Tung Wah Museum
東華三院文物館
1911, Institutional 機構建築
Kwong Wah Hospital, 25 Waterloo Road
九龍窩打老道25號廣華醫院
Concealed in Kwong Wah Hospital, Tung Wah Museum is a declared monument in Hong Kong less known to public. Originally the Main Hall Building of Kwong Wah Hospital, Tung Wah Museum was built in 1911 in traditional wooden structure supported by columns. The delicately constructed and crafted architecture demonstrates a combination of Chinese and Western architectural features. The museum comes in traditional ancestral hall setting but has also an air of western influence in its details. It houses a great collection of artifacts. Shennong was worshipped in the hall that houses golden plaques and couplets presented by the Qing Court in Late Qing Period to honor the contribution of Tung Wah Hospital. The site is now part of Tung Wah’s Records and Heritage Office, tasked to well preserve the valuable resources that record the social history of Chinese in Hong Kong.
藏身於廣華醫院內的「東華三院文物館」是本港較少為人所知的法定古蹟，她前身是「廣華醫院大堂」，建於1911年，屬於傳統的柱木結構，建築優美，造功精緻，糅合中西建築精髓，既有古色古香的中式祠堂佈局，亦吸收了二十世紀初的西式建築影響，館內藏品豐富，大堂供奉神農氏，洋溢濃厚的禮儀氛圍，金光燦爛的牌匾和對聯，可追溯至晚清朝廷對東華醫院的嘉勉，現為三院檔案及歷史文化辦公室的一部份，肩負保存早年香港華人社會歷史的重要資源。
文及攝影：岑延威 (香港註冊建築師)
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