Diverse Museums of Shanghai

Museums are the repositories of our accumulation of knowledge, creativity, customs and history. They miniaturize past and present worlds in exhibitions designed to inspire, intrigue, entertain and compel contemplation.

Art & Culture

A community that honors its heritage proudly on display

Xiwang Garden Lane Museum in Jing'an District, hidden among the red brick-and-wood garden houses on Fengxian Road, is the first museum created by a community in Shanghai.

2020-08-26 00:00 0

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Sharing a passion for memorabilia of 1930s Shanghai

Stone boundary markers once commonplace on corners in Old Shanghai highlight the exhibits at a private collector's museum near a road construction site in Lujiazui.

2019-07-17 16:15 0

Travel

Arresting history of crime-busting

Crime, weapons, police, prison. The fare of many TV drama comes to life in a 20-year-old museum that never loses its public fascination.

2019-03-20 00:00 0

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A retrospective of old cameras in photo history

The Shanghai Camera History Museum brings the evolution of photography in China into sharp focus and evokes nostalgia among Shanghai locals.

2018-12-28 15:34 0

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Through the looking glass, a museum that sparkles

Glass is so commonplace in our lives that it's easy to dismiss it as just a cheap, ho-hum material. The Shanghai Museum of Glass shatters that perception.

2018-11-22 22:06 0

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This museum gets our stamp of approval for sites worthy of a visit

The Baroque building housing the Shanghai Post Museum features a clock tower with the sculptures of three ancient Greek gods atop. In the middle is Hermes.

2018-11-12 18:08 0

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All aboard for a trip through the history of railways

The Shanghai Railway Museum takes visitors on a trip through 150 years of history, keeping alive a legacy of economic development and personal memories of a age of transport.

2018-08-22 08:00 0

Art & Culture

A museum that resonates with history

China's musical history is bound up in ancient instruments with unique resonance. One museum takes you on a tour of this fascinating world of sound.

2018-07-25 12:00 0

Travel

Children's museum explores depths and heights of the Earth

Who ever thought a museum could be so much fun? That's the whole point in capturing the attention and spurring the imagination of youngsters.?

2018-06-27 10:00 0

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All the ways we kept in touch

Remember the old rotary-dial telephones or sending telegrams? Our modes of communication have undergone great changes in the last century, and one Shanghai museum captures it all.

2018-05-30 10:30 0

Diverse Museums of Shanghai

A community that honors its heritage proudly on display

Sharing a passion for memorabilia of 1930s Shanghai

Arresting history of crime-busting

A retrospective of old cameras in photo history

Through the looking glass, a museum that sparkles

This museum gets our stamp of approval for sites worthy of a visit

All aboard for a trip through the history of railways

A museum that resonates with history

Children's museum explores depths and heights of the Earth

All the ways we kept in touch

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