Bryan Ong, founder of the Museum Victoria City, poses next to the burnt Union Jack saved by a British soldier during the Battles of Hong Kong in World War II, at the museum gallery in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Bryan Ong has made it his mission to preserve items that tell the story of Hong Kong's British colonial past even as Beijing increasingly shapes life in the city that is firmly back in the fold of the mainland.
Ong, 42, has been collecting colonial memorabilia since he was a child and last year opened The Museum Victoria City to put his treasures on display, detached from growing acrimony between China and Britain, fuelled in part by the colonial legacy.
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The Museum Victoria City, Hong Kong
Bryan Ong, founder of the Museum Victoria City, poses next to the burnt Union Jack saved by a British soldier during the Battles of Hong Kong in World War II, at the museum gallery in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
The colonial badge "harbour picture” redesigned by the museum. Photo: Reuters
A British Hong Kong period printmaking is seen at the Museum Victoria City. Photo: Reuters
Collections of British Hong Kong are displayed at the Museum Victoria City. Photo: Reuters
Bryan Ong, founder of the Museum Victoria City, poses for photo at the museum in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Old war medals are displayed at the Museum Victoria City. Photo: Reuters
British Hong Kong postage stamps are displayed at the Museum Victoria City. Photo: Reuters
Piles of Chinese and English newspapers from the British Hong Kong period, including a photo shoot by a Reuters photographer about Chinese workers at Hong Kong's Prince of Wales barracks removing the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II before their July 1 departure, are seen at the Museum Victoria City. Photo: Reuters
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