dʒˈɛnɚɹəs dˈoʊnɚz ænd lˈɛndɚz hæv ɛnʃˈʊɹd ðætðə mjuːzˈiəmz ɡˈælɚɹiz ɑːɹ fˈʊl ʌv məmˈɛntoʊz tə hˈɑːŋ kˈɑːŋz lˈɔŋ, ɪmpˈoːɹtənt, vˈɛɹid ænd ɪntɹˈiːɡɪŋ mˈæɹɪtˌaɪm stˈoːɹi fɹʌmðə vˈɛɹi fˈɜːst mˈɑːdɚn tʃˈɑːɹt ʌv hˈɑːŋ kˈɑːŋ ʌnnˈoʊn ʌntˈɪl ˌeɪtʃkˌeɪˌɛmˈɛm hˈɛlpt tʊ aɪdˈɛntᵻfˌaɪ ɪɾ ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvən, θɹuː stˈʌnɪŋ ɚɹˈeɪz ʌv ʃˈɪp pˈoːɹtɹɪts ænd ʃˈɪp mˈɑːdəlz, tə wˈʌn ʌvðɪ ˈɜːlɪɪst ʌvðə mˈɑːdɚn kɹənˈɑːmɪɾɚz ðæt ˈoʊpənd ˌʌp ðə mˈɑːdɚn ɡlˈoʊbəlˌaɪzd mˈæɹɪtˌaɪm wˈɜːld, ænd ɐ wˈɪndsɜːfɚ jˈuːzd baɪ hˈɑːŋ kˈɑːŋz hˈeɪli tʃˈæn hˈaɪ mˈæn ɪnðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv əlˈɪmpɪk ɡˈeɪmz.
Generous donors and lenders have ensured that the museum's galleries are full of mementoes to Hong Kong's long, important, varied and intriguing maritime story – from the very first modern chart of Hong Kong (unknown until HKMM helped to identify it in 2007), through stunning arrays of ship portraits and ship models, to one of the earliest of the modern chronometers that opened up the modern globalised maritime world, and a windsurfer used by Hong Kong's Hayley Chan Hei Man () in the 2012 Olympic Games.