School buildings, including campuses, facilities and environments, constitute spaces which shape the memories and learning experiences of teachers and students, and reflect socio-economic change as well as significant shifts in government policies and educational concepts.

This exhibition traces the building designs of primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong since 1945, with an emphasis on both public schools and schools with government subsidies or grant aid in urban areas, to examine how these designs coincided with educational developments and concepts at different periods. The designs include; public schools, "rooftop" schools, "ground floor" schools and "top floor" schools during the 1950s; primary schools in "annexe" and "matchbox" forms in housing estates in the 1960s and the 1970s respectively, "standard-design" primary schools, and secondary schools with "semi-interlocking" and "interlocking" structures in the 1980s, "flexi-type" schools in the 1990s, and "millennium" and "post-millennium" schools in the early 21st century.

The exhibition showcases the main school building prototypes and designs from each period, and the historical development of individual school buildings. It mirrors changes in the conceptualisation of the local education system, from traditional thinking about the school as a medium for knowledge transmission to a few via textbooks and examinations towards universal education and a more student-oriented, interactive approach to learning.

Over 100 historical images and documentary items along with 10 school building models are on display. Other exhibits include architectural drawings, the appointment letters of rooftop schools and a video programme featuring interviews with senior officials who were involved in the policy formulation, design and construction of the different types of schools and with the headmasters and teachers who have experienced in learning and teaching at different types of school buildings.