Back to the Future

With a modern curatorial approach and new technology that brings life to ancient dynasties, the ambitious Hong Kong Palace Museum is more than a depository for never-before-seen treasures from China and around the world

By Zabrina Lo.

As the deputy director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Dr Daisy Wang’s daily tasks might involve finding the perfect crate for a five-metre-long 17th-century Parisian tapestry to be shipped from the Louvre, or sourcing a glass case designed to keep centuries-old paintings at the optimal humidity. Add to this back-to-back morning meetings—sometimes three by 10am—and Wang, a small woman with a signature bob haircut, would be forgiven for showing sign of weariness; there are none. She tells Tatler enthusiastically: “We’re just so excited about the opening as we have all the good museum ingredients: a beautiful building, expensive cases and beautiful artworks.” There are certainly reasons to be enthusiastic. When it opens this month, the HK$3.5 billion museum, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, will be the new…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2022

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