“Miffy and the Ocean” exhibition is specially designed with an unique environment for young visitors
The exhibiition comprises a group of interactive exhibits and video programmes that allow kids to learn more about sea creatures and arouse their awareness of the crisis in oceans through “Miffy”, a well-known character created by a Dutchman Dick Bruna in 1955. The exhibition is opened along with Children’s Gallery to enhance its educational content and attractiveness.
Opening Hours:
- Monday to Wednesday, Friday: 10am - 7pm
- Saturday, Sunday and public holidays: 10am - 9pm
- Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year’s Eve: 10am - 5pm
- Closed on Thursday (except public holidays)
- Box Office opens at 10am and closes one hour before the Museum’s closure
Admission fee:
- Permanent Exhibition Standard Ticket: $20, $14# , $10*
- # Special rate of Standard Ticket for groups of 20 people or more per visit
- * People with disabilities (and one accompanying carer) and senior citizens aged 60 or above
- Free admission to full-time students, Museum Pass holders and children under 4 years old accompanied by an adult with ticket
- Free admission on Wednesday
Exhibition Content
The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the surface of our planet yet it may not be obvious that its health is crucial to the creatures on Earth including us. In this exhibition, Miffy will tell you that the ocean is an essential part of the water cycle and half of the oxygen we breath is actually made from the plankton in the ocean. You can also get a glimpse of the different ecosystems like mangroves and admire the symbiotic relationship between different sea creatures, e.g. shrimp and goby fish share a home. Nowadays, the ocean is facing with a lot of crisis. Every year 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the beautiful ocean and various animals like seabirds, fish, turtles have mistaken them as food and died after eating it. To save the ocean, Miffy invite you to join force to protect the ocean and its animals and advise you how it can be done.
- Miffy at the seashore
Come and learn how different creatures, say shrimp and goby fish, live and work together to survive. From such relationship, the creatures may get protection, cleaning, food and even “transportation services”.
- All aboard with Miffy
The children are welcome on board and watch a three-minute video showing how plastic will become a dangerous “disease” and threaten sea animals in the ocean and even human beings. Through the video footages, children are encouraged to reduce the use of plastics and making it recycle.
- Living together underwater
A magnetic wall introduces different ecosystems in the ocean, like mangrove, seagrass beds and coral reefs. The children could help various sea creatures to go back to their habitat zones and learn the relationship between the ecosystems and the sea animals.
- Take a look at plankton
Plankton are the diverse organisms drifting in the ocean and they play an important role in the marine ecosystems by providing food to aquatic organisms. The children are able to see and compare their appearances of different plankton specimens with the aid of a microscope.
- My friend the turtle
Turtles will lay eggs on the beach. After hatching, young turtles will swim back to ocean for finding food. However, there are so many dangerous traps which threaten their lives on their way back to the ocean. Through an interactive game, the children could help turtles find a safe route by cleaning garbage on the beach and removing the plastics in the ocean.
- Where does water come from?
Water is important to all living organisms. Do you know where does water come from? This exhibit allows young children to learn more about relationship between water vapour, cloud, rain, rivers and oceans. They will become a water droplet and start an interesting journey to discover more about water cycle.
Education Activities
- 11:00am – 11:30am - Miffy Colouring Game
- Suitable for children aged 8 or below.
- Drop-in activity.
- 12:00 noon – 12:30pm - A Closer Look at Plankton
- Suitable for children aged 6 – 12.
- Registration starts 30 minutes before start time on the spot.
- Eight participants for each session.
- 1:00pm – 1:30pmGuided Tour
- Suitable for all age.
- Drop-in activity.
- 3:00pm – 3:30pm - Ocean Adventure
- Suitable for children aged 6 – 12.
- Drop-in activity.
- 4:00pm – 4:30pm - Miffy Colouring Game
- Suitable for children aged 8 or below.
- Drop-in activity.
- 5:00pm – 5:30pm - Ocean Acidification
- Suitable for children aged 6 - 12.
- Drop-in activity.
Credit: Image of Hong Kong Science Museum
年齡
4+
價格
From: 10 港元
to: 20 港元
手機號
+(852) 2732 3232
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地址
2 Science Museum Road, Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong