New York Met exhibit in Hong Kong ‘underscores importance of cultural exchanges’

About 200 pieces of jewellery from 4,000 years of history across five continents are on display at the Hong Kong Palace Museum for six months, with the event coming at a politically sensitive time.

Geopolitical tensions have also intensified following the United States and Israel’s war on Iran, which has entered its seventh week.

Daisy Wang Yiyou, a deputy director of the Hong Kong institution, said the museum aimed to build bridges with other cultures, noting that Beijing had tasked the city with serving as an East-meets-West hub for international cultural exchanges.

“In this day and age, it’s ever more important to have people-to-people, museum-to-museum dialogues,” she told the South China Morning Post.

“I hope everybody who comes to this exhibition could really think not only about diversity but also about harmony, peace and our shared humanity.”