{"id":4204,"date":"2011-04-13T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T07:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=4204"},"modified":"2015-07-21T23:23:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T15:23:39","slug":"top-10-shanghai-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/shanghai-travel\/shanghai-attractions\/top-10-shanghai-museums","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Shanghai Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you looking for free stuff during your Shanghai Tour<\/span><\/a><\/strong>? Well, Most of the musuems in Shanghai are free of charge. Shanghai is home to many world-class museums and art galleries. There are over one hundred to choose from, ranging from the historical to the hi-tech. I’ve rounded up a list\u00a0of\u00a0my top 10 Shanghai museums for your reference.<\/p>\n

No.1: Shanghai Museum \u4e0a\u6d77\u535a\u7269\u9986
\n<\/strong>The scope, depth and quality of its collections, and the striking architecture and use of modern technology make the Shanghai Museum one of the most famous if not the most famous in China. It covers an area of 38,000 square meters, with a scale that surpasses the old museum severalfold. The exterior of the museum utilizes the shape of an ancient bronze ding, specifically a Chen ding, with its rather archaic flavor.<\/p>\n

Address: 201 Renmin Road, \u00a0Shanghai
\n<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Entrance Fee: free
\nTelephone: 021-63723500
\nBus Route: take bus 46, 71, 112, 123, 145, 916, 925 or Tunnel Line 6 and get off at People’s Square Station
\nOpen Time: 09:00-17:00 \uff08tickets stop selling at 16:00)\u00a0\u00a0( all year round )<\/p>\n

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Shanghai Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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No.2: Shanghai Natural History Museum \u4e0a\u6d77\u81ea\u7136\u535a\u7269\u9986<\/strong>
\nShanghai Natural History Museum is a museum dedicated to natural history. It is one of the largest museums of natural sciences in China. Unlike most of Shanghai’s museums, which are glossy and modern, this museum, like its contents, has seemingly been frozen in time, which perversely makes it a rather delightful visit. There is the usual collection of animals, mummies and fossils.<\/span><\/span>Address: 260 Yan’an East Road, Shanghai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Entrance Fee: free
\nTelephone: 021-63213548
\nBus Route: 09:00-17:00 (Closed on Monday )
\nOpen Time: Bus Routes 71, 127, 26, 17, 926, 66, etc.
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Shanghai Natural History Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/span>No.3: Shanghai History Museum\u00a0\u4e0a\u6d77\u5386\u53f2\u535a\u7269\u9986<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shanghai History Museum is located at No. 1286, Hongqiao Road, Shanghai. \u00a0The museum adopts the display with “real objects in the scenes” supplemented with high-tech methods, combining cultural relics, stage properties, models, sound and light into one. The exhibition demonstrates to visitors the folk customs and habits of old Shanghai citizens.<\/span><\/span>Address:\u00a0No. 1286, Hongqiao Road, Shanghai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Entrance Fee: Free
\nTelephone: +86 21\u00a0-62755595<\/span><\/span>
\nOpen Time: 09:00-15:30 ( Closed on Monday )
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\n<\/span>No.4: Shanghai Science & Technology Museum \u4e0a\u6d77\u79d1\u6280\u9986<\/strong><\/div>\n
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum is a large museum in Pudong, Shanghai, close to Century Park, the largest park of the city. The museum covers an area of 68,000 square meters, a floor space of 98,000 square meters and an exhibition space of 65,500 square meters with planned visiting flow of 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 visitors per year. Shanghai Science & Technology Museum will arrange temporary exhibitions during a whole year.
\nAddress: 2000 Shiji Dadao, Pudong, Shanghai.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Entrance Fee: \u00a0Free<\/p><\/div>\n

Telephone: 021-68622000
\nBus Route: Subway Line 2, Buses No. 987, 815, 983\u2026
\nOpen Time: 09:00-17:15 \uff08 Closed on Monday )
\nAdd: No.2000, Century Avenue, Pudong New District, Shanghai\u00a0\u4e0a\u6d77\u6d66\u4e1c\u65b0\u533a\u4e16\u7eaa\u5927\u90532000\u53f7
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\n<\/span>No.5: Shanghai Natural Wild-Insect Kingdom\u00a0\u4e0a\u6d77\u5927\u81ea\u7136\u91ce\u751f\u6606\u866b\u9986
\n<\/strong>Shanghai Natural Wild-Insect Kingdom, located between the Riverside Promenade and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, is the first of its kind in China. The birds and the bees, the beetles and the butterflies, all your usual creepy crawlies are on display in this kingdom housing several galleries, including a tropical rainforest and a reptile cave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Address: 1 Fenghe Rd, Pudong, Shanghai.
\n<\/span>Entrance Fee: CNY 60<\/div>\n
Telephone: +86 21 58406950
\nBus Route: The closest metro station to the tower is Lujiazui Station on Metro Line No.2. Buses No. 82, 996, 971, 799, 798\u2026
\nOpen Time: 9:00-17:00 ( all year round )
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Shanghai Natural Wild-Insect Kingdom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No.6: Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum\u00a0\u4e0a\u6d77\u5de5\u827a\u7f8e\u672f\u535a\u7269\u9986<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the main building of the museum is the exhibition hall for folk arts, carvings and embroideries, composing 10 specialized workshops staffed with 50 professional artisans. The exhibits and collections in the museum and research institute are the masterpieces of modern and contemporary arts and crafts. There are shops in the museum and the research institute offering art works, arts and crafts and tourist souvenirs.<\/span><\/span>Address: 79 Fenyang Road, Shanghai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Entrance Fee: CNY 8
\nTelephone: +86 21 64311431
\nBus Route: Buses No. 45, 42, 926, 920, 911, 945\u2026
\nOpen Time: 9:00-17:00
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Shanghai Arts and Crafts Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/span>No.7: Shanghai Museum of TCM\u00a0\u4e0a\u6d77\u4e2d\u533b\u836f\u535a\u7269\u9986<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shanghai TCM Museum, the museum of the profound TCM and TCM culture, was opened in the new campus of Shanghai TCM University in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park,\u00a0 Pudong New Area in October 2004. The museum consists of three parts: the Medical History Museum of Shanghai TCM University\/ Chinese Medical Association, the Specimen Room of Chinese Herbal Medicine and the History Museum of School.<\/span><\/span><\/span>Address: 1200 Cailun Rd. Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong New Area, Shanghai
\nEntrance Fee: CNY 15
\nTelephone: +86 21 51322710, 51322712
\nBus Route: Zhangnan Bus Line, Tangchuan Bus Line, Daqiao 5 Bus Line, Daqiao 6 Bus Line, Metro Line 2 at Zhangjiang Station
\nOpen Time: 9:00-16:00, closed every Monday<\/p>\n
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No.7: Shanghai Museum of TCM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/span>No.8: Navy Shanghai Museum \u00a0\u4e0a\u6d77\u6d77\u519b\u535a\u7269\u9986
\n<\/strong>The Navy Museum in Shanghai is located in Haibin Residence Community, the eastern part of Lujing, BaoShan District, covering an area of 11,000 square meters with its building area of 5000 meters. The museum originally was Changjiang Warship Memorial Hall, and further extended into an half-round modern building in late time. The Shanghai Museum of Navy consists of 4 exhibition halls.<\/p>\n

Address: 68 Tanghou Rd. Wusong, Shanghai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Entrance Fee: Free
\nTelephone: +86 21 56163295
\nBus Route: Buses No. 51, 90, 101, 116, 531, 719, 848\u2026
\nOpen Time: 08:30-16:30 ( Closed on MOnday )
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Navy Shanghai Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/span>No.9: Shanghai Postal Museum\u00a0\u4e0a\u6d77\u90ae\u653f\u535a\u7269\u9986
\n<\/strong>If you are interested in postal history and precious stamps, you can have a visit to the Shanghai Postal Museum at 250 North Suzhou Road. You will get closer to the past, present and future of the city’s postal service there. With a space of 8000 square meters, there is the duplicated horse-drawn carriage used in 1909, the truck model used in 1917. All these relics reappear the postal development and changes.<\/p>\n

Address: 250 North Suzhou Road, Shanghai.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Entrance Fee: CNY 8
\nTelephone: +86 21 63936666
\nBus Route: Sightseeing Bus 10
\nOpen Time: 09:00-1600 Every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
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\n<\/span>No.10: Shanghai Entomological Museum\u00a0\u4e0a\u6d77\u6606\u866b\u535a\u7269\u9986
\n<\/strong>Insects are probably the most successful life form on the planet. The Shanghai Entomological Museum is located within the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences in Xuhui District. Shanghai Entomological Museum has collected more than one million insect specimens. Among the collections, there are a great number of animals on the brink of extinction and the insect specimens of quarantine.<\/p>\n

Address: 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Entrance Fee: CNY 15
\nTelephone: +86 21 54924191
\nBus Route: Buses No. 43, 49, 72, 89, 104, 128, 218, 572, 733, 806
\nOpen Time: 9:00-17:00 ( all year round )<\/span><\/span><\/span>Add on:\u00a0<\/strong>
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Any questions, just drop a line.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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