精選館藏
我們致力講述有關香港與海洋的故事
我們的多樣化收藏品包括：陶瓷、船舶模型、航海儀器、畫作和照片 。每一件藏品都訴說著不同的故事。
陶瓷
西方國家一向對中國出口的精緻陶瓷趨之若鶩，故此陶瓷在中西貿易的地位舉足輕重，大量製品應運而生，有點綴帝皇宮殿的精製瓷器，也有切合歐陸品味的日用器皿。陶瓷的優雅外型和精巧設計，成為後世時尙和風格的靈感泉源。
海事博物館的陶瓷展品可追溯至17至19世紀大航海時代，數目多達300多件。
船舶模型
自古以來，船舶便負起客運和貨運的重任，以形形式式的設計大量建造。建造船舶多就地取材，按當地需求而設計。假若這些船舶仍保存至今，必能為船舶建造和航海貿易的演進，提供珍貴的史料。
幸好，船舶模型工藝與造船業同樣歷史悠久，因此部分知識得以流存至今。香港海事博物館有幸擁有多達100件模型，當中有小巧得可捧於掌心的古老船舶，也有與別不同的「耆英」號，按照1:12的比例建成。
航海儀器
由船隻啟航那一刻開始，海員便致力尋找最短航線前往目的地，以及準確預測海面狀況。海事博物館收藏的導航器材，讓你追溯這些用以測定位置、方向和天氣情況等設備的演進歷史。
館內展出的航儀包羅萬有，有些是以大氣溫度、濕度和氣壓觸動組件啟動的簡單裝置，也有以21世紀頂尖科技製成的精密儀器。
畫作
歷代畫家喜以妙筆丹青一抒胸懷，藉此記下當代生活點滴、交流思想、描繪風景，甚或單純呈現事物的美。細賞畫中一草一木，一人一物，尤其是有關中國貿易的畫作，可看到畫家如何把充斥著符號、計劃、主題和象徵概念的世界，細膩而巧妙地描繪出來。
這些畫作言有盡而意無窮，如能理會箇中深意，所得裨益更大。
照片
自從人類發現能夠利用相機捕足由光線反射而成的影像，這項技術迅即成為重要的史料來源。相機鏡頭下的影像賦予人物、時裝、風景和物件真實的細節，任憑畫家天份再高，也無法絲毫不差地記錄種種枝節微末。香港由一個細小的貿易站，發展至擁有著名天際線的國際海事中心，整個歷史正正記錄在這些照片中。
香港海事博物館甚為重視館內的照片珍藏。照片數目日漸增多，計有19世紀中以蛋白相紙沖曬的商業作品，也有現今流行的電腦化數碼影像。
Collection Highlights
The Hong Kong Maritime Museum has assembled the most comprehensive public collection of marine artefacts in Southern China. Key items highlight over two thousand years of human history – from Han dynasty archaeological relics to the modern technology found aboard the latest container vessels that transport manufactured items from the Pearl River Delta to far corners of the world.
Ceramics
Ceramics, from the humble earthenware to the refined porcelain, have played an important role that transcends the boundaries of time and space. The beautiful pieces from the era of the great China Trade for one, are so coveted by Western consumers that it became perhaps the most important of trades between China and the West.
Apart from these relatively modern pieces, the museum is also home to ceramics from earlier Chinese dynasties. The artistic motifs and qualities of these fine pieces offers a reflection of the characteristics of the particular era.
The museum currently holds over 300 objects dating from the 200s to 1900s AD in its collection of ceramics.
Models
The craft of ship modelling, an art nearly as old and sophisticated as shipbuilding itself offers us an opportunity to understand the evolution of shipbuilding technology. While artistic considerations do lead to deviations away from a fully accurate depiction of the contemporary ship, the essence and interesting details are often perfectly encapsulated by these fine pieces.
The Museum is fortunate to have a collection of more than 100 models that ranges from realistic modern replicas of tankers, to pieces exquisitely crafted in a variety of materials, which ranges from silver to bamboo.
Nautical Instruments & Naval Artefacts
From the moment that vessels first set sail, mariners have been searching for ways to plot the shortest course to their destination and to predict conditions at sea. The Museum's collection of navigational instruments tracks the gradual advance in equipment to determine location, direction and weather conditions.
The museum also displays a range of other naval artefacts, ranging from marine chronometers, naval weaponries, to ship's bells.
Paintings
The application of pigment to a surface has long been the way for artists to express themselves, giving a contemporary account of the times they live in, communicating ideas, recording scenes or simply conveying something beautiful.
A closer look at the detail in the paintings, particularly those on the China Trade era, will reveal the subtleties of artists in depicting a world of symbols, intrigue, themes and metaphors. The Museum is proud to offer its collection of China Trade paintings, which is perhaps the finest of its kind in Asia.
Photography
Photography is a vital source of historical information and the view through a camera lens adds true details to people, fashions, scenes and objects in a way that an artist, however talented, cannot. Photos collected by the museum speak of a common story, one that shows how Hong Kong's history is intimately intertwined with the sea the seafarers, and the sea vessels.
The Museum's photographic collection ranges from pictures of the first commercially produced prints of the mid-nineteenth century to modern computerized digital images.
The Alexander Hume Painting
This giant panoramic scene (gouache on silk, 91.5cm height, 276.5cm width), is thought to have been created in a Canton studio. Made specifically for the European market, it shows a western naturalistic landscape style mounted in the traditional Chinese hand-scroll format. This classical piece of Sino-Western fusion illustrates the starting point of the Canton trade system 250 years ago.Silk painting also highlighted the rapid development of Chinese silk trade at that time.