A "MUST SEE" FOR VISITORS TO SHANGHAI The Museum is a very well curated collection of amazing items from China's long history. Its free and open every day except Monday. Tour guides will advise that a passport is needed for entry but we were able to enter with no ID at all. You can get a free (English) audio guide - for this you'll need to leave a 400 Yuan refundable deposit (or leave some ID such as drivers licence or ...yes.. your passport!) Its an oasis of cool and quiet and you can easily spend a few hours here marvelling at the age and beauty of the exhibits. Good printed guides in Chinese and English. Guided tours offered but with the audio guide I think you better off doing it yourself and spending time on the things that intrigue you the most. There is a good cafe inside (with good coffee!) and on each floor you will find a souvenir shop with some good (easily packed) treasures to take home :) There is security screening on entry. This museum will not present any problems for people with mobility issues as it has level floors and lifts and escalators. Nearest Metro train station is People's Square (a fair walk just the same which can be tiring in the hot, sticky weather).

🎭Art & Culture: Beautiful collection of traditional and modern Chinese art and culture. The Shanghai museum is a perfectly preserved capsule of the decades and centuries. The museum is free to enter. There is a paid audio guide that is well worth using. The diverse historical lineage of Chinese tradition is explained extremely well with the voice guide, in your language of choice. The use of different media and historical symbolism of this nation’s artwork, is much deeper than face value. If you enjoy historical museums, this is one to add to your list! The museum was also not terribly crowded which made for a deeply personal experience.

I came here for a visit from campus. I got a lot point of view and insighrfull when it comes to this museum, especially for making advertisements and promotions

A great museum near people's square. The museum is very well laid out and easily accessible. Good gift shop to pick up a souvenir. Exhibits are diverse with paintings, sculptures, calligraphy, artefacts, furniture, jade and much more. If you are in Shanghai you should stop for a visit, probably 2-3 hours would suffice. Free entry.

Great museum. I gave only 4 stats, just because it is very hard to reserve entrance ticket for weekend. The ticket is free, but you need to reserve it via museum website. You will need Chinese telephone number for that. They open slots in week before, but all slots for Saturday and Sunday are immediately reserved. I visited this museum twice. My second visit was not so successful: only several halls were open, others were closed for renewing. Very often there is a special exposition on the ground floor, and it could be not free.

This is one of Ningbo's best kept secrets. It is a hidden gem and few know it, even though it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and located opposite to Ningbo's famous Bund! Surprisingly, the place is overlooked by most lists of things to do in Ningbo. The building was a meeting place for the local sailors' guild.Today it is a museum filled with a multitude of model ships. If you are in town, you should definitely visit the Qing'an Assembly Hall.

This is the most hilarious and informative place. I recommend the first floor for a great laugh. Every type of wine cup imaginable - from extra large, too extra small, shaped like a woman, shaped like private parts, shaped like a dog. :D Find out how drunk people were during the time of Confucius! Also exhibits calligraphy, traditional dress (amazing) and sculptures (also amazing). Very informative, free to enter, english maps and self tours available, toilet facilities, wheelchair accessible, paid parking, and 400m from metro exit.

Look inside the history ofnold times. On the museum are many exhibitions with various things to see as coins, status, pottery and many many more. You will spend here few hours and if you like museums in general this is right place to visit. To know what to expect I put examples of exhibition.

A must see in Shanghai loved this museum with so much to see inside and so many years of history. Do not miss a visit here if you are in Shanghai. Be careful of people approaching you near here as they try to scam you and take you to a tea house to then rip you off.

This museum gathers traditional and modern Chinese art and culture. The rare cultural pieces are from different decades and centuries. You will not have to pay for entrance. But if you will you can pay for an audio guide for your visit. Inside the building, the combination use of granite, marble and artwork is really inspiring. The museum has a collection of over 120,000 pieces. It has 11 galleries and 3 special temporary exhibition halls. It took me 3 hours to visit. Hopefully, it was not crowded.

A treasure box of history with a very nice garden outside with parking space. Museum personnel outside were very patient and helpful to everybody. Very clean toilets. Very interesting Museum Shop.

It captures the shanghai story in the 1900。some of the artifacts are colorful。other stories relate to the rise of the communist party。the building is huge and provides some quiet time one to think about our past，terrible effects of war。FREE entry

(Translated by Google) Free to visit, the collection is not very rich, mainly porcelain, can understand the past life, look good (Original) 免费参观，藏品不算很丰富，主要还是瓷器为主，能了解一下过去的生活，看看还是不错的

(Translated by Google) You can learn about the history of Yuyao City and also enjoy free admission. Not bad. (Original) 可以了解餘姚市的歷史，還免費入場。不錯。

(Translated by Google) The Shanghai Museum was founded in 1952. It was originally located at the old racing club at No. 325 Nanjing West Road. It moved into the Zhonghui Building at No. 16 Henan South Road in October 1959. It is now located at No. 201, Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, on the south side of the People's Square in the central Shanghai. In August 1993, the construction of the new Shanghai Museum began, and it was fully completed and opened on October 12, 1996. The Shanghai Museum has a total building area of ​​39,200 square meters, covering an area of ​​11,000 square meters, with two floors underground and five floors above ground, 29.5 meters high, and a total investment of 570 million yuan. The new pavilion is an architectural shape combining a square base with a round overhang, which has the meaning of "a place with a round sky" in China. The name "Shanghai Museum" was written by Chen Yi, the first mayor of Shanghai. The Shanghai Museum has 11 special halls, 3 exhibition halls, and an exhibition area of ​​2,800 square meters. There are nearly one million cultural relics in the collection, including 120,000 fine cultural relics, especially bronze ware, ceramics, calligraphy and painting. It has a collection of bronzes from Baoji, Henan, Hunan and other places. It is known as the "half of the country" in the cultural relic world. It is a large ancient Chinese art museum, so it is worth seeing! The Shanghai Museum was founded in 1952. It was originally located at the Old Race Club at No. 325 Nanjing West Road. It moved into the Zhonghui Building at No. 16 Henan South Road in October 1959. It is now located at No. 201 , Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, on the south side of the People's Square in the central Shanghai. In August 1993, the construction of the new Shanghai Museum started, and it was fully opened on October 12, 1996. The Shanghai Museum has a total building area of ​​​​39,200 square meters, covering an area of ​​​​11,000 square meters, with two floors underground and five floors above ground, with a height of 29.5 meters and a total investment of 570 million yuan. The new pavilion is an architectural shape that combines a square base with a round overhang, which has the meaning of "a place with a round sky" in China. The name "Shanghai Museum" was written by Chen Yi, the first mayor of Shanghai. The Shanghai Museum has 11 special halls, 3 exhibition halls, and an exhibition area of ​​​​2,800 square meters. The museum has nearly one million cultural relics, including 120,000 fine cultural relics, especially bronze ware, ceramics, calligraphy, and paintings. It has a collection of bronzes from Baoji, Henan, Hunan and other places. It is known as the "half of the country" in the cultural relic world. It is a large-scale ancient Chinese art museum. (Original) 上海博物馆创建于1952年，原址南京西路325号旧跑马总会，1959年10月迁入河南南路16号中汇大楼，现址上海市中心人民广场的南侧黄浦区人民大道201号。 1993年8月，上海博物馆新馆开工建设，1996年10月12日全面建成开放。上海博物馆建筑总面积39200平方米，占地面积1.1万平方米，地下二层，地上五层，高29.5米，总投资5.7亿元。新馆是方体基座与圆形出挑相结合的建筑造型，具有中国“天圆地方”的寓意。馆名“上海博物馆”为上海第一任市长陈毅书写。 上海博物馆设有11个专馆，3个展览厅，陈列面积2,800平方米。馆藏文物近百万件，其中精品文物12万件，其中尤其是以青铜器、陶瓷器、书法、绘画为特色。收藏了来自宝鸡及河南、湖南等地的青铜器，有文物界“半壁江山”之誉，是一座大型的中国古代艺术博物馆，故此很值得一看！ The Shanghai Museum was founded in 1952. It was originally located at the Old Race Club at No. 325 Nanjing West Road. It moved into the Zhonghui Building at No. 16 Henan South Road in October 1959. It is now located at No. 201, Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, on the south side of the People's Square in the central Shanghai. In August 1993, the construction of the new Shanghai Museum started, and it was fully opened on October 12, 1996. The Shanghai Museum has a total building area of ​​39,200 square meters, covering an area of ​​11,000 square meters, with two floors underground and five floors above ground, with a height of 29.5 meters and a total investment of 570 million yuan. The new pavilion is an architectural shape that combines a square base with a round overhang, which has the meaning of "a place with a round sky" in China. The name "Shanghai Museum" was written by Chen Yi, the first mayor of Shanghai. The Shanghai Museum has 11 special halls, 3 exhibition halls, and an exhibition area of ​​2,800 square meters. The museum has nearly one million cultural relics, including 120,000 fine cultural relics, especially bronze ware, ceramics, calligraphy, and paintings. It has a collection of bronzes from Baoji, Henan, Hunan and other places. It is known as the "half of the country" in the cultural relic world. It is a large-scale ancient Chinese art museum.

(Translated by Google) Good place to know part of the history of China (Original) Buen lugar para conocer parte de la historia de China

(Translated by Google) Stay for a day (Original) 呆一天了

Worth visiting for sure; 4 floors with 4 spacious exhibition halls on each floor. Takes at least 2.5h to see it all without hurry.

Massive collection of Chinese history spanning five floors. Furniture, artefacts, and art from China's rich and beautiful culture. Superb examples of the finest ceramics. Everything beautifully displayed and curated.

(Translated by Google) Very quiet place, not many tourists, This time I happened to have a very powerful wood carving exhibition, You can watch it slowly ~ Tickets are 10 yuan, which is well worth it ~ (Original) 很寧靜的地方，遊客不多， 此次去剛好有很厲害的木雕展覽， 可以好好的慢慢地觀賞~ 門票10元人民幣，非常值得~

Nice and well organised museum. I arrived in early so no need to wait at all. Mostly government museum is free but some need id or passport to identify yourself. I love this place. 😊👍

Spending time at Shanghai Museum was invaluable. Half day was not enough for someone who's eager to explore the antiques, historic stuffs and arts. Visiting early at the opening time helps you get into the museum quicker and avoid getting stuck in a long queue for more than 1 hour.

Took my two kids there. They were amazed to see some many interesting stuff. A good selection of artefacts - from paintings, calligraphy to furniture, from sculpture to bronze. It's a great place to learn some Chinese Art History. The bilingual display is really helpful for foreigners. We also love the gift shop.

Must see in Shanghai. 5 story building with a rich historical collection of chines' art. Galleries include Chinese bronze age, sculptures, ceramic artworks, paintings, calligraphy, seals, furniture, and coins. They could store my suitcase here for me which was great as I was travelling through here.

This is a great museum to visit if you are touring Shanghai for a few days. It is free to all And located in the beautiful People’s Park. Not a world class museum but it does showcase a nice cross-section of China’s history. I would recommend going to the urban planning museum first if you are pressed for time in Shanghai as it provides an incredible overview of the city past present and future and provides information on each of the historical neighborhoods you can go tour.

This museum is the largest we have visited in Shanghai so far. We spent a whole day there. It has four stories, with entire wings dedicated to chinese bronze, jade, calligraphy, money, ceramics, furniture and Chinese paintings. The most fun part is its gift shop. It has replicas of the exhibits available to purchase (vases, beautiful tea cups, paintings, even bronze containers) if you can afford it.

Most galleries were closed when we visited on 13 Jan 24, but still worth a visit. Need to reserve tickets for weekends, which are free. However, you do need a local phone number to reserve. We just tried our luck and a kind young man told us to wait for a while, before helping us to book tickets during the next entrance time. Exhibitions were well spaced, can't complain since it's all free!

The Shanghai Museum is a cultural treasure trove. Its vast collection of artifacts, including ancient ceramics, calligraphy, and exquisite artworks, offers a captivating glimpse into China's rich history. The museum's modern architecture and well-curated exhibits make it a must-visit destination for art and history enthusiasts. A journey through time and culture.

If you don't speak Chinese, I don't recommend trying to gain entrance without a Chinese speaking friend. Entrance is free but you need a reservation to get in. If you just front up to the museum without a reservation you'll need to find the little kiosk near the exit of the gift shop. Here the person will check your passports and give you an entrance time, but they only release a few times every 30 minutes or so (at least that's how it seemed to work). Once you get past that it's pretty straightforward getting in. Our visit was in winter so some of the exhibits were closed for refurbishing. On the plus side that means it wasn't too crowded.

(Translated by Google) Old garden in the high-rise building (Original) 在高楼林立夹击中的老庭园

One of the top meseums in China. Many stuff inside. If you want to view something interested, you'd better take a look at the website in advance and pick the related theme exhibition hall. For more infomation, feel free to twitter me@jerryshanghai or email: [email protected]

Nice museum, composed of multiple exhibitions. Especially nice in the summer heat thanks to the very much appreciated AC. It might take a few minutes to get in due to the usual security check.

The Shanghai Museum is a must-visit for a cultural and educational experience. It's known for its impressive collection of artifacts, including porcelain vases, ancient seals, jades, scrolls, and classical Chinese furniture. The museum is free to enter, but it can get crowded during peak times, with queues for security screening. The displays cover different levels and types of history. The museum also has souvenir stalls with a variety of cute and pretty items. Some visitors found the restaurants crowded and opted to skip dining. Overall, it offers a rewarding cultural exposure to Chinese history and art.

One of the most visit attraction in Shanghai. They have collected all the ancient Chinese stuffs in very good condition and there are no entry fee! Great place to visit!!!

Nice place to visit.

Visited a decade ago. In 2012. It had many great artifacts, especially related to Buddha. It is not very large and impressive like US or European museums but is beautifully designed. Must visit for a few hours

Great place

(Translated by Google) It's wonderful ❗️ I like Buddha statues very much, but the history of China such as oracle bone script and seals is packed tightly. And it's free! ️ I want museums in Japan to be cheaper and more familiar to many people. (Original) 素晴らしいです❗️仏像がとてもすきですが、甲骨文字、印章などなど中国の歴史がギッシリ詰まっています。しかも無料‼️ 日本の博物館もっと安くして多くの人に親しんでもらいたいですね。

(Translated by Google) Historical and cultural diversity (Original) 歷史文化多元

(Translated by Google) A great museum with a rich collection. I only visited two exhibition halls in one afternoon. I thought that the bronzes were antiquities covered with patina. As a result, I found that there are many exquisite works in the collection, and there are many animal face patterns, bird patterns, fire patterns, thunder patterns... .They are so cute. People who didn’t think thousands of years ago could make such exquisite artifacts! In the past, history textbooks only read the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The Xia Dynasty seems to be a mythical existence? Erlitou culture presents more and more Xia North Korea history. The Ceramic Hall and Ancient Jade Hall are also very exciting. (Original) 非常棒的博物館，館藏豐富。一個下午只參觀了二個展廳，印象中以為青銅器就是長滿銅鏽的古物；結果發現館藏中有很多很精緻的作品，而且很多的獸面紋、鳥紋、火紋、雷紋.....都好可愛，想不到幾千年前的人們就可以做出這麼精緻的器物! 以前歷史課本只讀到西周的歷史，夏朝似乎是神話般的存在? 二里頭文化呈現越來越多的夏朝歷史。陶瓷館與古玉館也非常精彩。

This is a great museum. The collection of art are amazing. One of the best museum.

Great place to visit if you like history and culture. I really enjoyed the museum. The entrance is free and it's also located in a beautiful park.

Be aware , Monday is holiday in most visiting places so avoid any plans. But, these area are best mentioned and will mesmerise you fullest to core on its view and maintainance. Do explore best flowinring dring season and never miss a opportunity here to visit if you are in shanghaim

Incredible!

(Translated by Google) a lot of people (Original) 人好多

Great place if you want to learn more about local history. Very nice to walk around outside near the river.

Nice museum

Quite new, clean, and with english description. FREE. But the item inside are non so spectacular or rare.

Founded in 1952, the Shanghai Museum remains China's most important museum of classical Chinese art. Set in a modern building that's something of a work of art itself - its unique round top and square base encompasses traditional Chinese concepts of the Earth - the museum's four floors include impressive displays of bronzes and ceramics from prehistoric cultures to the 19th century. Other highlights of the collection include ink drawings, calligraphy and seals, as well as large collections of art from ethnic minorities. It's also home to large collections of jade, coins, furnishings from the Ming and Qing periods (1368-1912), and a well-stocked gift shop.

Big pot shaped building just at the side of famous Peoples Square of Shanghai had enormous collections depicting Chinese history. The building architect was inspired by the priceless big circular tripod pot with two ears bronze vessels called Da Ke Ding from Zhou dynasty (1046-771 BC). Inside of the building looked glistening with granites, marbles & art works. A lot of rooms were exhibiting various periods of Chinese cultures & arts. Basically, it was a modern world class museum in ancient style building showing historical priceless Chinese cultural relics.

(Translated by Google) The Shanghai Museum is dedicated to ancient Chinese art. It is located in the People's Square in the Huangpu district of the Shanghai Municipality in the People's Republic of China. The museum first opened its doors in 1952 in a modernist building on Nanjing Street. Later (1959) he moved to Henan Street. The current museum was opened in 1996. The building that houses the museum is circular in shape and occupies an area of ​​39,200 m² of which more than 10,000 are dedicated to exhibitions. Its height is 29.5 meters, divided into five floors. Designed by a local architect, the building has a circular shape on a square base, thus symbolizing the ancient Chinese perception of the world: A round sky, a square earth. The museum contains a collection of more than 120,000 pieces, divided into ten different categories: bronze, sculpture, pottery, jade, painting, calligraphy, stamps, coins, furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and arts from Chinese minorities. (Original) El Museo de Shanghai está dedicado al arte chino antiguo. Se encuentra en la Plaza del Pueblo, en el distrito de Huangpu de la municipalidad de Shanghái, en la República Popular China. El museo abrió por primera vez sus puertas en el año 1952 en un edificio modernista de la calle Nanjing. Posteriormente (1959) se trasladó a la calle Henan. El museo actual se inauguró en el año 1996. El edificio que alberga el museo tiene forma circular y ocupa un área de 39.200 m² de los que más de 10.000 están dedicados a exposiciones. Su altura es de 29,5 metros, divididos en cinco pisos. Diseñado por un arquitecto local, el edificio tiene una forma circular sobre una base cuadrada, simbolizando así la antigua percepción china del mundo: Un cielo redondo, una tierra cuadrada. El museo contiene una colección de más de 120.000 piezas, divididas en diez categorías diferentes: bronce, escultura, cerámica, jade, pintura, caligrafía, sellos, monedas, muebles de las dinastías Ming y Qing y artes de las minorías chinas.

(Translated by Google) Very little relevance. (Original) Muy poco relevante.

(Translated by Google) At least the lower two floors should definitely be visited; the museum will positively surprise everyone who only expects the historical accumulation of dug-out arrowheads to simple vessels that is customary for such houses. The collections impress with the wealth of forms and images from a distant, non-European culture, and it becomes clear that they were way ahead of them in terms of time and content: for example, in the extremely artistic bronze vessels, some of which Already developed a thousand years before our era (i.e. before classical Greek culture), in the Li period idealized in retrospect by Confucius (or his later secretaries), and of course in (much later) porcelain. The small to life-sized figures, some of them from the time before Laotse and the emergence of Buddhism, but also from its heyday, are convincing, on the one hand, if they are intended to scare off the grim reign. But beyond all attitudes to power, others captivate through the expression of inner enlightenment, which in Europe, if at all, was only artistically expressed in the course of the Renaissance. (Original) Zumindest die unteren beiden Stockwerke sollte man unbedingt besuchen; das Museum wird alle positiv überraschen, die nur die für solche Häuser übliche historische Anhäufung von ausgebuddelten Pfeilspitzen bis Einfachgefäßen erwarten. Die Sammlungen beeindrucken durch den Formen- und Bilderreichtum aus einer fernen, nicht-europäischen Kultur, und es wird deutlich, dass sie jener zeitlich und inhaltlich weit voraus war: zum Beispiel bei den überaus kunstvollen Bronzegefäßen, die z.T. bereits tausend Jahre vor unserer Zeitrechnung entstanden (also vor der klassischen griechischen Kultur), in der von Konfuzius (bzw. seinen späteren Schriftführern) rückblickend idealisierten Li-Zeit, und natürlich beim (weit späteren) Porzellan. Auch die kleinen bis lebensgroßen Figuren, zum Teil bereits aus der Zeit vor Laotse und der Entstehung des Buddhismus, aber auch aus dessen Blütezeit, überzeugen zum einen, wenn sie grimmig herrschend abschrecken sollen. Andere aber fesseln jenseits aller Machtattitüde durch den Ausdruck innerer Erleuchtung, wie sie in Europa, wenn überhaupt, erst im Zuge der Renaissance künstlerisch zum Ausdruck kam.

A huge collection of bronze, statues, ceramics!

(Translated by Google) I can't believe it's free. There are also Japanese instructions. Anyway, it is large and there are many exhibits, so it can not be seen in one day. If you have limited time, you may want to add a star to the area you want to see. Especially recommended area for folk costumes. Also, there are many people who are taking pictures, but the security guards did not pay special attention, so it is not prohibited ... I also took a lot. (Original) ここが無料だなんて信じられません。日本語の説明書も置いてあります。とにかく広くて展示も多く、一日では見きれないです。時間に限りがある方は、見たいエリアの目星を付けていったほうがいいかも。特に民族衣装のエリアおすすめです。 あと、写真撮影してる人多いですが、警備員も特に注意してなかったので、禁止ではない…と思います。私もかなり撮りました。

(Translated by Google) It's free, so it's easy to come and finish the line. As the history is long, the cultural assets are different in size and level. You have to come to see me for a few days (Original) 무료라서 맘편하게 왔다가 줄서다 끝날지도, 역사가 긴 만큼 문화재도 규모와 수준이 남다른 곳, 오디오 해설기 강추! 맘잡고 며칠은 와봐야 제대로 볼 수 있다

(Translated by Google) To visit if you are in the area (Original) Da visitare se siete in zona

(Translated by Google) The Shanghai Museum is a museum of ancient Chinese art, located in People's Square, in the Huangpu district of Shanghai, China. Rebuilt in its current location in 1996, it is considered one of the first modern world-class museums in the country. The museum was founded in 1952 and was opened for the first time to the public in the former home of the Shanghai running club, now on Nanjing Street. The museum has a collection of more than 120,000 pieces, including bronze pieces, ceramics, calligraphy, furniture, jades, ancient coins, paintings, stamps, sculptures, minority arts and foreign art. The Shanghai Museum houses several items of national importance, including one of the three existing specimens of a transparent bronze mirror from the Han Dynasty. Wikipedia (Original) O Museu de Xangai é um museu de arte chinesa antiga, situado na Praça do Povo, no distrito de Huangpu, em Xangai, na China. Reconstruído em sua localização atual em 1996, é considerado um dos primeiros museus modernos de classe mundial do país. O museu foi fundado em 1952 e foi aberto pela primeira vez ao público na antiga casa do clube de corrida de Xangai, agora na Rua Nanquim. O museu tem uma coleção de mais de 120 000 peças, incluindo peças em bronze, cerâmica, caligrafia, móveis, jades, moedas antigas, pinturas, selos, esculturas, artes de minorias e arte estrangeira. O Museu de Xangai abriga vários itens de importância nacional, incluindo uma das três espécimes existentes de um espelho de bronze transparente da Dinastia Han. Wikipedia

(Translated by Google) There are a lot of collections, and they are free to visit (Original) 館藏挺多的，也免費參觀

(Translated by Google) Very large museum with many finds of different types. To visit (Original) Museo molto grande con molti reperti di diverso tipo. Da visitare

(Translated by Google) No opinion to see the ground motion instrument in the square, only in textbooks (Original) 無意見看到廣場的地動儀，課本才有的

(Translated by Google) High-quality exhibits are crowded (Original) 展品優質就是人多

(Translated by Google) We watched in 2019. (Original) 2019年、看了。

(Translated by Google) Yes, good. (Original) Da,bun.

This museum is free and has many floors with different displays. However, the queue can be scary during the weekends. I’ve meant to come here several times but the queue was super long. Since it’s usually open at 9 am, come before 9 if you come with a group or come during the weekdays.

(Translated by Google) A place worth seeing, you can learn about Greater Shanghai. (Original) 值得一看的地方，可以了解大上海。

(Translated by Google) Very beautiful! Highly recommended (Original) Muy bello! Muy recomendable

I love this museum - so many amazing treasures yet it's not ridiculously exhausting to visit. I have been 10 times and I never get bored. 3 times with friends. Amazing architecture.

A beautiful building dedicated to Chinese history and culture.

Overall it was pretty average, 90% of artifacts on show we're in very poor condition and I found myself hunting for something interesting. Although an impressive building it's very large and many items on display just looked like they were there to fill the space. The queue to get in was also very long but I can't really complain for what is a free museum.

Amazing museum with ancient history pieces along with Chinese artifacts and a lot of interesting and beautiful items.

Free entrance. Best place to start exploring the city

A neat experience. There was no entrance fee, but you will have to wait in line to go through security before you can get in. Fortunately, the line moved steadily and fairly fast. There is lots to see inside the museum. We spent a little over an hour just looking at the ceramics because the gallery is extensive and has lots of different kinds of pots, statues, etc. We went through the rest rather quickly: calligraphy, coins, clothing, furniture, paintings, bronze, and Jade. Overall, we spent about 2.5 hours here. The ceramics gallery was my favorite. There's a little gift shop to check out too. And I was impressed with their clean bathrooms (Western toilets here -- not squatters!). The sinks have soap and hot water.

It was interesting to see some Chinese paintings learn about the process of porcelain production, see the first Chinese coins and one of the very first jade jewellery.

(Translated by Google) ŞANKAY MUSEUM It is one of the best museums of the People's Republic of China. Founded in 1952, the museum moved to its new building in 1996 with a project similar to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing (six sides square, the top round). The world-renowned Museum of Ancient Chinese Art is one of the best collections in the world, with about a quarter of a million works. (Original) ŞANKAY MÜZESİ Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti'nin en iyi müzelerindendir. 1952 yılında kurulan müze, 1996 yılında Pekin'de bulunan Cennet Tapınağı'na benzer( altı tarafı kare, üstü tarafı yuvarlak) bir proje ile yeni binasına taşınmış. Dünyaca ünlü Antik Çin Sanatı Müzesi, bir milyon civarında bulunan eserler arasından dörtte biri, dünyanın en iyi koleksiyonlarından sayılıyor.

Certainly a top museum for Chinese art. There are four floors of top quality exhibitions. The exhibits, the information provided and the presentation are all top notched. It put the Palace Museum in Taipei to shame. The building itself, shaped like a Ding of Shang bronze, is unique. I have been there several times and each time I learned something. They also have a very good gift shop and book store.

(Translated by Google) Qing'an Hall, also known as Mindong Tianhou Palace and North Hall, is a Tianhou Palace and Guild Hall building in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. Qing'an Hall is located in Jiangdong Road (original wooden road) in Yinzhou District. It is named after the "Hai Bu Yang Bo Qing An An", the Tianhou Palace and the Guild Hall of the Ningbo North Shipyard in the late Qing Dynasty. The Qing'an Hall was built in the Qing Dynasty (1853). It is the only existing ancient building complex in the south of the Yangtze River with the functions of the Tianhou Palace and the Guild Hall. It is also the only preserved building in Zhejiang Province. The building of the Qing'an Hall is quite unique, and there are records in the book of "Glory and Geek, a crown of architecture". After the reform and opening up, the Anzhen Hall, located on the north side of the Qing'an Hall, moved to the south side of the Qing'an Hall, forming a pattern of two halls in the same area. It is now a Zhedong Maritime Folk Museum. The Qing'an Club was built in the 30th year of Daoguang (1850) and was completed three years later. It was built in 1950 by the ship owner of Shenyang, Shen Fa, in the second year of Song Shaoxi (1191), the temple of Ningbo Tianzhu Palace. Destroyed by bombing). At that time, due to the implementation of the grain shipping, the strength of the North Shipbuilding of Ningbo to operate the North Shipping was gradually expanding, and an independent business headquarters was urgently needed. Therefore, the Qing'an Hall was jointly established by nine influential Beihai seafarers in Cixi, Qixian and Zhenhai. In November of the fourth year of Xianfeng, due to the pirate attack on the North Road, the loss was huge. Cixi people Fei Lunzhen, Sheng Zhizhen and Zhenhai Xiaogang Ren Li Yeting proposed to purchase Western ships to transport food for the ship. The sand boat escorted and received the response from the shipowners. The following year, the ship was named "Baoshun Wheel" and began to escort the sand boat, which was very effective. Dong Pei’s “The Beginning and End of Baoshun Ship” has been preserved in the Qing’an Hall. During the Republic of China, Muxing Road gradually declined, and the Qing'an Hall was also transformed into Muxing Road Primary School. During the Cultural Revolution, the construction of the Qing'an Hall was seriously damaged. In 1997, the cultural department of Ningbo City repaired the Qing'an Guild Hall and restored the shape of the Qing'an Guild Hall as a hall. In June 2001, the Qing'an Guild Hall was included in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and is now the seat of the Zhedong Maritime Folk Museum. The building structure of Qing'an Hall is a typical modern wooden structure. From the outside to the inside are the palace gate, the instrument gate, the front stage, the main hall, the rear stage and the apse. The shape of the double stage is an important feature. The structure adopts the traditional Chinese courtyard structure, which extends forward along the longitudinal axis, and raises the height of each building layer by layer, making the building have a sense of depth. The palace gate of Qing'an Hall is a brick wall gatehouse. The roof is in the form of a beam-shaped hard mountain top with a Sanmatou gable. Most of the wooden components are decorated with Zhujin wood carving technique. The middle of the palace gate is the three characters of the "Tianhou Palace", with 14 figures of brick carvings on both sides. Entering the palace gate is the instrument gate. The roof of the instrument door is in the form of a bucket-type heavy mountain top and a four-headed gable. The main body of the building is supported by six dragon stone columns. Entering the instrument door is the front stage. The roof of the stage is the top of the mountain, with a bucket arch and a sculpted beast. The theme of the stage is wooden structure, and a large number of Zhujin wood carving techniques are used to express the content of the drama. The main hall of the main hall of the Qing'an Hall is in the form of a beam-shaped heavy mountain top with a five-headed gable. In the second time, the tip is a hard-topped mountain with a bucket, and at the same time, it forms a false break on the top of the mountain. Further inside, it is the rear stage, and the shape is basically the same as that of the front stage. The innermost is the apse, and the roof of the Ming Dynasty is a beam-topped heavy mountaintop with a four-headed gable. The second and the tip are the hard tops of the bucket. The apse is the place where the board of directors of the former Qing'an Club is negotiating matters, and it is also the place for the Spring and Autumn industry gatherings. Brick carving is an important artistic feature of the Qing'an Club. Brick carvings are mainly distributed in the gatehouse and gable. On the two sides of the main entrance of the hall, the "Dragon Palace" is a pattern of "Shuanglong Play Pearl". The roof bricks are mostly made of gods and auspicious patterns. The roof of the stage is carved with a dragon, and the ridge is engraved with Kuixing and Ruiyu. The most abundant is the brick carving of Shantou. The focus of the sculpture is on the lower part of the skull, which is used to represent characters and dramatic plots. Stone carving is another feature of the architectural art of the Qing'an Guild Hall. It is represented by a pair of dragons and a pair of phoenix stone peony pillars. According to legend, this group of masts came from Fujian Xinghua (now Putian City) and arrived in Ningbo by water. The image of the dragon in the dragon's scorpion column flies down from the roof with two bats around the column, meaning a blessing. The phoenix peony column is half embedded in the wall, with phoenix up and down and peony in the middle. These pillars are carved from the whole stone, and through the technique of hollowing out, the image of dragon and phoenix flying between the clouds is created. In addition, the stone carvings on the wall base, the Imperial Road, the pillar foundation, etc. also have their own characteristics. Wood carvings are commonly used in the wooden components of the Qing'an Hall. A large number of wood carving techniques are used for the scorpion, the bird, the arch, the baffle, and the vertical column. The wood carvings of the Qing'an Hall use the native Zhu Jin wood carving crafts of Ningbo, and the content is from the landscape to the folk stories. The fixed exhibition of the Qing'an Guild Hall (excluding the Anzhen Guild Hall belonging to the same museum) is the exhibition of China·Ningbo Ship History Exhibition. In addition to the fixed exhibitions, temporary exhibitions are also held on a regular basis. In addition, the important exhibit is Jiang Yalun Wood Rudder. The Qing'an Guild Hall currently has a China-Ningbo Ship History Exhibition, which displays various ships and their models from ancient times to China, especially in Ningbo, including the buildings, the "Wanyu" Shenzhou, the sand boat, the Fuzhou, the Baozhou and China. The first ship of the self-running Baoshun round. The Jiangya shipwreck occurred on December 3, 1948, was the biggest shipwreck in modern China. In 2000, Wenzhou people Wu Jinlong and Chen Xiaoyu fired a fire on the Dongfanghong No. 8 wheel of the Changhang Group (that is, the vessel was rebuilt after the salvage of the original Jiang Yalun), causing the ship to burn down. Wu Jinlong and Chen Xiaoyu sent the only wooden rudder of Jiang Yalun to the collection of the Zhedong Maritime Folk Museum. The wooden rudder is now in the main hall of the Qing'an Hall for people to visit. The general ticket for the Qing'an Clubhouse is 10 yuan, and the children and students are folded in half. Opening hours are from 8:30 to 16:30 daily. (Original) 慶安會館，又名甬東天后宮、北號會館，是中國浙江省寧波市一處天后宮和會館建築。慶安會館位於鄞州區江東北路（原木行路），得名於「海不揚波慶兮安瀾」，是晚清時期寧波北號船幫的天后宮和會館。慶安會館建成於清咸豐三年(1853年)，是江南現存唯一兼具天后宮與會館功能的古建築群，也是浙江省唯一保存完整的會館建築。 慶安會館建築頗具特色，志書中有「輝煌煊赫，為一邑建築冠」的記載。改革開放後，原址位於慶安會館北側的安瀾會館遷至慶安會館南側，在同一區域形成兩會館並列的格局。現闢為浙東海事民俗博物館。 慶安會館始建於道光三十年（1850年），三年後落成，為福建船主沈法旬於宋紹熙二年（1191年）興建的寧波天妃宮的分廟（寧波天妃宮於1950年毀於轟炸）。當時，由於實施漕糧海運，寧波經營北方航運的北號船幫實力日漸擴大，因而迫切需要一個獨立的經營總部。 因而，慶安會館由慈谿、鄞縣、鎮海的九個具有影響力的的北號海漕業者共同倡議建立。 咸豐四年11月，由於北號船幫在漕運航路上備受海盜襲擊，損失巨大，慈谿人費綸鋕、盛植琯和鎮海小港人李也亭在慶安會館提出購置西洋輪船為船幫運送糧食的沙船護航，獲得各位船商響應。次年，輪船定名「寶順輪」並開始為沙船護航，收效很大。董沛撰寫的《寶順輪船始末》至今保存在慶安會館。 中華民國時期，木行路逐漸衰落，慶安會館也被改造為木行路小學。文化大革命時，慶安會館建築損毀嚴重。1997年，寧波市文化部門對慶安會館進行了修復，恢復了慶安會館作為會館的形制。2001年6月，慶安會館被列入第五批全國重點文物保護單位，現為浙東海事民俗博物館所在地。 慶安會館建築結構為典型近代木結構建築。從外到內依次為宮門、儀門、前戲台、正殿、後戲台和後殿。雙戲台的形制是其重要的特色。結構上採用中國傳統建築院落結構，沿縱軸向前延伸，同時逐層抬高每幢建築的高度，使得建築具有深度感。 慶安會館的宮門為磚牆門樓，屋頂形式為抬梁式硬山頂，設有三馬頭山牆。木製構件大都採用朱金木雕工藝進行裝飾。宮門正中為「天后宮」三個大字，兩旁設有十四幅人物磚雕。 進入宮門即為儀門。儀門屋頂形式為穿斗式重檐硬山頂，四馬頭山牆。建築主體依靠6根蟠龍石柱支撐。進入儀門即為前戲台。戲台屋頂為歇山頂，採用斗拱，雕刻有脊獸。戲台主題為木結構，大量採用朱金木雕工藝，表現所演戲劇故事內容。 慶安會館的正殿明間屋頂形式為抬梁式重檐硬山頂，設有五馬頭山牆。次間、梢間為穿斗式硬山頂，同時通過重檐構成假歇山頂。 再往內即為後戲台，形制與前戲台基本相同。 最內為後殿，明間屋頂為抬梁式重檐硬山頂，設有四馬頭山牆。次間、梢間為穿斗式硬山頂。後殿為原慶安會館董事會商議事宜的處所，也是春秋同業聚會的場所。 磚雕是慶安會館的重要藝術特色。磚雕作品主要分布於門樓、山牆。會館正門「天后宮」三字兩側為「雙龍戲珠」圖樣，模仿御牌。屋脊磚雕多採用神怪和吉祥圖案。戲台屋頂雕有卷龍，正脊雕有奎星和瑞獸圖案。最為豐富的是墀頭的磚雕。雕刻的重點為墀頭下部，採用影雕表現人物和戲劇情節。 石雕是慶安會館建築藝術的又一項特色，其代表是一對蟠龍和一對鳳凰牡丹石雕檐柱。相傳這批檐柱來自福建興化（今莆田市），通過水運到達寧波。蟠龍檐柱中龍的形象從屋頂伴著兩隻蝙蝠繞柱向下飛騰，寓意福氣。鳳凰牡丹檐柱半嵌於牆中，上下為鳳凰，中部為牡丹。這些檐柱採用整根石材雕刻而成，通過鏤空等技法創造出龍鳳在雲層間飛騰的形象。此外，牆基、御道、柱礎等處的石雕也各具特色。 木雕在慶安會館的木製構件中使用普遍。枋、雀替、斗拱、擋板、垂柱等部位使用了大量的木雕工藝。慶安會館的木雕均使用寧波本土的朱金木雕工藝，內容的取材從山水到民間故事無所不包。 慶安會館（不包括屬於同一博物館的安瀾會館）固定展覽為中國·寧波船史展陳列。除固定展覽外，也不定期地舉辦臨時展覽。此外，重要的展品為江亞輪木舵。 慶安會館目前設有中國·寧波船史展陳列，展出從古至今中國特別是寧波地區所出現的各種船隻及其模型，包括樓船、「萬斛」神舟、沙船、福船、寶船以及中國自辦的第一艘輪船寶順輪。 1948年12月3日發生的江亞輪海難是近代中國最大的海難。2000年，溫州人吳金龍、陳孝育在對長航集團東方紅8號輪（即原江亞輪打撈後改建船隻）實行報廢拆解時發生火災，使得輪船燒毀。吳金龍、陳孝育將江亞輪僅存的木舵送予浙東海事民俗博物館收藏。該木舵現存於慶安會館正殿供人參觀憑弔。 慶安會館普通門票10元人民幣，兒童與學生對摺。開放時間為每天8:30至16:30。

(Translated by Google) handsomely (Original) Красиво

(Translated by Google) There are only a few tourist attractions in Ningbo, ancient antique buildings and a little Suzhou garden... OK? (Original) 寧波僅有不多的旅遊景點, 古式古香的建築和有點蘇州的庭園風... 還可以吧

Nice place

(Translated by Google) Ningbo ancient architecture, now a museum (Original) 宁波古建筑，现在是博物馆

(Translated by Google) A large and large collection of artifacts are on display. Baggage inspection required before entering (Original) 넓고 많은 유물이 전시 되어 있음. 들어가기 전 짐 검사 필수

(Translated by Google) I was looking at it at first, but I couldn't find enough time. About 2 hours. This is a field of expertise such as beautiful calligraphy, fine seal sculpture, and pottery. I was amazed. (Original) 初めはなんとなく見ていましたが、段々と見入ってしまい時間足りないくらいでした。約2時間。美しい書道、細かい印鑑の彫刻、陶器などこちらの得意分野ですね。見惚れました。

Not what I would expect from a museum. Very small compared to other cities in the world. Displays are only beautiful collections Eg. jade, carving, clothing, furniture, crockery. Etc. Nothing of the people of the past, how they lived, or animals,housing, transport, plants. Seemed like it’s all about, this is what we want you to know of our past, not what really happened.

Ok

Great place

(Translated by Google) There is a beautiful ancient stage, very delicate. (Original) 有個很美的古戲台，很精緻。

Name of the museum is a bit misleading. There isn’t any Shanghai specific exhibition here. Instead, a variety of cultural items are shown from all over China.

Since January 2019, the museum closes on Mondays. But neither the museum's website nor Google Maps bother to update the information... one year later.

(Translated by Google) It was a lot of fun because there were more models than I thought. By the way, if you look at the mules, there are a lot of things similar to the relics of our country. If you are in Shanghai, we recommend you visit. (Original) 건물 규모에 비해 생각보다 많은 유뮬들이 전시되어 있어서 굉장히 즐거웠던 곳입니다. 그런데 유뮬들을 보면 우리나라의 유물들과 비슷한 것들이 많아 친숙하게 느껴지면서도 유물 하나하나가 우리 것보다 훨씬 크고 웅장한 것들이 많아 부러웠네요. 상하이에 가신다면 방문해 보시길 추천합니다.

(Translated by Google) One of the favorite museums, the highest level in the country (Original) 最喜欢的博物馆之一，国内最高水平

(Translated by Google) Surprise for free. The manners of local visitors are also surprised well (^ _-)-☆ (Original) 無料で驚き。現地の見学者のマナーも良く驚き(^_-)-☆

(Translated by Google) Many people but worth seeing (Original) 人很多但值得看

(Translated by Google) Founded in 1952, the museum, which is a prominent part of the People's Square, moved to its current location, the People's Square in 1996. If there was no cultural revolution in China ... The magnificence of the Shanghai museum would have been awful. Most cultural values ​​have disappeared at the time. (Original) 인민광장에서 지척인 이 박물관으로 1952년에 설립되었다가 1996년에 현재 위치인 런민광장으로 이전하였다. 만약에 중국에서 문화혁명이 없었더라면.. 상하이 박물관의 위용은 어마무시해졌을텐데..다소 아쉽다.. 대부분의 문화적 가치물들은 당시 사라졌으니 말이다.

Quite an interesting museum that is worth a visit if you are interested in Chinese history and have a couple days in Shanghai. It is totally free to enter and explore. Most of the exhibits are centered around art in some shape or form, from the history of Chinese stamps & seals to Chinese tapestries through the ages to paintings & photographs by Chinese photographers. Unfortunately, many of the signs & descriptions of the artifacts are not (yet) available in English.

As a museum guide from Taiwan, I would like to share that regular exhibitions in the National palace museum Taiwan are better than SH museum. But I would like to say that the special and seasonal exhibitions in SH museum are better. I will recommend the traveler to see special exhibitions first.

The history itself.