Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre is the art Development Center of the Art Promotion Office under the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, located in the west of Hong Kong Island, Admiralty Hong Kong Park, is a visual artist make observe and learn from each other exchange of creative development areas.
Hong Kong Visual Arts Center, formerly known as the old Victoria Barracks Cassels House, built around 1900, originally Married Quarters, during the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong who have been building heavy bombing, only to be restored after the war. In 1979, the British garrison at Victoria Barracks returned to the Hong Kong Government, before the mid-1980s, the Council decided straight to the barracks converted into Hong Kong Park, Cassels House in February 1989 is converted into Hong Kong Visual Arts Center (ie, the first Hong Kong Park two), located at the site of substitution in the City Hall. Center on April 28, 1992 hosted by the Urban Council Chairman Liang Dingbang enabled.
Cassels three-storey building, Edward classical revival style architecture. Buildings like stair-like four classes to make up in order to accommodate the steep terrain, very rare in Hong Kong. East and West sides of the original column column a male arcuate gallery composition, but now the male floor gallery is to increase the usable area of the glazing closure. Brick facade is now painted gray and pink, very eye-catching. At present, Cassels building has been listed as a historical building in Hong Kong.
Scenic Area Address: the west in the Central and Western District, Hong Kong Hong Kong Park
Bus routes: Take 12 Road, 23 bus route.