The Hong Kong Palace Museum is set to unveil an ambitious slate of nine new exhibitions in 2026, building on the runaway success of its blockbuster show Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums.

Since opening in November, the Egypt exhibition has drawn more than 76,000 visitors, becoming the museum’s most popular exhibition to date. Museum Director Louis Ng Chi-wa said it also recorded the highest single-day attendance since the museum opened, with streamlined ticketing now allowing most visitors to enter within 15 minutes. He noted that while merchandise has performed strongly, “around 70 to 80 percent of visitors are primarily drawn by the exhibition content itself”.

Looking ahead, the 2026 programme will centre on cultural dialogue between China and the world. Four new thematic exhibitions will be co-organised with the Palace Museum in Beijing, while major international collaborations will bring global jewellery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Eastern Orthodox art from Russia’s State Tretyakov Gallery, and Buddhist treasures from the Silk Roads to Hong Kong. Two further exhibitions will spotlight multimedia works by Hong Kong artists and the art of Wong Kwan Shut.

Ng said the lineup reflects the museum’s commitment to “strengthening partnerships with leading international cultural institutions” and inspiring deeper engagement with art and heritage across cultures.