Central Hong Kong Maritime Museum｜Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 Free Family Fun Day

Description

As part of the Hong Kong Maritime Week (HKMW) 2024, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum (HKMM) will present a family fun day with free admission on 23 November 2024. This year's theme is "Sustainable Maritime Future," and the museum will host a series of family-friendly activities and distribute free souvenirs to help the public learn about maritime history and industry in Hong Kong, as well as raise awareness about marine conservation. Highlighted events include “Explore the Marine World with the Robot” coding workshop, “Story of the Ocean Giants: Health Assessment of Aquatic Animals” talk, “Aboard the Tugboat” tour and “Simulator Experience”. Additionally, there will be treasure hunt worksheet for children, tattoo sticker experience, game and information booths, photography contest award presentation ceremony, docent tours, marine cartoon screening, storytelling sessions, and more.

Together with the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board and the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, HKMM is the co-organiser of the eighth Hong Kong Maritime Week. In partnership with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and InvestHK, a week of maritime activities will be held from 17 to 23 November 2024. Through the activities, HKMM hopes to promote Hong Kong as a preferred base for operating maritime business, provide a networking platform for achieving further synergy among members of the maritime cluster and advancement of professionalism in various port and maritime services, and raise public awareness of the economic significance of the port and maritime sectors as well as the prospects of a maritime career.

This year, “Navigating to a Greener Future” has been adopted as the main theme of HKMW 2024. This theme underscores the strong commitment of the Hong Kong maritime industry to sustainability and environmental responsibility, highlighting the critical need for reducing carbon emissions and promoting eco-friendly practices. Accordingly, this year's Fun Day also revolves around "Sustainable Maritime Future," featuring a series of unique family activities that echo the theme.

Funded by the Maritime and Aviation Training Fund (MATF), in collaboration with Hongkong Salvage & Towage Services Ltd., Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health of City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China Life Saving Society, Maritime Services Training Institute and Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps, HKMM opens its doors for free to the public on 23 November 2024.

Four highlighted events include “Explore the Marine World with the Robot” coding game, “Story of the Ocean Giants: Health Assessment of Aquatic Animals” talk, “Aboard the Tugboat” tour and “Simulator Experience”.

● About Marine Conservation

The museum believes that educating the younger generation about marine wildlife is the first step in promoting marine conservation. Through workshops and talks, the museum hopes to cultivate a new generation of ocean conservation pioneers.

“Explore the Marine World with the Robot” Coding Game

By coding with colour cards, the robot will bring you to an adventure in the marine world to meet marine wildlife and explore their habitats. Through this S.T.R.E.A.M. experience, children can learn more about our Ocean and the fundamental principles of coding.

“Story of the Ocean Giants: Health Assessment of Aquatic Animals” Talk

Apart from fishers, shipping and port operators, aquatic animals are also important  key stakeholders of the ocean. We should be aware, care and behave better towards these aquatic animals. Aquatic Animal Virtopsy Lab (AAVL) from City University of Hong Kong has applied a cutting-edge ''virtopsy''  technique on local Cetacean Stranding Investigation since 2014, that was later extended to the research on sea turtles from 2019 onwards. Audiences will learn about this stage-of-the-art technique and its application on building a unique centralised database and long-term strategies for conservation of aquatic animals. Such a complete ecosystem indicator may eventually support the conservation and policy decision for all oceans, leading to a "One Ocean-One Health" paradigm. The talk will be conducted in Cantonese, supplemented by English.

● About Maritime Industry

Educate the public on the actual conditions in the maritime industry to attract more talent and achieve "Sustainable Maritime Future."

Aboard the Tugboat

Visitors can join on-board visit to Hongkong Salvage & Towage Services Ltd.’s multipurpose tugboat Tai O and understand Hong Kong harbour and offshore towage business. Get a glimpse of the tugboat’s bridge, main deck, and its facilities.  Registration is required, noted in the programme details.

Simulator Experience

The two-minute experience allows visitors to steer a boat in the simulator to experience an immersive and authentic ‘sea journey’ through Hong Kong waters. Registration is required, noted in the programme details.

The special exhibition “Voyage Through Time” is also open on the Free Family Fun Day. Curated by Mr. Edward Stokes and presented by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum's curatorial team, this exhibition covers photographs taken in Hong Kong between the 1940s and 1970s by Hedda Morrison, Brian Brake and Edward Stokes. These photos portray Hong Kong’s harbour, its port, shipping, maritime life, and the boat people.

Programme Details:https://www.hkmaritimemuseum.org/event-details/hong-kong-maritime-week-2024-free-family-fun-day

Advanced ticket reservation required:

1. Aboard the Tugboat

Register here: https://forms.gle/zxFzeWBnjgXF5y9G6

2. Simulator Experience

Register here: https://forms.gle/vLAGFLHHrjtNxFta9

* Registration period: 09:00 on 14 Nov to 23:59 on 17 Nov

Successful applicants will receive a confirmation email on or before 21 Nov.