West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) is a statutory authority established by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government to plan, operate, and manage the development of the West Kowloon Cultural District. The district is a cultural development in West Kowloon, Hong Kong, comprising museums, performance venues, public art installations, and open spaces that showcase local and international artistic talents.

Among its facilities is M+ Museum, one of the leading institutions globally dedicated to modern and contemporary visual culture. M+ collects, exhibits, and interprets visual art, design and architecture, and moving image, spanning twentieth and twenty-first century visual culture, including Hong Kong visual culture. The district also includes the Hong Kong Palace Museum, a flagship museum within the development, alongside performance venues and public art installations across its open spaces.

Work at the authority spans cultural infrastructure planning and development, museum operations and management, visual art curation and exhibition design, moving image and media arts, design and architecture programming, public art installation, heritage preservation, and cultural programming and events. Related fields include arts and culture, museums and visual culture, entertainment, cultural heritage preservation, design and architecture, and tourism and cultural attractions.

The authority's stated mission is to position Hong Kong as a bridge between East and West, combining heritage preservation with innovative cultural programming and working towards a distinctive voice for Asia's twenty-first century on the global arts stage.