The Hong Kong Science Museum is all about making science fun and accessible for all and is a great rainy destination for families with kids.

There are over 500 exhibits in the 6,500 square meter permanent exhibition hall and over 70% are interactive for plenty of hands-on fun. Highlights in this section include a DC-3 airplane and the fascinating 22-meter-high Energy Machine. The largest of its type in the world, this behemoth contraption occupies four stories and generates a continuous flow of energy that moves a set of balls around its many twists, turns and towers demonstrating the relationship between energy conversion and the movement of the balls to quite dramatic sound and visual effect.

Another space welcomes special exhibitions that in the past have included Candy Unwrapped, a look behind the packaging at the delicious world of sweets, an Exploration of TIME! and the Marvellous Inventions of Leornardo da Vinci.