A selection of Russian royal treasures from the 16th to 18th centuries from the Moscow Kremlin Museums will be on display in Hong Kong for the first time in The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Tsar of All Russia. Holiness and Splendour of Power exhibition. The exhibition, solely supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club, will be open to the public from tomorrow until 29 August at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.

Officiating at the exhibition opening ceremony today (28 May) were Secretary for Home Affairs, Caspar Tsui; the Club’s Executive Director, Charities and Community, Leong Cheung; Deputy Consul General of the Russian Federation in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Rinchen Rakshaev; Head of the Arms and Armour Sector, Curator of Arms, Armour and Artillery, Moscow Kremlin Museums, Dr Sergey Orlenko; Chairperson of History Sub-committee of Museum Advisory Committee, Anita Fung; Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Vincent Liu; and Director of Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Fione Lo.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Seriesis a partnership between the Club and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Launched in 2012, it has brought to Hong Kong 20 world-class exhibitions and attracted nearly 4.2 million visitors to appreciate masterpieces from different places, times and cultures. The exhibitions are complemented by a variety of education and outreach activities to offer historical and cultural context.

The latest world-class exhibition in The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series features some 170 sets of exquisite court treasures, meticulously selected from the splendid collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums. The wide-ranging objects, including staffs, holy relics, harnesses, weapons, articles from foreign diplomats, ornaments of queens and toys of princes, illustrate the monarch coronation ceremony, ceremonial departure, military power, diplomacy and royal life in Russia from the 16th to 18th centuries.

To enhance visitors’ experience, there are also multimedia and interactive programmes which aim to give visitors a better understanding of Russian cultural history. Other accompanying Club-supported education programmes include both in-person and online lectures on Russian history and culture, school visits, workshops and guided tours.

Mr Cheung said the Club, as one of the world’s top ten charity donors, is also a staunch supporter of arts, culture and heritage. “Arts and technology blend two elements that the Club very much backs and cares about – that is, building a culturally vibrant Hong Kong and using technology to improve lives. We believe that the integration of arts and technology benefits the community by further empowering us and promoting inclusion and diversity, he said.”

Similar to all its charitable donations, the Club’s support for The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series is made possible by its unique integrated business model through which it maintains tax and charity support for Hong Kong, contributing to the betterment of our society.

Previous exhibitions in The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series have included A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum; Unlocking the Secrets - The Science of Conservation at The Palace Museum and Botticelli and His Times ─ Masterworks from the Uffizi.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Founded in 1884, The Hong Kong Jockey Club is a world-class racing club that acts continuously for the betterment of our society. The Club has a unique integrated business model, comprising racing and racecourse entertainment, a membership club, responsible sports wagering and lottery, and charities and community contribution. Through this model, the Club generates economic and social value for the community and supports the Government in combatting illegal gambling. In 2019/20, the Club contributed HK$19.9 billion in duty and profits tax and HK$0.8 billion to the Lotteries Fund. Approved charity donations were HK$4.5 billion. The Club is Hong Kong’s largest single taxpayer and one of the city’s major employers. Its Charities Trust is also one of the world’s top ten charity donors. The Club is always “riding high together for a better future” with the people of Hong Kong.