Hong Kong Palace Museum

“a place where people of all backgrounds come to explore, participate and be stimulated”

Dr Louis Ng Chi-wa

Museum Director

Dr Louis Ng has been the inaugural Museum Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) since August 2019, overseeing the planning, construction and completion of the museum. 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, education and international partnership. Throughout his career in the field of arts and culture, he has 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 HKPM, 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.

Dr Daisy Yiyou Wang

Deputy Director and Chief Curator

An award-winning international curator and institutional leader, Dr Daisy Yiyou Wang is responsible for the strategic and managerial direction of the Museum’s ambitious exhibition programme and curatorial research. Dr Wang also leads the Museum’s Design and Publishing teams. Dr Wang directed the Museum’s Conservation and Collection and Learning and Engagement teams from 2019 to 2026 when she supported the Museum Director to develop and implement transformative strategic plans for audience building and collection development. Dr Wang has held key curatorial and leadership positions at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Asia Society Museum in New York, and the Peabody Essex Museum. A specialist of the history of collecting and Ming and Qing art, Dr Wang has published widely and received a number of awards, including a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, a Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship, and a Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Award, as well as a Getty Museum Leadership Fellow. She co-curated the ground-breaking exhibition Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, which was named the “Most Influential International Exhibition from Chinese Museums” in 2019.

Mr Li Zhongmou

Deputy Director, Collection and Learning

Mr Li Zhongmou is responsible for collection, conservation, learning and public engagement, digital strategy and cultural exchange of the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM). He has over 30 years of professional experience across various museums, with extensive expertise in museum planning, curatorial affairs, collection development, conservation, research and international partnerships. Before joining the HKPM, he served as the Executive Director of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Museum and a professor of art history in the University from 2023 to 2026. Before that, he was the founding Director of the Fujian Shimao Maritime Silk Road Museum from 2019 to 2022. Previously he worked in the Shanghai Museum from 1996 to 2019 and held the position of Deputy Director since 2010. In 2014, he was seconded to the Palace Museum as an Assistant Director and head of exhibition department for one year. He graduated from the Fudan University Shanghai with BA and MA in history.

Mr Brian Yuen

Deputy Director, Museum Operations

Mr Brian Yuen oversees the overall operations, business planning, and commercial development of the Museum. He joined the Hong Kong Palace Museum in 2021 as part of the opening team and played a pivotal role in shaping the Museum’s business and operational strategy. With over two decades of leadership experience, Mr Yuen has worked in various countries across Asia, North America, and the Middle East. He began his career at Cathay Pacific, where he held various management roles in sales, marketing, revenue management, partnership development, inflight services, and country management. Prior to joining the Museum, Mr Yuen served in management positions in leasing and property management at Hang Lung Properties. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the University of New South Wales.

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