Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware

This guide to the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware in Hong Kong opens in December 1941, as British shells fall on the Commander-in-Chief's mansion, and follows an irony: the Japanese occupiers who later repaired the damage and moved in themselves. It traces the building's path from military residence to a collection of Chinese tea vessels donated by businessman Dr K.S. Lo. Look for the wide verandas and Greek Revival columns that have outlasted every occupant.