Statistics Report

Cultural Services - [ Museums | Public Libraries | Cultural Venues | Cultural Programmes | Ticketing System]

Museums:

History Museums	attendance ('000)
History Museums	21/22⁽¹⁾	22/23	23/24
Hong Kong Museum of History	257	325	586
Law Uk Folk Museum	8	9	18
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum	19	22	29
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence ⁽²⁾	-	85	168
Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum	47	69	90
Fireboat Alexander Grantham Exhibition Gallery	50	64	62

Heritage Museums	attendance ('000)
Heritage Museums	21/22⁽¹⁾	22/23	23/24
Hong Kong Heritage Museum	326	451	767
Sheung Yiu Folk Museum	27	17	37
Hong Kong Railway Museum	134	169	246

Art Museums	attendance ('000)
Art Museums	21/22⁽¹⁾	22/23	23/24
Hong Kong Museum of Art	579	584	1 558
Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware	55	78	95

Science Museums	attendance ('000)
Science Museums	21/22⁽¹⁾	22/23	23/24
Hong Kong Space Museum ⁽³⁾
Exhibition	497	608	1 023
Space Theatre Programme	145	262	329
Hong Kong Science Museum	1 075	1 101	1 352

Hong Kong Film Archive		attendance ('000)
Hong Kong Film Archive		21/22⁽¹⁾	22/23	23/24
Hong Kong Film Archive		44	64	96

Art Promotion Office	attendance ('000)
Art Promotion Office	21/22⁽¹⁾	22/23	23/24
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre	39	44	50
Oil Street Art Space	82	623	719

Intangible Cultural Heritage Office		attendance ('000)
Intangible Cultural Heritage Office		21/22⁽¹⁾	22/23	23/24
Sam Tung Uk Museum		34	57	104

Public Libraries:

Libraries (as at 31 March)	no.
Libraries (as at 31 March)	22	23	24
Libraries	82	83	83
Self-service library stations	3	3	3

Library Stock (as at 31 March)	no. ('000)
Library Stock (as at 31 March)	22	23	24
Books	13 433	13 633	13 655
Multimedia materials	1 762	1 745	1 703

Usage of Public Libraries	no. ('000)
Usage of Public Libraries	21/22⁽⁴⁾	22/23	23/24
Books, periodicals, audio-cassettes, compact audio disc and CD-ROMs borrowed	28 071	28 281	29 191
Attendance at extension activities	8 125	9 630	12 803
Borrowers registered (as at 31 March)	4 771	4 832	4 874

Cultural Venues - Performances:

Cultural Venues⁽⁵⁾		21/22	22/23	23/24
*City Hall*	no. of performances	382	399	522
(Concert Hall & Theatre)	attendance ('000)	188	186	281
*HK Cultural Centre*	no. of performances	463	460	587
(Concert Hall, Grand Theatre & Studio Theatre)	attendance ('000)	284	331	513
*Ko Shan Theatre*	no. of performances	430	568	635
(Theatre & New Wing Auditorium)	attendance ('000)	177	224	273
Yau Ma Tei Theatre⁽⁶⁾	no. of performances	162	33	-
(Theatre)	attendance ('000)	25	4	-
Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre	no. of performances	146	160	169
(Theatre)	attendance ('000)	23	27	30
Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre⁽⁷⁾	no. of performances	187	-	-
(Theatre)	attendance ('000)	49	-	-
Sheung Wan Civic Centre⁽⁸⁾	no. of performances	-	165	221
(Theatre)	attendance ('000)	-	40	47
HK Coliseum	no. of performances	53	109	130
(Arena)	attendance ('000)	358	969	1 056
Queen Elizabeth Stadium ⁽⁹⁾	no. of performances	69	116	234
(Arena)	attendance ('000)	96	120	219
*Tsuen Wan Town Hall*	no. of performances	351	403	416
(Auditorium & Cultural Activities Hall)	attendance ('000)	97	131	133
*Tuen Mun Town Hall*	no. of performances	174	438	505
(Auditorium & Cultural Activities Hall)	attendance ('000)	48	125	147
North District Town Hall	no. of performances	280	337	365
(Auditorium)	attendance ('000)	40	46	53
Tai Po Civic Centre⁽¹⁰⁾	no. of performances	406	-	-
(Auditorium & Black Box Theatre)	attendance ('000)	48	-	-

Cultural Venues - Performances

Cultural Venues⁽⁵⁾		21/22	22/23	23/24
*Sha Tin Town Hall*	no. of performances	465	446	465
(Auditorium & Cultural Activities Hall)	attendance ('000)	154	169	187
Kwai Tsing Theatre	no. of performances	250	329	425
(Auditorium & Black Box Theatre)	attendance ('000)	62	94	132
Yuen Long Theatre⁽¹¹⁾	no. of performances	155	183	200
(Auditorium)	attendance ('000)	53	58	80

Cultural Venues - Usage Rates:

Cultural Venues⁽⁵⁾	%
Cultural Venues⁽⁵⁾	21/22	22/23	23/24
*City Hall*
Concert Hall	99	99	100
Theatre	99	99	100
Exhibition Hall	94	92	88
Exhibition Gallery	84	81	76
*HK Cultural Centre*
Concert Hall	100	100	100
Grand Theatre	100	100	100
Studio Theatre	100	100	100
Exhibition Gallery	83	79	84
*Ko Shan Theatre*
Theatre	100	100	100
New Wing Auditorium	100	97	100
Yau Ma Tei Theatre⁽⁶⁾
Theatre	99	77	-
Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre
Theatre	95	97	96
Cultural Activities Hall	95	96	95
Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre⁽⁷⁾
Theatre	100	-	-
Cultural Activities Hall	93	-	-
Sheung Wan Civic Centre⁽⁸⁾
Theatre	-	99	98
Exhibition Hall	-	49	40
*HK Coliseum*
Arena	98	100	100
Queen Elizabeth Stadium⁽⁹⁾
Arena	100	95	99
HK Science Museum⁽¹²⁾
Lecture Hall	94	81	87
Special Exhibition Hall	100	100	100
*HK Space Museum*
Lecture Hall	83	88	84
HK Visual Arts Centre
Ceramic Studio	95	91	90
Exhibition Gallery	100	100	100
Tsuen Wan Town Hall
Auditorium	97	98	96
Cultural Activities Hall	91	92	94
Exhibition Gallery	82	66	82
Tuen Mun Town Hall
Auditorium	91	95	99
Cultural Activities Hall	91	96	96
Exhibition Gallery	59	77	76
*North District Town Hall*
Auditorium	99	98	100
Tai Po Civic Centre⁽¹⁰⁾
Auditorium	92	-	-
Black Box Theatre	70	-	-
Sha Tin Town Hall
Auditorium	96	99	99
Cultural Activities Hall	96	98	99
Exhibition Gallery	65	89	84
Kwai Tsing Theatre
Auditorium	100	99	100
Black Box Theatre	100	100	100
Yuen Long Theatre⁽¹¹⁾
Auditorium	91	100	99

Cultural Programmes:

Performing Offices		21/22	22/23	23/24
Cultural Presentations Section⁽¹³⁾	no. of performances / episodes	577	686	767
	attendance / viewers ('000)	1 345	803	314
Audience Building Office⁽¹⁴⁾	no. of performances	959	1 109	1 238
	attendance / viewers('000)	161	175	194
Community Programmes Office⁽¹⁵⁾	no. of performances / episodes	546	813	753
	attendance / viewers ('000)	448	1 010	1 438
Festivals Office⁽¹⁶⁾
International Arts Carnival	no. of performances / episodes	192	108	82
	attendance / viewers ('000)	689	352	247
New Vision Arts Festival	no. of performances / episodes	100	45	62
	attendance / viewers ('000)	340	520	180
Film Programmes Office⁽¹⁷⁾	no. of screenings	330	349	338
	attendance / viewers ('000)	38	43	46
Cultural Exchange Liaison Office⁽¹⁸⁾	no. of performances / episodes	55	30	139
	attendance / viewers('000)	5 477	742	483
Pop Culture Programmes Office ⁽¹⁹⁾	no. of performances	-	-	54
	attendance / viewers('000)	-	-	95
Music Office ⁽²⁰⁾	no. of performances / episodes	273	392	425
	attendance / viewers ('000)	98	155	189

Ticketing System:

Urban Ticketing System (URBTIX)		21/22	22/23	23/24
Tickets issued	no. ('000)	1 708	2 802	3 802
Total sales	HK$Mn.	489	1 061	1 129

Notes:	(1)	All museums under the management of the LCSD had been temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
	(2)	The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence was temporarily closed since 17 September 2018 for renovation and re-opened on 24 November 2022.
	(3)	The Space Theatre of the Hong Kong Space Museum was temporarily closed since 1 May 2020 for renovation and reopened on 1 July 2021.
	(4)	Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, all public libraries had been temporarily closed and services had been suspended temporarily and intermittently in 2021 and 2022. Some extension activities programmes could not be held as scheduled.
	(5)	Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all performing arts venues, Hong Kong Coliseum and Queen Elizabeth Stadium were closed from 29 January to 31 May 2020, 15 July to 13 September (Hong Kong City Hall and Queen Elizabeth Stadium were closed till 16 September), 10 December to 18 February 2021 and 7 January to 20 April 2022.
	(6)	Yau Ma Tei Theatre was closed from September 2022 to the third quarter of 2026 for the construction of Yau Ma Tei Theatre Phase 2.
	(7)	Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre was closed from April 2022 to the mid-2025 for refurbishment and improvement works.
	(8)	Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre and Exhibition Hall were closed from 1 April 2021 to 30 June 2022 for refurbishment and improvement works.
	(9)	The major and ancillary facilities of the Queen Elizabeth Stadium were temporarily closed from 12 March to 30 September 2021 as it was used as the Community Vaccination Centre.
	(10)	Tai Po Civic Centre Auditorium and Black Box Theatre were closed from 1 November 2021 to the third quarter of 2025 for facility upgrading works.
	(11)	Yuen Long Theatre was closed from January to June 2023 and 18 March to 30 June 2024 for refurbishment and improvement works.
	(12)	The Lecture Hall of Hong Kong Science Museum was temporarily closed from 9 August to 9 September 2021 for maintenance.
	(13)	Including 106 online programmes and 1 213 243 viewers in 2021/22, 98 online programmes and 632 047 viewers in 2022/23, and 17 online programmes and 54 434 viewers in 2023/24.
	(14)	Including 152 online programmes and 60 382 viewers in 2022/23, and 11 online programmes and 5 861 viewers in 2023/24.
	(15)	In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, programmes of Community Programmes Office had to be postponed or cancelled in 2021. Subsequently, some live community programmes were changed to online mode. Numbers included 62 online programmes and 16 178 viewers in 2021/22, 117 online programmes and 206 857 viewers in 2022/23, and 33 online programmes and 140 734 viewers in 2023/24.
	(16)	In 2021/22 and 2022/23, some programmes under ''International Arts Carnival" and "New Vision Arts Festival" were held in hybrid mode (on-site and online together). Numbers included 52 and 26 episodes of online programmes with 660 893 and 317 336 viewers produced respectively in 2021/22, 9 and 14 episodes of online programmes with 176 224 and 503 734 viewers produced respectively in 2022/23, and 5 and 7 episodes of online programmes with 208 041 and 159 780 viewers produced respectively in 2023/24.
	(17)	Numbers included 14 online programmes with 10 313 viewers in 2021/22, 11 online programmes with 3 744 viewers in 2022/23, and 2 online programmes with 580 viewers in 2023/24.
	(18)	Most live cultural exchange programmes were postponed and some were changed to online mode caused by COVID-19 pandemic. Numbers included 36 online programmes with over 5 470 000 viewers in 2021/22, 15 online programmes with over 740 000 viewers in 2022/23, and 6 online programmes with over 440 000 viewers in 2023/24.
	(19)	Numbers included 4 online programmes with 74 146 viewers in 2023/24.
	(20)	In view of COVID-19, school classes and LCSD performance venues were temporarily suspended or closed respectively in 2021/22, and social distancing measures were tightened. Subsequently, a certain number of music activities of the Music Office were cancelled or postponed. Figures in 2021/22 , 2022/23 and 2023/24 included number of videos the Music Office uploaded to LCSD Edutainment Channel/ 101 Academy. The Music Office uploaded 15 videos (with over 8 000 viewers) in 2021/22, 21 videos (with over 9 000 viewers) in 2022/23 and 18 videos (with over 10 000 viewers) in 2023/24 respectively to introduce Chinese and western musical instruments.