Shanghai Museum

The Shanghai Museum was first open to the public in December 1952. In 1992, the Shanghai municipal government allocated to the Museum a piece of land at the very center of the city, in the People's Square, as its new site. The construction took about 3 years. It was reopened to the public on October 12th, 1996. Now it is situated at the crossroad of Yan'an Dong Road and Henan Nan Road. The museum has the selection of over 112,000 Chinese cultural relics from the Old Stone Age to modern times, which includes bronzeware, calligraphy, paintings, pottery, porcelain, jadeware, stone carvings, Jiaguwen imperial seals, ancient coins, silk embroidery, dyed fabrics, ivory sculptures, ethnic craftsetc.

The Shanghai Museum also do scientific research which has made great achievements. Important research cover the pottery, the application of bromine methane in protecting cultural relics and so on. The museum also compiled such picture books as Pottery and Porcelain Collection at Shanghai Museum, the Painting Collection at Shanghai Museum, Bronzeware Collection at Shanghai Museum at Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Museum and so on.
Entrance Fee: RMB 60
Open Hours: 9:00 to 17:00
Transportation: 574, 112, 123, 71, 934, 145, 46
Subway No.1
Tunnel No.6