Hongkong Science Museum

The Hong Kong Science Museum is a science museum in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located next to the Hong Kong Museum of History. The Hong Kong Science Museum was first conceived by the Urban Council in 1976.The council hired American firm E. Verner Johnson and Associates in 1984 to help plan the museum.Three more design firms were later engaged to work on the exhibits: West Office Design, Toshihiko Sakow Associates, and Levy Design. In 1986, the council hired Hong Kong architecture firm Palmer and Turner to design the museum. It was built by Leighton Contractors (Asia) Limited. Construction began in March 1988 and was completed in November 1990.The museum cost HK$340 million. It was officially opened by Governor David Wilson on 18 April 1991. In 2000, the Urban Council was disbanded, and management of the museum became the responsibility of the newly formed.