Shanghai Museum

Shanghai Museum
上海博物馆
Shanghai Museum is located in Shanghai
Shanghai Museum
Location within Shanghai
Established1952[1][2]
Location201 Renmin Avenue, People's Square, Shanghai, 200003[3]
Coordinates31°13′49″N 121°28′14″E / 31.230278°N 121.470556°E / 31.230278; 121.470556
Visitors2,109,200 (2017)[4]
DirectorMa Chengyuan (1985–1999)
Public transit accessPeople's Square Station on Lines 1, 2, and 8 (Shanghai Metro)
Websiteshanghaimuseum.net
Shanghai Museum
Simplified Chinese上海博物馆
Traditional Chinese上海博物館
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShànghǎi Bówùguǎn
Wu
Shanghainese
Romanization
Zånhae Bomahgue
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSeuhnghói Bokmahtgún

The Shanghai Museum is a municipal public museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. It is funded by the Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau.

Rebuilt at its current location in 1996, it is famous for its large collection of rare cultural pieces.

  1. ^ Shanghai Museum
  2. ^ American Friends of the Shanghai Museum
  3. ^ Service Installation – Visitor's Information
  4. ^ Xu Yicheng; Sun Jiayin (18 January 2018). "2017上海博物馆大数据出炉:红色纪念馆参观人数喷涌式增长" (in Chinese). Xinmin Evening News. Retrieved 22 March 2018.