18/30.- Hong Kong, Museum of History, Ancient Hong Kong

The museum begins with one gallery on Hong Kong's natural environment, and another on its beginnings as a Neolithic settlement (portrayed through a number of life-sized dioramas like this one). A third gallery covers virtually all of China's 2000-year imperial history, from the Han to Qing dynasties. Unlike many cities in China, however, Hong Kong's most interesting period came during the last two centuries, and the museum does a very good and thorough job covering that period.

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