25 Dec 2006
Shanghai Museum（上海博物馆）
Posted by: Squareface In: Shanghai Roams| Taking in; on; and to Shanghai (or China in general)
You can very well learn a great deal about the heritage of China here. It’s like a China museum, just that it’s located in Shanghai, so don’t let the name Shanghai Museum give you the impression that it’s filled with Shanghai stuff, ‘coz it’s not.
To give a brief introduction, there are the following galleries :
- Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery
- Ancient Chinese Sculpture Gallery
- Ancient Chinese Ceramics Gallery
- Chinese Painting Gallery
- Chinese Calligraphy Gallery
- Chinese Seal Gallery
- Chinese Minority Nationalities’ Art Gallery (more like a showcase of their costumes and some customs and not Art)
- Ancient Chinese Jade Gallery
- Chinese Coin Gallery
- Room of Ancient Central Asian Coins on the Silk Road
- Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Gallery
Very interesting, but too many things to see in a day. Nevertheless, a must-visit if you should ever come to Shanghai.
Shanghai Museum
201 People’s Avenue （人民大道201号）
Opening Hours: 9am - 5pm daily
Adult ticket: 20RMB
Children/Student ticket: 5RMB
