Mei Ho House
美荷楼
The only surviving block of Hong Kong's first generation of public housing, the resettlement blocks. It has been revived as a life museum and youth hostel, recreating residents' lives from the 1950s to the 1970s.
After the Shek Kip Mei fire in 1953, the government built the first generation of resettlement blocks. Mei Ho House is the only one that has been preserved, and it is a Grade II historic building. After revitalisation, it opened as the Mei Ho House Life Museum, which recreates the cramped flats of the time, along with tea-and-ice rooms, sundry shops and barbershops, and tells the stories of grassroots residents. The rest of the building has been turned into a youth hostel. The museum is free to visit. It is about a 10-minute walk from Sham Shui Po MTR station and can be combined with a visit to Sham Shui Po's street food.
Opening hours
Lifestyle hall 09:30–17:00; closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Sham Shui Po
- Mong Kok
- Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market
- Tin Hau Temple, Yau Ma Tei
- Kowloon Walled City Park
- Temple Street Night Market
- West Kowloon Cultural District & M+
- Lion Rock