Hong Kong Science Museum

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香港科學館

香港科学馆

Transliterations
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin:	Xiānggǎng Kēxuéguǎn
Yue (Cantonese)
- Jyutping:	hoeng1 gong2 fo1 hok6 gun2

One of the exhibits at the Science Museum: A large machine which demonstrates how the potential energy of a dropped ball converts into other forms of energy throughout the track.

The Hong Kong Science Museum is a science-themed museum in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, located next to the Hong Kong Museum of History.

The museum has a DC3 airliner suspended from the ceiling. Amongst the exhibitions there is a giant audiokinetic sculpture (see image), and various exhibitions on electricity generation and use, as well as about recycling, products, digital music, and acoustics.

The most popular exhibition items for children are a computer area, a real (but stationary) car in which visitors can attempt to drive in a driving simulation while avoiding accidents, speeding, and excessive fuel usage, and a small life-sized stationary aircraft with a video of a flight around Hong Kong playing inside the cockpit. Refreshments are provided at a small cafe.

About 500 exhibits are displayed in the permanent exhibition area. The most prominent exhibit is the 22-m high twin-tower Energy Machine which is the largest of its kind in the world. A total of 18 galleries cover a wide range of science and technology topics including light, sound, motion, electricity and magnetism, mathematics, life science, geography, meteorology, computer, transportation, communication, food science, energy and home technology. About 80% of the exhibits are participatory so that visitors may learn through direct involvement.