the culture of Hong Kong society and Chinese arts with all the students and staff. We hope this will prove to be a lively and stimulating way to learn more about the home we share from different perspectives. So see you at your school! But be sure to make your reservation early. Museum docent For enquiries and appointments, please contact 2180 8180.	January - March 2005	Primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong
Adventure of the Hong Kong Spirit : Building Hong Kong With the advent of the New Year, a special gift is being prepared for you. Packed in a red-white-blue fabric bag, this gift is full of the Hong Kong spirit and a variety of interesting phenomena drawn from our local history, culture and daily lives. Stanley Wong, guest curator of the exhibition building hong kong - redwhiteblue , analyses with you the close relationship between the Hong Kong spirit and this special bag. On 26 February, you can present your interpretation of the Hong Kong spirit based on your own creative imagination. Your presentation can be in any creative form - performance art, 2D and 3D works are all welcome. Details of the awards will be announced at the briefing session. Stanley Wong (guest curator of the building hong kong exhibition) Participation is free but limited to a maximum of 80 students on a first-come-first-served basis. Applications from school groups only, 4 students per group. Accompaniment by a teacher is required. To register, please complete the Application Form for Education and Extension Programmes . In association with the building hong kong exhibition and Design ∞	Briefing 22 January 2005 (Saturday) Presentation 26 February 2005 (Saturday) 2 pm - 4 pm Seminar Room (22 January 2005) Function Place (26 February 2005)	F.1 - F.4 students
Designed by Users - In Search of the Indigenous Creativity & Wisdom from Designing Tools Many people in a wide variety of industries customize their tools according to their own needs. These creative inventions can not only speed up productivity, but also improve the quality of life. Through a series of workshops, participants can discover indigenous creativity and wisdom by investigating different kinds of tools. They will also find out the close relationship between design and life. By conducting a series of case studies, collecting artefacts, drawing up documentation and holding interviews, participants will also compose a design history and come to understand the basic concepts of a museum. To conclude the whole project, an exhibition will be presented in July 2005. Curated by Community Museum Project Supported by the Neighbourhood and Workers’ Service Center Howard Chan (Chairman, Community Museum Project) Participation is free but limited to a maximum of 32 students for each group on a first-come-first-served basis. Secondary school students are required to apply through their schools in groups of 4. Tertiary students can apply in a group of 4 or as individuals with a valid student ID document. To register, please complete the Application Form for Education and Extension Programmes . In association with Design ∞;	5 March - 16 April 2005 (Every Saturday, excluding 26 March 2005) 6 days 10 am - 12 noon (Group A) 2 pm - 4 pm (Group B) Education Studio	F.4 to tertiary students
General Studies for Primary Schools : Learning & Teaching in the Museum To help teachers come to grips with the "National Identity and Chinese Culture" strand in the new General Studies curriculum, we have jointly organized a seminar with the Curriculum Development Institute, in which teachers can learn how to make good use of the educational resources and services available from the Heritage Museum and how to create a bigger learning space for inquiry-based activities. These skills will benefit teachers as they broaden their students’ learning experiences. Ms Teresa Lo (Assistant Curator II, Hong Kong Heritage Museum) Jointly organized by the Curriculum Development Institute, Education and Manpower Bureau and the Hong Kong Heritage Museum The two sessions feature the same content, so you can join either session. Participation is free but limited to a maximum of 120 teachers on a first-come-first-served basis. For registration details, please contact Mrs Cindy Yuen of the Curriculum Development Institute on 2892 6469.	7 March 2005 (Monday) 9 am - 12 noon / 2 pm - 5 pm Seminar Room	Primary school General Studies teachers