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Old Pathological Institute 旧病理学院Jiù Bìnglǐ Xuéyuàn
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Old Pathological Institute
A red-brick Edwardian building opened in 1906 as the first purpose-built public health and medical laboratory in Hong Kong, set up to help control plague and other infectious diseases. Its arcaded verandahs, balconies and double-layer Chinese tiled roof adapt Western design to the subtropical climate, and the parapet carries a Dutch gable with obelisk-shaped finials. Since 1996 it has housed the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, which covers the history of medicine in the city.
How to get to Old Pathological Institute
About 0.5 km south-west of Sheung Wan MTR station; from the Ladder Street bus stop on Caine Road, walk down Ladder Street and turn into Caine Lane.
Nearby
- Victoria Peak 太平山顶 under 10 km
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop - Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 under 10 km
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 30 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Chinese YMCA Bridges Street Centre 香港中华基督教青年会必列者士街会所 (under 10 km), Tank Lane 水池巷 (under 10 km), Bridges Street 必列者士街 (under 10 km), Man Mo Temple Compound, Sheung Wan 上环文武庙 (under 10 km), Kwong Fook Tsz 广福祠 (under 10 km), Tong Lau Experience Room 唐楼体验馆 (under 10 km).
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