[2] The council hired American firm E. Verner Johnson and Associates in 1984 to help plan the museum.

[4] In 1986, the council hired Hong Kong architecture firm Palmer and Turner to design the museum.

[2] In 2000, the Urban Council was disbanded, and management of the museum became the responsibility of the newly formed Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

The most popular exhibition items for children are a computer area, a real (but stationary) car in which visitors can attempt to drive in a driving simulation while avoiding accidents, speeding, and excessive fuel usage, and a small life-sized stationary aircraft with a video of a flight around Hong Kong playing inside the cockpit.

The museum is within walking distance of Hung Hom station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR).