The Shanghai Museum
 The Shanghai Museum was prepared for construction in 1950 and established to the public in December 1952. It was moved in 1959 from the Horse-Racing Club on Nanjing Xi Road to the People's Plaza, which is located at the intersection of Yan'an Dong Road and Henan Nan Road.
The museum contains more than 112,000 Chinese cultural relics from the Old Stone Age to modern times, including bronzeware, calligraphy, paintings, pottery, porcelain, jadeware, stone carvings, Jiaguwen (inscriptions on tortoise shells or animal bones), imperial seals, ancient coins, silk embroidery, dyed fabrics, ivory sculptures, ethnic crafts, as well as relics unearthed in Shanghai where bronzeware, pottery, porcelain and calligraphy are among the best in China |
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