The Fung Ping Shan Building
dal 13/6/2003 al 14/9/2003
Segnalato da
13/6/2003
The Fung Ping Shan Building
University Museum and Art Gallery - UMAG, Hong Kong
On display will be rare books of the library collection as well as early documents, photographs, equipment and furniture used by the Library and Museum in the last few decades.
An Early Hong Kong Chinese Library and Museum
Completed in 1932, the Fung Ping Shan Building was originally designed as
the University's Chinese book library. The Library, named after its donor
the late Mr Fung Ping Shan, moved to the main library building in 1962. The
collections of the University Museum and Art Gallery, formerly known as the
Fung Ping Shan Museum, were established in the building in 1953. This year
marks the 50th and 70th anniversaries of the Museum and the Library
respectively. This exhibition aims at showing their development in the Fung
Ping Shan Building. On display will be rare books of the library collection
as well as early documents, photographs, equipment and furniture used by the
Library and Museum in the last few decades.
The opening of the exhibition will be held at the University Museum on
Friday 13 June 2003 at 6:00 p.m.
Dr Robert Fung and Mr Kenneth Fung, Family Members of the Donor of the Fung Ping Shan Building; Professor Lap-chee Tsui, Vice-Chancellor, HKU; Professor Jao Tsung-i, Honorary Professor, HKU;
Professor C.Y. Sin, Head, Department of Chinese, HKU; Dr Michael Lau, Former
Director, Fung Ping Shan Museum, HKU; and Dr Anthony W. Ferguson, University
Librarian, HKU will officiate at the ceremony.
The opening hours of the University Museum are Monday to Saturday 9:30 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m.; Sundays 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Museum is closed on public
holidays. Admission is free. All are welcome.
*For more information please telephone 2241-5513 or visit our website:
www.hku.hk/hkumag.
University Museum and Art Gallery
94 Bonham Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong