HK Museum Of Art Bigger, Better Than Before

It's been a long wait for fans of the the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Shui, which has been closed for renovation since 2015.

Art lovers have to wait for the museum to reopen in November after more than three years of renovation work - but the museum allowed a media tour on Friday, displaying a more spacious and modern looking art space.

Vivien Fung, Senior Architect from the Architectural Services Department, is part of the government team that's giving the museum a facelift.

The main concept of the design was to increase the museum's visibility and make it more airy, Fung said, noting that previously the museum was "enclosed".

"What we are trying to do here is to open up the museum a bit so we used quite a bit of glass on the top floor extension," she said.

The newly refurbished museum doesn't just have a new look, it also has more exhibition space, which has been increased from the original 7,000 square metres to 10,000.

The museum's director, Eve Tam, says visitors will be able to see a greater variety of artworks than before, thanks to five new galleries.

She highlighted one of them - a new 9-metre-tall rooftop gallery - which she says will be able to house large-scale contemporary artworks.

Tam added that another new gallery, which is dedicated to house artworks by local artists, will help the public better understand the history of Hong Kong art.