🏥Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences🏛️

#Register for March Hotel Test Sleeper 2025 📍 **Address**: 2 Caine Lane, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong 🚇 **Transportation**: 15 minutes walk from MTR Sheung Wan Station Exit A2 (it is recommended to take a taxi up the mountain) ⏰ **Opening hours**: 10:00-17:00 (closed on Mondays) 🎫 **Tickets**: Adults HK$20 | Students HK$10 --- ### 💉 **Memories of Plague in Edwardian Architecture** This mint green building, built in **1906**, was formerly the "Hong Kong Bacteriological Laboratory" and was built to fight the plague! The oldest **sterilizer** and **pathology laboratory** in Hong Kong, the smell of disinfectant seems to remain on the mottled tiles~ **🔬 Treasures of the Museum**: 1️⃣ **Three-story spiral staircase** (a great place for taking photos!) 2️⃣ **Human anatomy model made in 1910** (super exquisite) 3️⃣ **SARS Anti-epidemic Special Exhibition** (Common Memories of Hong Kong People) --- ### 📸 **Check-in Highlights** ▫️ **Retro pharmacy scene**: a cabinet filled with blue glass medicine bottles ▫️ **Sunshine Corridor**: Green wooden window frame + tile floor ▫️ **Secret Garden in the Back Mountain**: Hidden century-old camphor trees and medical sculptures --- **🦠 Trivia time**: • The building was converted into a "virus research institute" by the Japanese army • The stone bench in the garden is made from an old X-ray machine base • In the exhibition hall on the second floor, you can hear the simulated voice of doctors consulting during the Republic of China period --- **💊Surrounding Tours**: ✔️ Walk for 5 minutes to Tai Kwun to see the prison ruins ✔️ Eat Jiuji Beef Brisket to replenish your energy after going down the mountain ✔️ Go to PMQ to browse the design shops at dusk "When the smell of disinfectant fades away, all that remains here is the tranquility of the dialogue between the sun and history." #Hong Kong Museum #Medical History #Literary Check-in #Hidden Attractions #Colonial Architecture