Hong Kong Heritage Museum's MuseTeens: Youth Leadership Scheme 2026 accepts applications
Hong Kong Heritage Museum (HKHM) is organising the 20th edition of MuseTeens: Youth Leadership Scheme in 2026, recruiting 40 secondary school students. Through a series of cultural activities, the scheme aims to deepen participants' understanding of Hong Kong's history, culture and art, while enhancing their knowledge of the museum's collections. It started accepting applications from students nominated by local secondary schools from today until May 15 (Friday).
Selected secondary school students will join the two-week training from July 27 to August 7. Themed "When Collections Take the Lead - Creative Stop-motion Animation", this year's scheme offers participants the opportunity to explore the museum's collections and integrate techniques of stop-motion animation to transform precious artefacts into vivid animated characters. Outstanding works may be selected for public display in the Learning Journey Gallery at the museum by the end of this year.
Participants will join a series of museum learning and extension activities. These include curatorial teams sharing the behind-the-scenes stories of exhibitions, techniques of writing exhibition texts and leading guided tours, as well as fundamental principles of collection management. After acquiring the skills of leading guided tours, participants can invite family members or friends for a personalised guided tour. A team from the Conservation Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will also share conservation case studies, and guide participants to visit the conservation laboratories. An art scholar and an expert will share insights with participants on Chinese art, digital media and the development of Hong Kong animation, exploring how contemporary media promote art accessibility. Participants can also visit the Oil Street Art Space as well, to experience how art connects with the community.
After completing the training, participants will return to their schools to introduce the HKHM to teachers and fellow students, and share their creative journey, learning insights and personal reflections on culture and art.
The scheme is free of charge. Students should be nominated by their schools. Each school can nominate five students at most. Eligible applicants will be notified by the HKHM, and will be invited for an interview in early June. The scheme will select 20 students from the junior secondary group and 20 from the senior secondary group. The activities will be conducted in Cantonese. For details of the scheme, please visit the website at www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/en/museteens.html.
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