Tung Wah Museum
Tung Wah Museum is a museum housed in the former Main Hall Building of Kwong Wah Hospital, located at 25 Waterloo Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Only this building was preserved when Kwong Wah Hospital was re-developed in 1958–1963.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: museum@tungwah.org.hk
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum of Tung Wah Group of Hospital in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Museum”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kwong Wah Hospital and Ladies Market.
Kwong Wah Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Chong Fat, Public domain.
Kwong Wah Hospital is a 1,141-bed Charitable hospital in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. Located on 25 Waterloo Road, Kwong Wah Hospital is the main district general hospital was founded by the Tung Wah Group in 1911, and managed by the Hospital Authority since 1991.
Ladies Market
Marketplace
Photo: Samwingkit, Public domain.
Tung Choi Street is a street situated between south of Sai Yeung Choi Street and Fa Yuen Street in Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is one of the most well-known street markets in Hong Kong. Ladies Market is situated 300 metres north of Tung Wah Museum.
Yau Ma Tei Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yau Ma Tei Theatre, once the largest theatre in Kowloon, is located at the junction of Waterloo Road and Reclamation Street, in Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong. It is classified as "Grade II Historic Building" It is the only remaining pre-World War II theatre in Kowloon. Yau Ma Tei Theatre is situated 400 metres southwest of Tung Wah Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kings Park and Yung Shue Tau.
Yung Shue Tau
Locality
Photo: Kamdooriepang, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yung Shue Tau is the public square in front of the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei of Kowloon in Hong Kong. The name in Cantonese means banyan tree head, and many banyan trees are still there.
Kowloon
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kowloon is an urban peninsula on the mainland part of Hong Kong, directly across from the Hong Kong Island central business district. With over 2 million people living in an area of less than 47 km², Kowloon is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, and has a matching array of places to shop, eat and sleep.
Tung Wah Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.315° or 22° 18′ 54″ northLongitude
114.17186° or 114° 10′ 19″ eastElevation
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
7PJP857C+XPOpenStreetMap ID
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building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Tung Wah Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “東華三院文物館”
- Serbian: “Музеј Тунг Вах”
- Yue Chinese: “東華三院文物館”
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