The Immigration Museum, located in the Immigration Service Institute of Training and Development in Castle Peak Bay with a total floor area of 244 square metres, was established in early 2006. There are six exhibition zones covering various themes, namely Control, Personal Documentation, Visa and Policies, Management and Support, Enforcement and Litigation as well as Information Systems. Through a collection of over 500 pieces of exhibits and 200 valuable photographs, visitors may have a better knowledge on the work and historical development of the Immigration Department.

Exhibits include a traditional immigration control counter, items of computer systems of previous generations and equipment items for immigration control work.

Personal documents, including identity cards, travel documents as well as birth, death and marriage certificates, issued to Hong Kong residents during different periods of time are displayed.

Here in this zone, various types of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) entry visas, extension of stay labels and travel documents issued to visitors are displayed. There is also a world map introducing the information of countries which have signed the Agreement on Abolition of Visa Requirement with the HKSAR.

Visitors may witness the development of the Immigration Department through display items of cap badges, rank insignias and uniforms in use before and after the reunification, as well as the departmental bulletin - "Image".

In this area, ways to identify genuine and forged Hong Kong identity cards and HKSAR passports are demonstrated. Moreover, a number of altered travel documents seized in anti-forgery operations, and episodes of Vietnamese refugees and boat people in Hong Kong are also exhibited.

Methods on storage of immigration-related documents in the past years are demonstrated. By operating the microfiche reader, a visitor may have the live experience of reading aged documents as if being an immigration officer. At the exit of the zone, an e-channel of the first generation, which marks a strong contrast with the traditional counter, is displayed, illustrating the fast-paced development and application of technology in the Immigration Department.

The Immigration Museum serves mainly internal training purposes. For group visit, please contact:

Communications and Public Affairs Section, Immigration Department

Telephone no.:	2829 3003
Faxline no.:	2824 0598
e-mail:	cpa@immd.gov.hk