The Hong Kong Maritime Museum (HKMM) presents a special exhibition, Maritime Crossroads: Millennia of Global Trade in Hong Kong, from 3 June to 12 August 2021. Taking the audience on a journey through time from the Neolithic to the Internet era, the exhibition illustrates the concepts of crossroads, flows, transitions, migration, and settlement through the circulations not only of commodities but also of people, their culture, and their stories that turned Hong Kong into a cosmopolitan city of possibilities and opportunities.

 Organised and curated by the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, this exhibition displays two parallel yet highly connected narratives. The first examines the maritime stories of Hong Kong, whilst the second examines maritime interactions between Hong Kong, South China, East Asia, and the rest of the world. Five sections, namely “Tracing the Maritime Roots”, “Meeting Points of Trade and Culture”, “Wonders and Encounters”, “Integration and Interaction” and “Standing on the World Stage”, with ten anchoring themes arranged in chronological order interweave the Hong Kong maritime stories into global perspectives. The visitors embark on an exciting voyage of maritime discoveries, experiencing 6,000 years of Hong Kong maritime history, and anticipating future navigational landscapes.

Museum address: Central Pier 8, Central