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If you visit only one museum in China, make it this one. Its collections may not rival those of other museums (e.g. the National Palace Museum in Taipei), but it is an extremely user-friendly and well-organised place. I happily whiled away half a day here, admiring the largest Chinese bronze collection in the world. The building of the museum is in fact shaped like an ancient bronze food vessel, the ding. There is also a pleasant tea room within the museum, and the adjacent museum shop is very good for souvenirs (good quality but pricier than elsewhere) and books on Chinese art (in English as well as Chinese).
Open daily from 0900 to 1700. Entry to the museum is now free, except for special exhibitions (which usually cost RMB20).
Updated Jan 18, 2010
Address: 201 Ren Min Da Dao, Shanghai 200003
Phone: +86 21 96968686
Website: http://www.shanghaimuseum.net/
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China is among the earliest countries in the world to use coins. Taking the advantage of its super collection, Shanghai Museum provides a historical overview of Chinese currency in this 730 square meter gallery. More than 7,000 specimens show a historical development of ancient coins and economic exchange between ancient China and foreign countries.
Open: 9am-5pm every day. Admission: Free.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
Among more than 100 pieces of furniture, there are the Ming furniture that were simply in style but elegantly prepared or tightly formed by tenon- mortise technique and the Qing furniture that were imposingly produced and elaborately decorated.
Open: 9am-5pm every day. Admission: Free.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
More than 600 handicrafts are shown in this 700 square meter gallery, including costumes, textiles, embroideries, metal wares, sculpture, pottery, lacquer wares, cane and bamboo plaited vessels as well as wooden masks.
Open: 9am-5pm every day. Admission: Free.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
Chinese paintings have a long tradition and a unique style. This has been an art by using " dots and lines" as expressive skill and brush, ink stick, silk and Xuan paper as main implements. More than 120 masterpieces ranging from the Tang dynasty to the present are shown within the space of 1,200 square meters. The exhibition fully displays age-old tradition and profound foundation of Chinese paintings.
Open: 9am-5pm every day. Admission: Free.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
Calligraphy is a writing art to express Chinese characters by using brush. With an age-old tradition, Chinese calligraphy originated in the Shang dynasty and matured in the Eastern Zhou period. During the Jin, the Sui and the Tang dynasties, a number of distinguished calligrapher’s emerged and calligraphic exploration were elaborated.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
The museum had a special exhibition on when I visited which specialised in Roman and Greek pottery due to the fact that the Olympic Games were being staged later in the year. It was quite interesting to see the differences of similar aged exhibits from Europe with those from China. The gallery also features different kiln techniques for firing the pottery.
Open: 9am-5pm every day. Admission: Free.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
As a symbol of China's ancient civilization and cultural heritage, bronze artefacts have been regarded as important treasures ever since the Shang and Zhou dynasties. More than 400 pieces of exquisite bronzes are shown within the space of 1,200 square meters, providing an overall perspective of bronze art in ancient China.
Open: 9am-5pm every day. Admission: Free.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
The exhibits here, dating between the Warring States period and the Ming dynasty, reveal artistic styles of Chinese sculpture in different periods. The most attractive sculptures are Buddha statues with different styles, such as simple and delicate Buddha statues of the Northern Wei, elegant and vivid Buddha statues of the Northern Qi and the Sui dynasties, gorgeously shaped and full-bodied Buddha statues of the Tang dynasty, and novel and secular Bodhisattva of the Song dynasty.
Open: 9am-5pm every day. Admission: Free.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
This gallery exhibits large number of sculptures from the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties (475 B.C.-A.D. 220). They features terra-cotta warriors from the mausoleum complex of the first emperor of Qin, stone statues from noble and royal tombs of the Han period and pottery figures showing scenes of daily life from the Western Han period (2nd-1st century B.C.).
Open: 9am-5pm every day. Admission: Free.
Written Jun 22, 2009
Address: Renmin Da Dao
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