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Cultural Services - [ Museums | Public Libraries | Cultural Venues | Cultural Programmes | Ticketing System

Museums:

History Museumsattendance ('000)
20/21(1)21/22(1)22/23
Hong Kong Museum of History 132 257 325
Law Uk Folk Museum 3 8 9
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum 9 19 22
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence (2) - - 85
Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum 11 47 69
Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery 19 50 64
Heritage Museumsattendance ('000)
20/21(1)21/22(1)22/23
Hong Kong Heritage Museum 94 326 451
Sheung Yiu Folk Museum 17 27 17
Hong Kong Railway Museum 67 134 169
Art Museumsattendance ('000)
20/21(1)21/22(1)22/23
Hong Kong Museum of Art  233 579 584
Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware 24 55 78
Science Museumsattendance ('000)
20/21(1)21/22(1)22/23
Hong Kong Space Museum (3)      
Exhibition 55 497 608
Space Theatre Programme - 145 262
Hong Kong Science Museum 102 1 075 1 101
Hong Kong Film Archiveattendance ('000)
20/21(1)21/22(1)22/23
Hong Kong Film Archive 21 44 64
Art Promotion Officeattendance ('000)
20/21(1)21/22(1)22/23
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre 13 39 44
Oil Street Art Space 39 82 623
Intangible Cultural Heritage Officeattendance ('000)
20/21(1)21/22(1)22/23
Sam Tung Uk Museum 9 34 57

Public Libraries:

Libraries (as at 31 March)no.
212223
Libraries 82 82 83
Self-service library stations 3 3 3
Library Stock (as at 31 March)no. ('000)
212223
Books 13 330 13 433 13 633
Multimedia materials 1 784 1 762 1 745
Usage of Public Librariesno. ('000)
20/21(4)21/22(4)22/23
Books, periodicals, audio-cassettes, compact audio disc and CD-ROMs borrowed 21 625 28 071 28 281
Attendance at extension activities 3 338 8 125 9 630
Borrowers registered (as at 31 March) 4 715 4 771 4 832

Cultural Venues - Performances:

Cultural Venues(5)   20/2121/2222/23
City Hall no. of performances 113 382 399
 (Concert Hall & Theatre) attendance ('000) 29 188 186
HK Cultural Centre 
no. of performances 124 463 460
 (Concert Hall, Grand Theatre & Studio Theatre) attendance ('000) 45 284 331
Ko Shan Theatre no. of performances 152 430 568
 (Theatre & New Wing Auditorium) attendance ('000) 43 177 224
Yau Ma Tei Theatre(6) no. of performances 89 162 33
 (Theatre) attendance ('000) 8 25 4
Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre no. of performances 41 146 160
 (Theatre) attendance ('000) 4 23 27
Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre(7) no. of performances 65 187 -
 (Theatre) attendance ('000) 9 49 -
Sheung Wan Civic Centre(8) no. of performances 69 - 165
 (Theatre) attendance ('000) 11 - 40
HK Coliseum no. of performances 21 53 109
 (Arena) attendance ('000) 62 358 969
Queen Elizabeth Stadium no. of performances 16 69 116
 (Arena (9)) attendance ('000) 16 96 120
Tsuen Wan Town Hall no. of performances 66 351 403
 (Auditorium & Cultural Activities Hall) attendance ('000) 8 97 131
Tuen Mun Town Hall no. of performances 101 174 438
 (Auditorium & Cultural Activities Hall) attendance ('000) 16 48 125
North District Town Hall no. of performances 73 280 337
 (Auditorium) attendance ('000) 7 40 46
Tai Po Civic Centre(10) no. of performances 179 406 -
 (Auditorium & Black Box Theatre) attendance ('000) 17 48 -

Cultural Venues - Performances

Cultural Venues(5)   20/2121/2222/23
Sha Tin Town Hall no. of performances 160 465 446
  (Auditorium & Cultural Activities Hall) attendance ('000) 32 154 169
Kwai Tsing Theatre no. of performances 94 250 329
 (Auditorium & Black Box Theatre) attendance ('000) 21 62 94
Yuen Long Theatre no. of performances 54 155 183
 (Auditorium) attendance ('000) 14 53 58

Cultural Venues - Usage Rates:

Cultural Venues(5)%
20/2121/2222/23
City Hall      
 Concert Hall 94 99 99
 Theatre 96 99 99
 Exhibition Hall 85 94 92
 Exhibition Gallery 69 84 81
HK Cultural Centre      
 Concert Hall 99 100 100
 Grand Theatre 100 100 100
 Studio Theatre 99 100 100
 Exhibition Gallery 87 83 79
Ko Shan Theatre      
 Theatre 100 100 100
New Wing Auditorium 100 100 97
Yau Ma Tei Theatre(6)      
 Theatre 98 99 77
Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre      
 Theatre 91 95 97
 Cultural Activities Hall 90 95 96
Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre(7)      
 Theatre 100 100 -
 Cultural Activities Hall 81 93 -
Sheung Wan Civic Centre(8)      
 Theatre 97 - 99
Exhibition Hall 54 - 49
HK Coliseum      
 Arena 100 98 100
Queen Elizabeth Stadium      
 Arena 93 100 95
HK Science Museum(11)      
 Lecture Hall 79 94 81
 Special Exhibition Hall 100 100 100
HK Space Museum      
 Lecture Hall 84 83 88
HK Visual Arts Centre      
 Ceramic Studio 94 95 91
 Exhibition Gallery 100 100 100
Tsuen Wan Town Hall      
 Auditorium 82 97 98
 Cultural Activities Hall 97 91 92
 Exhibition Gallery 69 82 66
Tuen Mun Town Hall      
 Auditorium 97 91 95
 Cultural Activities Hall 99 91 96
 Exhibition Gallery 46 59 77
North District Town Hall      
 Auditorium 78 99 98
Tai Po Civic Centre(10)      
 Auditorium 76 92 -
 Black Box Theatre  49 70 -
Sha Tin Town Hall      
 Auditorium 86 96 99
 Cultural Activities Hall 93 96 98
 Exhibition Gallery 64 65 89
Kwai Tsing Theatre      
 Auditorium 99 100 99
 Black Box Theatre 88 100 100
Yuen Long Theatre      
 Auditorium 94 91 100

Cultural Programmes:

Performing Offices   20/2121/2222/23
Cultural Presentations Section(12) no. of performances 149 471 588
  attendance ('000) 30 132 171
Audience Building Office(13) no. of performances 512 959 1 109
  attendance / viewers('000) 113 161 175
Community Programmes Office(14) no. of performances / episodes 124 546 813
  attendance / viewers ('000) 7 448 1010
Festivals Office(15)        
  International Arts Carnival / WeWeWebWeb Carnival no. of performances / episodes 96 140 99
  attendance / viewers ('000) 928 28 176
  New Vision Arts Festival / ReNew Vision no. of performances / episodes 31 74 31
  attendance / viewers ('000) 687 22 15
Film Programmes Office(16) no. of screenings 93 316 338
   attendance ('000) 17 27 39
Cultural Exchange Liaison Office(17) no. of performances 1 19 15
  attendance ('000) 0.5 7 2.4
Music Office (18) no. of performances 71 258 371
   attendance ('000) 29 90 146

Ticketing System:

Urban Ticketing System (URBTIX)   20/2121/2222/23
Tickets issued no. ('000) 499 1 708 2 802
Total sales HK$Mn. 134 489 1 061
 
Notes: (1) All museums under the management of the LCSD had been temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  (2) The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence was temporarily closed since September 2018 for renovation and re-opened on 24 November 2022.
  (3) The Space Theatre of the Hong Kong Space Museum was temporarily closed since 1 May 2020 for renovation and reopened on 1 July 2021.
  (4) Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, all public libraries had been temporarily closed and services had been suspended temporarily and intermittently since 29 January 2020. Most extension activities programmes could not be held as scheduled.
  (5) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all performing arts venues, Hong Kong Coliseum and Queen Elizabeth Stadium were closed from 29 January to 31 May 2020, 15 July to 13 September (Hong Kong City Hall and Queen Elizabeth Stadium were closed till 16 September), 10 December to 18 February 2021 and 7 January to 20 April 2022.
  (6) Yau Ma Tei Theatre was closed from September 2022 to the first quarter of 2026 for the construction of Yau Ma Tei Theatre Phase 2.
  (7) Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre was closed from April 2022 to the first quarter of 2025 for refurbishment and improvement works.
  (8) Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre and Exhibition Hall were closed from 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2022 for refurbishment and improvement works.
  (9) The major and ancillary facilities of the Queen Elizabeth Stadium were temporarily closed from 12 March to 30 September 2021 as it was used as the Community Vaccination Centre.
  (10) Tai Po Civic Centre was closed from 1 November 2021 to the first quarter of 2025 for facility upgrading works.
  (11) The Lecture Hall of Hong Kong Science Museum was temporarily closed from 1 June to 13 September 2020 and 9 August to 9 September 2021 for maintenance.
  (12) Excluding 143 online programmes and 363 184 viewers in 2020/21, 106 online programmes and 1 213 243 viewers in 2021/22, and 98 online programmes and 632 047 viewers in 2022/23.
  (13) Including 152 online programmes and 60 382 viewers in 2022/23.
  (14) In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, programmes of Community Programmes Office had to be postponed or cancelled in 2020 and 2021. Subsequently, some live community programmes were changed to online mode. Numbers included 62 online programmes and 16 178 viewers in 2021/22, and 117 online programmes and 206 857 viewers in 2022/23.
  (15) In 2020/21, only online programmes under "WeWeWebWeb Carnival" and "ReNew Vision" were held in response to the pandemic. In 2021/22 and 2022/23, some programmes under ''International Arts Carnival" and "New Vision Arts Festival" were held in hybrid mode (on-site and online together). Numbers excluded 22 and 26 episodes of online programmes with 336 959 and 317 336 viewers produced respectively in 2021/22, and 9 and 14 episodes of online programmes with 176 224 and 503 734 viewers produced respectively in 2022/23.
  (16) Excluding 14 online programmes with 10 313 views in 2021/22, and 11 online programmes with 3 744 views in 2022/23.
  (17) Most live cultural exchange programmes were postponed and some were changed to online mode caused by COVID-19 pandemic. Numbers excluded four online programmes with over 3 100 000 viewers in 2020/21, 36 online programmes with over 5 470 000 viewers in 2021/22, and 15 online programmes with over 740,000 viewers in 2022/23.
  (18) In view of COVID-19, school classes and LCSD performance venues were temporarily suspended or closed respectively in 2020/21 and 2021/22, and social distancing measures were tightened. Subsequently, a certain number of music activities of the Music Office were cancelled or postponed.