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==Art and culture==

===Flagstaff House Museum===
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Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|茶具文物館}}), a branch museum of the [[Hong Kong Museum of Art]], is located at the [[Hong Kong Park]]. The building was built in the 1840s, and originally served as the office and residence of the Commander of the British Forces in Hong Kong. It was converted to the Museum of Tea Ware in 1984, with a new wing, the K.S. Lo Gallery, constructed in 1995.

Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware specialises in the collection, study, and display of teaware. The museum promotes [[Chinese tea culture|Chinese tea drinking culture]] through many exhibitions. There are video programmes and [[audio guide]]s conducted in Cantonese and Japanese, regular presentations and lecture programmes, and free guided tours for the visiting tourists.

The Chinese Teahouse, which is a part of the museum, holds serving tea demonstrations regularly.

===Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre===
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The Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre is located at Kennedy Road in Central, with the main aim of supporting local art creation. The centre was restructured from an early 20th-century building (Cassels Block, former barracks for married British officers) to provide an arena and facilities for local artists.

===University Museum and Art Gallery===
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The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) is located inside the University of Hong Kong, with an aim to promote Chinese art and culture to college students and the entire community. The UMAG usually holds some exhibitions and art educational activities to promote the art education in Hong Kong. The museum is located in the Fung Ping Shan Building, which is situated next to the main entrance of the university. In addition, the Art Gallery is located in the three lower stories of the T T Tsui Building.

===Kom Tong Hall===
The [[Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum]] is located in the Kom Tong Hall, an old mansion in Castle Road. It contains exhibitions on the life of Dr. [[Sun Yat-sen]] and history of the building.

Previously, [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] owned the Kom Tong Hall. The building was converted to a church building on the lower floors and served as an office for the Asia Area on the upper floors. It was then donated back to the government of Hong Kong.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071028165705/http://www.lds.org.hk/english/features/kom_tong_hall_headlines.htm] The building was replaced by the church in June 2005 with the newly constructed Wan Chi Church Building on [[Gloucester Road, Hong Kong|Gloucester Road]] in [[Wan Chai]].[https://web.archive.org/web/20071027002856/http://www.lds.org.hk/english/features/wan_chai_church_building.htm]

During World War II this building was supposedly used as the Japanese Headquarters in Hong Kong.