Shanghai Museums

Shanghai is the most populous city in the world, situated on the Yangtze River Delta and bounded to the east by the East China Sea. Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to trade and its favorable port location. The 1842 Treaty of Nanking and the 1844 Treaty of Whampoa allowed the city to flourish as a center of commerce between China and other parts of the world.

In the 1990s, the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping resulted in an intense re-development of the city, which has since re-emerged as a hub for international trade and finance. It is the home of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, one of the world’s largest by market capitalization.

Shanghai is famous for its museums and historic buildings. Highlights of Shanghai include The Bund, as well as the City God Temple and the Yu Garden. Shanghai has many world-class museums of interest, and below is a list of some of the significant museums in Shanghai.

A Tour of Shanghai’s Museums

Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
Shanghai Natural History Museum
Aurora Art Museum

Highlights of Shanghai’s Museums

Shanghai Museum
- 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.
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
- The Shanghai Science and Technology Museum thirteen main permanent exhibition halls and four science theatres. The theatres are the most significant science education cinemas in Asia, and the exhibitions cover multiple perspectives of science and technology.
Shanghai Natural History Museum
- The Shanghai Natural History Museum is a museum dedicated to natural history. It is one of the largest museums of natural sciences in China. The museum is housed in a 2015 purpose-built site in the Jing’an Sculpture Park. The museum’s collections including over 62,000 animals, 135,000 plants, and 1,700 minerals. There are also rare species that cannot be found elsewhere outside China.
Aurora Art Museum
- The Aurora Art Museum in Shanghai showcases a collection of ancient Chinese treasures, including pottery, porcelain, Buddhist statues, and jade artifacts of historical significance. The Aurora Museum was formally opened in 2013 and is located in the financial hub of Pudong, Shanghai. In 2003, the Aurora Museum was inaugurated in Taipei, and in 2005, a branch of Aurora Museum opened in Shanghai. The museum is now housed in specially designed floors of the Aurora Building.

Top Museums in Shanghai

Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Natural History Museum
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum
Shanghai History Museum
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
Long Museum
China Art Museum
Propaganda Poster Art Centre
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center
Power Station of Art
Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum
Shanghai Auto Museum
Shanghai Museum of Glass
Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai
Madame Tussauds Shanghai
Shanghai Maglev Museum
Former Residence of Sun Yat-Sen
Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
Aurora Art Museum
Rockbund Art Museum
Shanghai Film Museum
Shanghai Postal Museum
China Maritime Museum
Shanghai Fangzhi Museum
Shanghai Museum of Public Security
Shanghai Himalayas Museum
Shanghai Metro Museum
Tou-Se-We Museum
Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
Soong Ching-ling Memorial Residence
Shanghai Liuli China Museum
Powerlong Art Museum
Shanghai Railway Museum
Former Residence of Lu Xun
Dajing Ge Pavilion
Former Residence of Ba Jin

Shanghai

City: Shanghai
Chinese: 上海市
Country: People’s Republic of China (PRC)
Settled: c. 4000 BC
Metro Population: 34 million

Shanghai’s Museums

A Tour of China’s Museums

Beijing Museums
- The National Museum of China
Shanghai Museums
- Shanghai Museum
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
- Shanghai Natural History Museum
- Aurora Art Museum
Nanjing Museums
- Nanjing Museum