The Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art in Shanghai, China. It is considered one of China’s first world-class modern museums.
The museum has a collection of over 120,000 pieces, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy, furniture, jades, ancient coins, paintings, seals, sculptures, minority art, and foreign art.
The Shanghai Museum houses several items of Chinese national importance.
The Shanghai Museum’s collection is the largest historical and cultural artifacts collection in Shanghai.
Highlights of the Shanghai Museum
- You with zigzag thunder pattern, early Zhou Dynasty
- Ruyao porcelain wares from the Northern Song Dynasty
- Bian Zhong of Su, Marquis of Jin
- Dake Ding, from late Western Zhou
Shanghai Museum
- Name: Shanghai Museum
- City: Shanghai
- Country: China
- Inaugurated: 1952
- Collection size: 120,000 objects
- Type: Art Museum, History Museum
- Location: 201 Renmin Avenue, People’s Square, Shanghai
Shanghai Museum – Map
Shanghai Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Shanghai Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Shanghai Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Shanghai Museum – 360 Virtual Views
Treasures in Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Museum
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Photo Credit: By 寒江2009 [CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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