Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences

The building with Edwardian architecture is the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences. On 15th March 1906, to deal with the plague, it was opened as a bacteriology inspection office with the title of Hong Kong's Bacteriological Institute. It was the first purpose-built health and medical laboratory in Hong Kong. At first, it aimed at the research of epidemiology and developed to cultivate vaccines. After World War II, the scope of work was increased and until the 1970s, all services were stopped. In 1990, it was listed as one of the declared monuments by the Hong Kong government and reopened as a museum on 16th March 1996. For now, the Edwardian architecture was kept when you walk into the museum, there are many exhibits related to the plague in 1906, Hong Kong's public health care development, severe acute respiratory syndrome, etc.