Hong Kong Science Museum
Treasures of Time
The Hong Kong Science Museum is hosting a unique exhibition featuring 120 very exclusive 18th-century mechanical clocks from the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
In order to measure time more accurately, all sorts of chronographs were invented. During the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, European missionaries introduced mechanical clocks to China, which proved to be the most reliable and useful timepieces.
The Treasures of Time exhibition combines science, history and art, displaying 120 wonderful clocks and watches from the Palace Museum collection. The experience entitled Inside Grandfather's Clock gives visitors the illusion of being inside a gigantic clock. Gazing through the matte glass clock face, suddenly someone appears, dangling from a rope, ready to clean the clock face. At the Clockmaker's Workshop visitors are transported to an 18th-century clockmaker's workshop, with a view of the London streets of the era just outside the window, where various scenes take place.
We were responsible for the develop of a number of special multimedia experiences and all of the scenarios, footage and special effects involved.