- Museum Director, Hong Kong Palace Museum of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Dr Louis Ng has been the inaugural Museum Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum since August 2019, overseeing the planning and construction of the museum which opened to the public in July 2022. He is currently responsible for the overall management and operation of the museum, supervising the development of its strategic vision and the delivery of its exhibition, research, collection, programming and education initiatives. He has also championed a number of international partnership initiatives, positioning the museum as a platform for dialogue among cultures around the world.
Throughout his career in the field of arts and culture, he had held research, curatorial and managerial positions at various museums. He served as the founding Director of the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, which opened in 2000, and held the position of Executive Secretary of the Antiquities and Monument Office in Hong Kong from 2002 to 2006. Before joining WKCDA, he served as Deputy Director of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government, where he oversaw the department’s culture-related institutions, including museums, performing arts venues and libraries. He earned his PhD degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with a focus on Hong Kong history.
