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Travel in Shanghai Archaeological Treasures of the Silk Road

Time:1/19/2010 Read:

World Expo 2010 in Shanghai is recommended to you.But also also the museum.For example, Shanghai Museum.

This museum boasts 120,000 Chinese art pieces and archaeological findings. Permanent exhibits feature bronzes, ceramics and paintings, among other artifacts. Other facilities include a library with 20,000 books, a conservation laboratory and a lecture room. There is a gift shop on the first floor, a non-smoking teahouse and several antique and curio stalls. The building itself is an architectural showpiece, resembling an ancient tripod when viewed sideways. The rooftop with glassed dome is modeled on a Han Dynasty mirror.

As a museum of ancient Chinese art, Shanghai Museum possesses a collection of 120,000 precious works of art. Its rich and high-quality collection of ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy is specially celebrated in the world. Founded and first open to the public in the building previously of the horseracing club at 325 W. Nanjing Road in 1952 and then moved into the former Zhonghui Building at 16 S. Henan Road in 1959, the museum developed very quickly in aspects of acquisition, conservation, research, exhibition, education and cultural exchanges with other institutes. In 1992, the Shanghai municipal government allocated to the Museum a piece of land at the very center of the city, the People's Square, as its new site. The whole construction took three years, from August 1993 to its inauguration on October 12th, 1996. The 29.5 meters high new building has a construction space of 39,200 square meters. Its unique architectural form of a round top with a square base, symbolizing the ancient Chinese philosophy that the square earth is under the round sky, is a distinguished architectural combination of traditional feature and modern spirit. The present Shanghai Museum has eleven galleries and three special temporary exhibition halls. It extends warm welcome to the visitors from all over the world.

How to get to Shanghai Muesum?

Shanghai Muesum address : No. 201 Renmin Avenue, Shanghai, By bus No.574,No.71, No.123,No.46, No.123,TUNNEL BUS NO.6 No.934,SUBWAY NO.1 No.145,SUBWAY NO.2

 

 

 

Open Hours:

Opening hours: 9:00 - 17:00 all year round (limited quota for visitor reception).

The maximum of visitors is 5000 per day (including 1500 reserved visitors) to assure order in the galleries and safety of the exhibits.

Audio guide devices of Chinese and foreign languages also are available for rent.

 

 

 

Notice：some special exhibitions need admission fee

 

 

 

You can get a tour itinerary from our experienced tour guide and China travel advisors.

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