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Fung Ping Shan Building, University of Hong Kong 香港大学冯平山楼Xiānggǎng Dàxué Féng Píngshān Lóu
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Fung Ping Shan Building, University of Hong Kong
Built in 1931 as the library for the university's Chinese book collection, this three-storey red-brick building has a fan-shaped plan, giant pilasters and an atrium lit by a skylight. It has housed the University Museum and Art Gallery since the 1960s, the oldest museum of its kind in continuous operation in Hong Kong. Only the exterior is declared a monument.
How to get to Fung Ping Shan Building, University of Hong Kong
A short walk east of HKU MTR station, on Bonham Road; the University Museum and Art Gallery inside is closed on Mondays and public holidays.
Nearby
- Victoria Peak 太平山顶 under 10 km
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop - Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 under 10 km
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 20 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Tang Chi Ngong Building, University of Hong Kong 邓志昂楼 (under 10 km), Main Building, University of Hong Kong 香港大学本部大楼 (under 10 km), King's College 英皇书院 (under 10 km), Hung Hing Ying Building, University of Hong Kong 香港大学孔庆荧楼 (under 10 km), Eliot Hall and May Hall, University of Hong Kong 香港大学仪礼堂及梅堂 (under 10 km), Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital 旧赞育医院 (under 10 km).
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