Shanghai Museum

Practical dry goods:

During holidays, queues can be long, so it's best to go early in the morning. If you miss the opportunity, go in the afternoon to avoid crowds and get in faster. Unlike other museums, you don't need to show your ID to enter; you only need to go through security. There are water dispensers on the second floor, one on each side of the elevator, with both warm and hot water options available. Just bring your own water bottle. The museum also offers public Wi-Fi, called SHBWG, which can be easily accessed by verifying your phone number.

There are several guided tour options available, but we recommend two: a mobile app called Shanghai Museum, which you can download by scanning the QR code in the image, or a WeChat mini-program called Shanghai Museum Guide. Both require an internet connection. Personally, I find the WeChat mini-program more user-friendly, as the app is less stable and prone to crashing.

As for the cultural relics, you can go and see them with your own eyes. Just looking at the bronzes is enough. The quantity and quality are second to none in the country. They are exquisite and well worth seeing. Photos cannot capture them at all.

I highly recommend the Bronze Gallery, which boasts a wealth of exquisite pieces, exquisitely shaped and meticulously crafted, many bearing inscriptions. There are also several other specialized exhibition halls, such as the Calligraphy Hall, which features authentic works by Mi Fu, Zhao Gou, and others. The Seal Hall explores the development of seals throughout the dynasties. The Ancient Coin Hall features a history of Chinese and international coinage. This special exhibition, from Tate Britain, focuses on 19th-century British oil paintings, a relatively underappreciated art form. Perhaps due to the sheer number of exquisite pieces, each gallery presents them through their historical development and evolution. The Bronze and Ceramics Halls also explain their production methods, but the lack of detailed information on individual pieces is a bit disappointing. Each exquisite piece tells a story.

The museum has an app and WeChat guide, and you can also buy a self-guided guide or hire a guide. It is really good and worth a visit.

🙌There was no need to queue at the museum at noon. I left my suitcase at the counter and started to visit the museum.

The museum is an architectural form that combines a square base with a circular overhang, symbolizing the Chinese concept of "the sky is round and the earth is square". Displays on the walls of the hall showcase the collections of various venues.

🙌We first entered the Ancient Chinese Sculpture Museum, where the sculptures are both abstract and realistic. There are a large number of Buddha statues, some gilded, some bronze, and some stone, all of which are incomplete, which is a pity.

🙌There are display screens in the exhibition hall explaining the origins and production techniques of various utensils. The various utensils embellished with mother-of-pearl are really magnificent and colorful. Photos can't capture the exquisite appearance and colorful colors.

🙌After a walk around the lacquerware, the Tang Sancai came on stage. The color of Tang Sancai is more gorgeous and brighter than the lacquerware.

🙌The second floor is the Ceramics Museum, which houses a variety of porcelain from past dynasties. Next door is the Foreign Art Exhibition Hall, which is filled with foreign oil paintings.

🙌On the third floor, only the Chinese Historical Seal Museum is open. The Calligraphy Museum and the Painting Museum are closed for maintenance.

🙌Going up is the fourth floor. In each window of the National Craft Museum, there is a mannequin wearing national costumes.

🙌When we arrived at the Ming and Qing Furniture Museum, it wasn't crowded. These exquisite bookcases, tables, and chairs are so exquisitely crafted that they must have surpassed their practical value.

As a volunteer tour guide at the Shanghai Museum, let me briefly introduce it to you.

The Shanghai Museum is divided into categories and has 10 permanent collections. The most valuable and ornamental ones are the Bronze Hall and Sculpture Hall on the first floor, the Ceramics Hall on the second floor, and the Calligraphy Hall and Painting Hall on the third floor.

I have licenses from two museums, bronze and painting. Yes, you need to take an exam to get a job, and the exam is calculated according to different museums. You have to pass one before you can teach at one.

For visitors to the Shanghai Museum, except for Mondays when the museum is closed, there are volunteer tours in the mornings and afternoons on the other six days. Please pay attention to the notices on the electronic display screen in the lobby on the first floor, which will mark the time and venue of the volunteer tour. There will be a volunteer service sign at the entrance of the museum during the tour hours, indicating that there are free tours inside.

I work on Saturday afternoons, usually from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, in the Bronze Museum. Thanks to the CCTV variety show "National Treasure" and the documentary "If National Treasures Could Talk," the museum's treasured items, the Da Ke Ding and the Shang Yang Fang Sheng, have become famous. But my point is, while the museum's treasures may be famous, I also hope you'll take the time to explore the other artifacts. There's still so much more to appreciate, and everyone should be equally involved.

By the way, if you have the opportunity to go to a museum, it is completely different to have someone explain it to you and see it on your own. The Shanghai Museum has always been free of charge, which is great.

I'll post a long introduction later.

I went there at noon, and there was no queue. I went straight in. I was allowed to bring water, so I took a sip. The visit was quite shocking. I sighed, Chinese culture is extensive and profound. If you want to see everything carefully, it will take a long time. It took me about 3 hours. I felt a little cold when I got to the third floor. I was so focused on looking at the cultural relics that I just glanced at the rest. Next time I have the chance to come, I will choose a few that I am interested in. It is a good idea to visit more museums and so on, so that you can deeply feel the atmosphere of history.

Although it was raining when I went, the line was probably shorter than on a sunny day, but it still took over an hour. Thankfully, there were staff to maintain order, so despite the rain, it wasn't chaotic. It's quite large, and you can view it from the first floor or from the top. When I went that day, I caught several guides giving lively talks to children, which impressed me that children in Shanghai do have a better starting point for education than those in second- and third-tier cities. A full day is quite tight for a museum, but if you're just looking to explore and soak up the atmosphere, you'll need 1-2 hours.

During the Spring Festival, which is probably the least crowded time at the Shanghai Museum, you should go there more often. The recent Dong Qichang exhibition is amazing in both scale and quality. The lines inside and outside the exhibition were terrible before, but they have obviously decreased recently. If you go in at 9 am when the doors open, you can fully enjoy the entire exhibition. Although the zodiac-shaped New Year's exhibition in the hall only has one exhibit, it is also very cute and interesting. It is a museum that can be enjoyed alone or with the family. If you come on weekdays, either come early in the morning or in the afternoon. The lines from 10 am to 2 pm are terrible.

There are so many exhibits in the Shanghai Museum's collection that it would take a lot of time to read the stories behind these antiques one by one.

Let's focus on the important point. The recommended visit time online is 3 hours, but this may only be the time needed to complete a quick tour of the museum.

What impressed me most was that the security check at the Shanghai Museum was really strict. Any camera you carried with you had to be placed in a box and go through security check.

Due to time constraints, I only visited the Jade Museum, Coin Museum, Seal Museum, Painting Museum, and Calligraphy Museum in detail, and only had a quick look at the other museums.

The Coin Museum is on the 4th floor, where nearly 3,000 works are exhibited, from shells in the beginning to copper coins, gold coins, and silver notes later...

There is also a small exhibition hall in the Coin Museum, which displays and introduces exhibits about the Silk Road. Let us have a glimpse of this mysterious and sacred world trade route.

This is the exhibition hall I spent the longest time in. After all, it is money. Who doesn’t want to know where it comes from and how it comes from?



The Seal Museum houses nearly 500 representative seals from various dynasties. Over the millennia from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the present day, the form and connotation of seal art have undergone tremendous changes.

The most eye-catching are the two seals on the east and west sides of the exhibition hall. The prototype of the one on the left is the one on the right, which makes us sigh that the skills of the carvers at that time are beyond the scope of the word "superb".

The Jade Museum is not large, but it houses more than 300 exquisite jade pieces. Jade has always occupied an important position in Chinese history for thousands of years.

The exhibition hall showcases the long history of Chinese civilization, from the simplicity and mystery of the Neolithic Age to the unforgettable masterpieces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The more than one hundred exhibits in the Ming and Qing Furniture Museum vividly reproduce the life scenes in ancient times.

The Ceramics Museum also selects more than 500 masterpieces representing famous kilns of the time, telling the world the myth of earth and fire in the history of world art.

The Sculpture Hall displays a large number of Buddhist sculptures among its selected exhibits, reflecting the collision and integration of Buddhism and Chinese culture.

The painting gallery and calligraphy gallery house authentic works by famous artists from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, showcasing not only the long history of Chinese civilization but also its profound heritage.

We checked in advance and found out that we would have to queue up for a long time to go to the Shanghai Museum, so we got up early to queue up.

There are many such ink paintings. I can’t understand the artistic conception but they feel very powerful.

Some of them were drawn by teenagers or children of a few years old. I really admire these children.

The Shanghai Museum is really a good museum we have ever visited. In my mind, it ranks among the top five. If you want to go, you must go early. We arrived at the museum around 9 o'clock and waited in line for about an hour and a half.

Most museums in China are free these days, so expect to queue. The Shanghai Museum has the largest collection of any museum I've visited recently. I actually went to the calligraphy and painting gallery, but unfortunately it was closed. I focused on the ceramics gallery. I don't know why items from the Western Zhou Dynasty are so perfectly crafted, especially the shapes; I don't think anyone today could replicate them. The bronzes gallery is incredibly rich: tripods, chime bells, weapons, and more.

The museum's permanent exhibitions are organized by category. Shanghai also boasts the Shanghai History Museum, located northwest of People's Park and operating as a separate institution. Shanghai has been China's financial center for over a century, attracting a wealth of wealthy individuals and a wealth of fine art. This wealth of donations and collections has contributed to the Shanghai Museum's million-dollar collection. Considering the city's relatively short history, the Shanghai Museum boasts a collection spanning five thousand years, a truly remarkable collection of treasures that is well worth the time to explore.

We went there as a group with our work unit. It's near People's Square. You have to queue up to enter the museum by swiping your ID card. With the popularity of the National Treasure series in recent years, the museum has gained a lot of attention. It's a great place to broaden your horizons if you take your kids there.

I have been there twice and would give the Shanghai Museum a perfect rating. Its collections are even more satisfactory than those of the Palace Museum (no intention to compare).

Let’s talk about the collections first. Most of the collections in the Shanghai Museum are folk collections. The first time I went there, I heard an 8-year-old child telling the sister next to him about the origin of a guo. Then I turned around and saw two middle-aged men talking. The smallest chime in the corner was dug out from the xx tomb. At that time, the Shanghai Cultural Relics Bureau went to help identify it and said it was real. However, because there was only one and it was unearthed in the wrong place, it was unanimously denied. It was not until a few years later that the remaining set was unearthed in another city, but that one was missing. I also like the Buddhist statues. There are a lot of wooden statues from the Tang and Song dynasties, and most of them do not have glass covers. You can almost put your eyes close to them to see them. Thank you! And I didn’t expect that I would go there for the second time after a year because there were too many things to see.

As for the service, there are guidebooks in both Chinese and English at the front desk and in each exhibition hall. If you're traveling alone, you can rent a wireless guide at the front desk, or you can take advantage of guided tours in the exhibition halls. If you're in a small group, you can even hire a guide. The Shanghai Museum's staff are all very qualified. When you see it's almost closing time, a senior man will come to remind you to leave and offer a guided tour. It's a lovely touch. The service isn't amazing, but given the high volume of visitors, it's very attentive. I haven't noticed any difference between my two visits.

Finally, if you're planning to see everything in detail, be sure to bring water and some snacks! It's exhausting! The museum itself doesn't want people to linger too long in the corridors outside the exhibition halls, so there are only a few benches. If you're not too busy, you can squeeze onto the stairs as long as it doesn't interfere with your ascent and descent.

I wish you all a pleasant visit to the exhibition!

I went specifically to see the British Museum's 100 Objects exhibition in Shanghai. "British Museum 100 Objects: A Condensed History of the World" was on display at the Shanghai Museum from June 29th to October 8th, and Shanghai was its ninth stop. I saw the daytime show, arriving early in the morning without a small stool, and waited in line for nearly two hours. The exhibits were rich, but there were just too many people. I was pushed forward by the crowd after just a short while. — Shanghai Museum Travelogue, August 5, 2017

If you have time, you can spend an hour here.

Built on People's Square, it is one of the best museums in the country.

The Shanghai Museum, which encompasses all aspects of ancient Chinese art, has extremely rich exhibits, including many national treasures. It is a must-see for history lovers.

I've been here many times and there are still a lot of good things. No tickets are required, but if you come on weekends, you usually have to queue for a while, and if there are special exhibitions, the time will be longer.

I've been to the Shanghai Museum many times. It's a great place, the artifacts are excellent, and it's free, but some special exhibitions require tickets or reservations. The number of visitors doesn't exceed 80,000 per day, and photography is allowed, but some areas are closed. Especially the National Costume Museum and the Famous Music and Furniture Museum. It seems some museums are being renovated because they're named after people. I'm still looking forward to it, and it feels different every time.

If you really want to visit, you must reserve at least half a day. There are 4 floors in total, with 2-4 exhibition halls on each floor. Even if you just visit all the halls, it will take half a day, not to mention that you have to listen to explanations of many of the museum's treasures.

If you are interested in historical relics, this place is definitely not to be missed. There are many relics, and the key is that it is free!

The exhibits are rich and varied. I prefer the jade, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and furniture exhibits.

If conditions permit, I will go to every museum I visit. This museum is very good.

This was my second time here. Even when it opened at 9am, there was already a long line waiting. Highly recommended, definitely worth a visit. My favorite is the furniture section on the 4th floor, and if you're lucky enough to meet a guide, even better. The museum's treasure, the Da Ke Ding, is in the bronze section on the 1st floor.

The Shanghai Museum exhibits are divided into categories, and the glutinous rice bowl exhibition area is worth a long time to visit.

Maybe it was because of the Spring Festival, there were several long queues outside the exhibition hall, but it was still worth it.

If you want to enter the museum, arrive early. The queue is so long that it makes you collapse. It takes four hours to queue up. It is a baptism in the wind and rain.

We went in as soon as it opened at 9 o'clock. The Shanghai Museum left a deep impression on us. We rented an audio guide and were fortunate to meet Professor Yan Wei, a scholar who studies porcelain. It happened that a friend of his was visiting Shanghai, and he was giving a lecture to his friend. As a result, more and more people followed him. We were fortunate to listen to Professor Yan's lecture and gained a deeper understanding of the development and craftsmanship of porcelain. We spent a full five hours in the Shanghai Museum. When we looked at the clock, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon. We were so focused on the exhibition and the lectures were so exciting that we forgot the time.

I went there specifically to see the Dong Qichang exhibition. It is indeed a national museum, where I can see the original works of masters such as the Two Wangs, Huaisu, Song Huizong, Zhao Mengfu, Ni Zan, Huang Gongwang, etc. It is worth the trip.

I went to Shanghai specifically for the "Treasure Boat of Ink and Brush" - Dong Qichang Calligraphy and Painting Art Exhibition. It was wonderful and I spent two days there. I gained a lot. If you have the chance to come to Shanghai, don't miss this rare opportunity (in fact, there are already a lot of people visiting the exhibition).

The exhibits are roughly categorized into pottery, bronzeware, calligraphy and paintings, and coins, describing the development of Chinese civilization from the Neolithic Age to modern times, and telling the story of religious indigenization and ethnic integration...



The recommended time is more than 4 hours. During this period, several museums were not visited due to internal rectification...

The Shanghai Museum is not as big as I imagined, and some of the venues are not open. It has four floors in total, and it took more than two hours to browse through them.

The Shanghai Museum is one of China's four major museums, a title it certainly deserves. The Bronze and Ancient Sculpture Halls already captivated me, but I was also lucky enough to catch the American Contemporary Art Exhibition. I'm baffled by the fact that after years of studying engineering and working with equipment every day, I've become even more drawn to history.

The scale is very large, but unfortunately all the exhibits inside are collected from other places

The Museum of Ancient Chinese Art has 12 special exhibition rooms and houses a collection of more than 120,000 fine pieces.

The museum houses a collection of historical relics from various dynasties, with ancient bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy, and paintings being the most distinctive.

The Shanghai Museum was founded in 1952 and was originally located at the old Jockey Club at 325 Nanjing West Road. In October 1959, it moved to the Zhonghui Building at 16 Henan South Road. It is now located at 201 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, south of People's Square in the center of Shanghai.

If it weren't for the TV show "National Treasure," I probably would never have thought of visiting this museum near my home. It was truly a pleasant surprise. The collection is very rich and the layout is classical, capturing the essence of Chinese civilization from a few years ago. However, I had two regrets: I didn't get to see the Shang Yang Fang Sheng and the Lotus Pond Duck Painting (they were the museum's treasures and were not on display), and I didn't get to see the sage-like Director Zhongmou.

Although the Shanghai Museum looks ordinary from the outside, it has a lot of national treasures inside. It may take half a day to see them all. The museum is not divided by history but by type. Personally, I like bronze and jade the most.

The museum opens at 9am, but when I arrived at 8am, there was already a huge crowd in front of me...

Friends’ thirst for knowledge is so strong!

I waited for about an hour and rented a guide to listen to stories while walking around.

There was an exhibition. I couldn’t understand the paintings but I thought they were beautiful.

The museum here is very comprehensive and large, with many unearthed cultural relics. It is worth a visit for those interested in history.

The Shanghai Museum is one of China's four major museums, on par with the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Shaanxi History Museum in Xi'an, and the Nanjing Museum. It is particularly renowned for its bronze artifacts.

Enter directly through the south gate; no ticket required. Turn right after entering and rent a guide. The deposit is 300 yuan, and the rental fee is 20 yuan. Bronze, Buddha statues, porcelain, furniture, coins, calligraphy and paintings, and more are available. We spent most of our time on the second floor, where the porcelain exhibition, also known as the "Bloggers' Hall," is located. The guide's explanations are limited and lack a vivid feel. We encountered the most scholarly guide I've ever encountered. He made the entire ceramics museum incredibly lively and engaging, like a teacher—it's not an exaggeration to call him a professor or expert. I wasn't sure if he was a volunteer guide or a tour guide, but everyone was listening, and he became increasingly enthusiastic. The entire museum took over three hours, but I didn't really explore the third and fourth floors; I wasn't particularly interested.

Are you sure that guy on horseback isn't a woman dressed as a man?

Time flies so fast, I don't have time to savor it, everything is gone

My biggest regret on this trip to Shanghai was not planning a full day at the Shanghai Museum. Half a day would have been at least enough. It took me nearly three hours to fully explore the stone carvings and bronzes, which comprise the two galleries on the first floor. I was running out of time for the ceramics gallery on the second floor, so I rushed through it as quickly as possible. And I only had a quick look at the seals, jade, calligraphy, paintings, and furniture on the third floor. What a shame.

Many of the exhibits in the Stone Carving Hall are open to the public. Although I know taking photos in a museum is foolish, and the exhibits are all high-definition images on the website, I couldn't resist snapping a few when I saw something interesting and beautiful. While the Shanghai Museum has a nearly comprehensive collection of bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings, and stone carvings, the exquisite pieces in the Ceramics Hall captivated me the most. It was the first time I saw porcelain so beautiful.

You must visit it when traveling to Shanghai. I like visiting museums in various places very much. You can fully understand the local history and culture. The museum is also quite crowded, and the collection is particularly rich. There are many exhibitions regularly, but you need to make an appointment. When I went there, I had to wait in line for a while before I could get in. After walking around for a day, my feet were sore, but I didn't want to walk. If I lived in the city, I would definitely go there often.

Regarding ceramics, it can be said that it is a very detailed and systematic introduction

Prepare for at least 4 hours, otherwise it would be a waste if you rush through it

The calligraphy, painting, porcelain, bronze, seal and other areas are all great, but there were too many people queuing outside the museum for an hour before getting in. Despite this, I still highly recommend the Shanghai Museum.

We arrived at the Shanghai Museum at 1:30 PM, and the line at the entrance was still long. The driver who brought us there told us it was just like that when he dropped someone off at 9 AM. Thankfully, the museum hadn't reached its capacity limit, so the line moved forward in an orderly fashion. Someone was selling traditional Chinese painting folding fans and mineral water in the queue, and sales were quite good. The foreigners in line were especially pleased with their fans. After waiting in line for half an hour to get in, we checked our luggage in for free and wandered around until closing time. Fortunately, despite the crowds, the place remained orderly and well-managed. Unfortunately, the national treasure, Zhu Kerou's Lotus Pond and Ducklings, which I had been looking forward to, wasn't on display at all. However, we did get to see the Da Ke Ding and the Qin Fangsheng.

The air conditioning in the Shanghai Museum was turned up too high, and I was so cold that I got goose bumps. I hugged my son to keep each other warm, and it took me a long time to warm up after I came out. Those who are here should make some preparations, as I saw many people wearing shawls.

I went to see the Russian State Tretyakov Gallery's treasure exhibition (including the Unknown Woman and the portrait of Leo Tolstoy). I went in the morning at the right time and didn't have to wait too long (only about 20 minutes).

Going to the museum was unexpected. When I went there, I happened to see a lot of students walking around. Suddenly I felt like a student myself, haha. However, this museum is well-made and it is also good to take children to see it. Although it may be a bit boring for people who don’t like cultural relics~

If you are an expert, you can spend half a day appreciating and admiring the calligraphy, oil paintings, ceramics or any other collection of exhibits! I came here with the intention of being edified, but found that it was useless. Haha, you still need the right person!

Admission is free. I had to queue for half an hour before I could get in. The museum is very large and can be visited from the top floor to the bottom. It has 12 special exhibition rooms and more than 120,000 exquisite collections. The Western Zhou Dynasty Da Ke Ding, the Spring and Autumn Period Zi Zhong Jiang Pan, the Tang Dynasty "Gao Yi Tu", the Eastern Jin Dynasty Wang Xianzhi's "Yatou Wan Tie" and other national treasures are generally displayed separately for exquisite works.

The museum has a large collection and was even featured on the National Treasures. Free entry with an ID card is available. There are four floors: bronzes on the first floor, ceramics on the second floor, calligraphy and paintings on the third floor, and ancient coins and ethnic minorities on the fourth floor.

Attention, this place only allows 8,000 people to enter every day, so we have to hurry.

Here we can see a lot of history and learn stories that we have never known.

In addition to the conventional bronze, porcelain, pottery, etc., there are also various oil painting exhibitions in Britain.

The museum has four floors. The air conditioning inside is low, so wear a sun-protective coat. We also saw ethnic minority costumes, seals, etc. on the other floors.

Last time I went to the Shanghai Museum during the Spring Festival, it was incredibly crowded. I couldn't compete for a spot, and I wasn't in the mood to explore, so I just left. This time, I specifically chose a Friday, hoping it wouldn't be so crowded. The museum opens at 9:00 AM, and I lined up at 8:40 AM. I finally made it through security around 9:15 PM and headed straight to the third-floor painting gallery. Calligraphy and paintings are more fragile than other artifacts, so the Shanghai Museum's painting galleries are all equipped with sensor lights that illuminate when you approach, helping to protect the paintings. The problem, however, is that if you linger in front of a painting for too long... the lights go out, and you have to move around. A common sense about museum viewing is that paintings from before the Song Dynasty are more precious and fragile, so they're not often displayed outdoors. So, I recommend checking the official exhibition schedule before your visit to see which works will be on display that day. The exhibition halls were uncrowded, allowing for quiet viewing without interruption, allowing for plenty of opportunities to capture the details you loved. In summary, there were unexpectedly few people and the experience was great. If you can't find a place to sit and rest in the museum, you can go to the painting gallery.

Several large Buddha statues are very shocking.

Bronze Museum, I don't have much knowledge about bronzes, that is, they are roughly divided into different vessels. I am interested in their complex patterns and parts other than the body. To put it bluntly, they are still sculptures.

It was already 3:30 when I came out of the Shanghai Museum. I didn’t expect that I had been shopping for so long. In short, since it was Friday and not a holiday, there were not many people that day and the experience was great!

The Shanghai Museum is a large museum of ancient Chinese art with 12 special exhibition rooms and a collection of more than 120,000 fine pieces.

The museum houses a collection of historical relics from various dynasties, with ancient bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy, and paintings being the most distinctive.

Among them, the Da Ke Ding from the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zi Zhong Jiang Pan from the Spring and Autumn Period, the "Gao Yi Tu" from the Tang Dynasty, and the "Ya Tou Wan Tie" by Wang Xianzhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty are all national treasures.

In addition, the Shanghai Museum often holds special exhibitions featuring various domestic and foreign cultural relics, artworks, calligraphy and paintings.

I have to say the calligraphy and paintings by Liu Yong, Zhao Mengfu, Zhang Daqian, Zhang Bi, Mi Fu, and Qiu Ying were truly stunning. I even spotted an elderly man intently copying a painting.

It is closed on Mondays, please take note.

Seeing that there weren't many people at the gate, I took a few photos of the gate.

Just go and queue up to enter the museum! At this time, there are really few people!

Actually, there are four floors in the museum, with four halls on each floor, for a total of sixteen halls. It took me about two hours to walk around!

I visited almost every museum, but what impressed me most was the costumes of 56 ethnic groups, which I didn’t take a picture of.

Only by entering the Shanghai Museum can you truly experience the profoundness of Chinese history.

The Shanghai Museum prohibits entry at 4 o'clock. I went in at 3:59 and didn't want to come out. The air conditioner was turned on and I felt a little cold. It's like we have reached a certain agreement. I will visit a museum or art gallery in every city I visit.

Don't miss it if you pass by, People's Square, free admission, 20-40 minutes of guided tours. The first floor is the Ancient Chinese Bronze Museum, Ancient Chinese Sculpture Museum and exhibition hall; the second floor is the Ancient Chinese Ceramics Museum, Zhandelou Ceramics Museum and exhibition hall; the third floor is the Chinese Calligraphy Museum, Chinese Painting Museum and Chinese Seal Museum; the fourth floor is the Chinese Ancient Jade Museum, Chinese Coin Museum, Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Museum, Chinese Minority Handicraft Museum and exhibition hall.

Although the exhibition is free, my high expectations ultimately led to disappointment. While the museum is rich in fine art, the layout is poor, leaving it looking rather cluttered. Many of the statues in the sculpture gallery on the first floor are not enclosed by glass, a clear example of Shanghai's integration with international museums.

The Shanghai Museum is definitely worth a visit. The explanations given by the volunteers in the museum are also super exciting. I don't recommend renting an electronic guide. Listening to the volunteers will help you understand the stories behind the cultural relics.

There are 4 floors in total

First Floor Bronze Hall Sculpture Hall

Second Floor Ceramics Museum

3rd Floor Calligraphy Gallery Painting Gallery

4th floor: Coin Museum, Jade Museum, Ming and Qing Furniture Museum, and Minority Crafts Museum

Just experience it slowly. It's not a short time.

Learn something new

The Shanghai Museum, like the National Museum of China and the Nanjing Museum, is a comprehensive museum with a total of eleven special halls. I rushed through them for three hours and missed many wonderful exhibits. Fortunately, the purpose of this trip was clear, which was to look for the three national treasures of the Song Dynasty, Zhu Kerou, Shang Yang Fangsheng and Da Ke Ding, which were listed in "National Treasures", as well as three calligraphy works from the Shanghai Museum collection, Wang Shouren's "Poems on Returning to Shanghang", "Letter to Hu Shizhen" and "Showing to My Nephews". Unfortunately, none of these six major collections were found and probably were not on display.

The Shanghai Museum's exhibits are incredibly diverse and comprehensive, encompassing a wide range of categories. Whether it's bronzes, woodwork, furniture, stone carvings, calligraphy or paintings, they're all exceptional. I was fortunate to meet a Guangzhou native in the Ceramics Museum, who explained the types of ceramics and their production techniques. The downside is that the Shanghai Museum's introductions are somewhat limited, requiring extensive research to fully understand.

There are always long queues at the Shanghai Museum on weekends, so friends who want to visit must arrive early. It is definitely worth going and highly recommended!!!

The Shanghai Museum of my university has a rich collection, and most importantly, there are many exhibits. It is impossible to visit them all in one day. I especially like the Bronze Museum and the Ceramics Museum. The exhibits are very finely classified, with a wide variety and exquisiteness. I am grateful to the donors, the former director Mr. Ma Chengyuan for his keen eye for gems, and the people who are currently contributing to the Shanghai Museum. The Shanghai Museum is worth visiting often. The only shortcoming I feel is that there are too few introductions. I need to do enough homework to understand them. I also watched a few episodes of Ma Weidu talking about Ru Kiln before I thought about going to the Ceramics Museum. It was still a quick visit. I hope to encounter an explanation in the future. Finally, I am looking forward to the opening of the new branch.

Visiting a museum is an extremely joyful experience.

There are so many exquisite items in the Shanghai Museum that I spent two days looking at them but still couldn’t finish them (probably until I took some photos 😂😂)

I wrote a guide ~ I hope it can be of some use to you ~

Collect all six, haha~

The Shanghai Museum doesn’t actually have many old items related to Shanghai. Most of them were donated by Chinese people, and there are quite a few fine pieces.

Time is limited, so even a cursory tour of the Bronze Hall took me over two hours. A full tour would probably take another three hours. You can download the app and listen to volunteer explanations (timed), or rent a guide for 20 yen. Luggage storage is free, but individual reservations are not accepted.

The collection is decent, worth a visit, and it's free.

During the Republican era, Shanghai's economy boomed, attracting numerous collectors, most of whom later donated their collections to the Shanghai Museum. The Da Ke Ding, featured in the book "National Treasure," is a national treasure that collector Pan Dayu dedicated his entire life to preserving. Beyond the museum's main exhibits, the Shanghai Museum's annual domestic and international special exhibitions are not to be missed. This time, I missed the tail end of an international special exhibition, which was a bit of a shame.

I seem to be particularly drawn to bronze artifacts. I love looking at the mottled green and blue patterns, studying the patterns on the objects, and listening to the audio guides explaining their ages and the stories behind them. This time, at the Shanghai Museum, I felt like I had seen enough.

The last time I went there, it happened to be the British exhibition and I queued for more than 3 hours, but it was worth it. Next time I will go to visit the local exhibition hall.

The Shanghai Museum is located near the pedestrian street and can be reached on foot! The Provincial Museum is a must-visit, as it is quite impressive. The Shanghai Museum displays not only some local cultural relics from Shanghai, but also cultural relics from China's 5,000-year history. So it is really informative and makes you feel deeply that our ancestors were really awesome. The museum has a daily limit of 8,000 people, opens at 9 am, stops admitting visitors at 4 pm, and closes at 5 pm! It is recommended to allow at least two hours for the visit. At least, at least, at least two hours

We should have gone to the back door, because there is no domineering

When we entered, we thought we were in the wrong place. It seemed that the hotel

But don’t be fooled by its exterior, there are exhibition halls on both sides of the building!

I recommend picking up a guide map from the information desk after entering so you can plan your visit. We were so engrossed by the artifacts that we spent over an hour exploring the two halls on the first floor. By the time we finally came to our senses, we'd finished the first floor with an hour left before closing. We'd just skimmed through everything else, which was a shame. Seeing those bronze artifacts felt like time travel. I felt the wisdom of the ancients. Under such conditions, they were able to create such exquisite works of art. Could it be that our ancestors weren't aliens? The museum has four floors. I didn't have time to explore the third floor, but I was very busy on the fourth.

The exhibition of the Itinerant Exhibition School was on display at the Shanghai Museum, and coincidentally, the ancient mural art exhibition of the Shanxi Museum was also on display at the Shanghai Museum at the same time. I felt like I had made a good deal!

After entering the Shanghai Museum, going through security and checking in my bag, I immediately went to the door to get a reservation wristband for the Shanxi Museum special exhibition. The session was scheduled for 11:30, and even though it was a weekday, there were still quite a few visitors.

Scan the QR code in the exhibition hall and get clear and detailed explanations effortlessly~!

As soon as you enter the exhibition hall, you can see the famous portrait of Tretyakov by Repin.

The exhibition hall also features a portrait of Alexandra Şarishcheva by Ivan Kozmik Makarov.

This time, I saw a rich collection of portraits by Kramskoy, Yaroshenko, and Repin. The key point is that such a rich collection is on display, accompanied by detailed comparative audio guides, and the whole process is free, which is really a conscience!

I carefully looked at the Wanderers exhibition. Although I had seen some of the paintings before, I couldn't wait to see them again. So it took me two hours to see the whole thing. After leaving the exhibition hall and taking a short break, I decided to go to the mural exhibition.

The time-limited wristband I received upon entering the exhibition hall actually served as an admission ticket to a special circular cave within the exhibition hall, the Shuozhou Northern Qi Shuiquanliang Tomb Mural Exhibition. The rest of the exhibition area was open to all visitors. However, it was worth the wait to get the ticket, as I had a five-minute limit to view the murals. Photography was not allowed throughout the entire exhibition.

After taking a look around, listening carefully to the explanations, and reading the introduction booklet specially printed by the Shanghai Museum, I was still shocked. It is really not easy to preserve, restore, and transport these walls so completely and still be presented to the audience perfectly!

More importantly, it is quite interesting to look at the ancient customs paintings, and seeing emoticons from time to time also satisfies my usual curiosity. . .

After leaving the mural exhibition hall, I started to plan to look at the permanent exhibition halls that every museum has, such as calligraphy and painting, porcelain, etc. This time, the Shanghai Museum has a different seal exhibition. For someone like me who occasionally carves rubber stamps, I also have to go and observe and learn from it.