LCSD Launches Special Museum Pass to Celebrate Chinese New Year and Year of the Horse

LCSD launches Year of Horse special edition of Museum Pass

With the Chinese New Year approaching, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) launched a special edition of the Museum Pass to celebrate the Year of the Horse with museum lovers. There are two designs for the special edition, one with a collection from the Hong Kong Heritage Museum (HKHM) - "Horse and Shadow II" by contemporary artist Antonio Mak, and the other with the LCSD's mascots, Enggie Pup and Artti Kitty, in new-year costume. The special edition designs are only applicable to the physical Museum Pass. It is available for sale at seven LCSD museums (Note) from today (February 6), while stocks last. Museum Pass holders can also enjoy spring offers in the catering facilities in LCSD venues from today.

A Museum Pass is valid for 12 months from the date of issue. The annual fees for the family pass, individual pass, and concessionary pass (full-time students, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens aged 60 or above) are $100, $50, and $25 respectively. There is a 10 per cent discount on the Museum Pass for Hong Kong Ocean Park Annual Membership holders and Hong Kong Disneyland "Magic Access" holders during the promotional period.

Spring offers

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Museum Pass holders can enjoy complimentary item or dining discount in the catering facilities in LCSD venues below from February 6 to March 22:

Venue

Catering facility

Complimentary item or dining discount

1.

Hong Kong City Hall

#bistrocity

15 per cent discount for all items on the main menu (Not applicable from February 12 to 23)

MUSES

5 per cent discount

2.

Ko Shan Theatre

Madam Hong Restaurant

Each customer will receive one complimentary cake

Ko Shan Culture Coffee Shop

10 per cent discount

3.

Sha Tin Town Hall

LAB SOS

10 per cent discount

4.

Hong Kong Central Library

Délifrance

10 per cent discount on regular-priced purchase of $100 or above (Applicable until February 22)

Year-round offers

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Museum Pass provides a wide range of special offers year-round. The special offers for venues and activities under the LCSD:

Venue

Special offer

1.

LCSD's 15 museums and two art spaces

• Access permanent and special exhibitions (including fee-charging exhibitions)

• 10 per cent discount on purchases of publications and souvenirs produced by the LCSD at museums gift or book shops (except the Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum (SYSM) and the Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence (MWRCD))

• 10 per cent discount on participation in museum extension activities solely organised by LCSD museums (e.g. educational programmes)

2.

The Alchemist Cafe in the HKHM

10 per cent discount

3.

Madam Hong Cafe in the MWRCD

10 per cent discount

4.

MoA Dining in the Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

Up to 15 per cent discount upon registration via designated direct booking link

5.

Mi Manchi in the East Kowloon Cultural Centre

12 per cent discount on the à la carte menu, or alternatively, one complimentary Tiramisu for spending of $400 or above

Museum partners also provide an array of exclusive fringe benefits:

Venue

Special offer

1.

GuWei Museum

• A discounted price of $30 for the purchase of general admission ticket

• Free admission on Saturdays and Sundays

• 10 per cent discount on consumption and rental of event space at Museum Coffee Shop

• 10 per cent discount on purchases at Gift Corner

• 10 per cent discount when joining education programmes, 15 per cent discount for group of two or three, and 20 per cent discount for group of four or more

2.

Hong Kong Maritime Museum

50 per cent discount on the adult ticket

3.

Sun Museum

5 per cent discount at the Café & Shop

4.

Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile

5 per cent discount at the CHAT Shop

For theme parks, Museum Pass holders can enjoy a 10 per cent discount on the published price of the Ocean Park Annual Membership, and a special discount on any General, Child, Student, or Senior "Magic Access" of the Hong Kong Disneyland Park.

The special offers for performing arts programmes:

Performing arts programmes

Special offer

1.

2025/26 season programmes of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

10 per cent discount on standard ticket

2.

2025/26 season programmes of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta

10 per cent discount on standard ticket

3.

2025/26 season programmes of the Hong Kong Dance Company's main stage productions

• "IMPRINTS: A Curated Selection of HKDance Originals"

• "In Between - Wu Guanzhong's Ink Odyssey"

• "Panda-rama"

10 per cent discount on standard ticket and the merchandise of the Hong Kong Dance Company at the performance venue

For details and terms of the Museum Pass as well as the latest benefits, please visit the webpage www.museums.gov.hk/en/web/portal/museum-pass.htmland the relevant partners' websites.

Note: The HKMoA, the Hong Kong Museum of History, the HKHM, the Hong Kong Science Museum, the Hong Kong Space Museum, the SYSM, and the MWRCD.

Photo source: museums.gov.hk

Over 400 young musicians to perform at Music Office Annual Gala with fine music

More than 400 young musicians from the band, orchestras and choir of the Music Office under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will perform at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall at 3pm on March 8 (Sunday) to present fine music at the 2026 Music Office Annual Gala.

An array of Chinese and Western music will be presented by the Music Office Youth Choir, the Hong Kong Youth Strings, the Hong Kong Youth Symphonic Band, the Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Youth Symphony Orchestra under the batons of Music Office instructors Lai Wing-yan, Dr Joseph Kam, Lee Sing-wan and Kwok Kin-ming.

The programme includes enchanting choral works, "Locus Iste", "Across the Vast, Eternal Sky" and "Measure Me, Sky!"; fascinating strings works, Vivaldi's "Concerto No. 10 in B minor" and Purcell's "Chacony in G minor"; band pieces "Sheltering Sky", which exudes a sense of serene simplicity, and the exciting "Ride" by Samuel R Hazo; gaohu concerto "The Bauhinia", a celebration of the harmony of family and the prosperity of society; the masterpieces, Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien" and Emmanuel Chabrier's "España", depicting the richness of the Southern European flair and sentiment.

Awards of the year will be presented to the most outstanding trainees and members of the Music Office's band, orchestras and choir at the concert.

Tickets priced at $100, $130 and $150 will be available starting on February 8 at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2796 1003 or 3842 7784 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/mo/activities/traineesevents/musicnconcert/MOAG26.html.

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