👮 History Preserved at the Hong Kong Police Museum

#hkonbudget Background The Hong Kong Police Museum is located at 27 Coombe Road, in the former Wan Chai Gap Police Station on The Peak. This colonial-era building was converted into the permanent museum in 1988, after the Police Historical Records Committee — formed in 1964 — collected artifacts and pushed for a dedicated space.  The museum underwent a major revitalisation starting in mid-2020 and reopened in September 2022 with updated galleries, interactive tech, and a renewed mission.  Why It’s Worth Visiting Inside, the museum is divided into several galleries: • The Orientation Gallery traces the history of the Hong Kong Police Force through chronological displays of uniforms, badges, old photographs, documents, and police tools from different eras.  • The Serious Crime Gallery focuses on landmark criminal cases, using video, artifacts, and interactive cases to show how investigations were carried out.  • The Triad Society Gallery explores underground societies, showing rituals, symbols, and how law enforcement handled organised crime.  • The Thematic Gallery covers more recent issues — for example, a section devoted to national security and how policing roles have changed over time.  The museum also includes interactive features such as VR experiences, AR spots, a “Smart Detective” multimedia game, a “Force’s Century-old Map” animation along the corridor, and a Police Memorial Wall.  Entrance is free, making it very accessible.  My Impression Visiting the Hong Kong Police Museum feels like stepping into a layered story: colonial origins, social change, crime and law enforcement, and the evolving identity of Hong Kong itself. The building itself adds weight — a former police station repurposed to tell its own history. The mix of old artifacts (like early police uniforms and tools) and modern tech (VR, holograms) works well: it’s respectful without feeling like a dusty archive. The Triad and Serious Crime displays are dramatic, yes, but they also spark reflection on justice, safety, and how societies grow and shift. It’s more than a museum about police — it’s a lens into Hong Kong’s past and present.