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Shanghai Natural History Museum

510 Beijing Xi Lu, near Chengdu Bei Lu Jing'an District

北京西路510号, 近成都北路

6262 0280
This new location for Shanghai Natural History Museum opened in Spring 2015. Shiny and new, its exhibitions are well funded, curated, and researched....
Museums
Kid's Indoor Activities
Jing'an
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Shanghai Urban Planning Center

100 Renmin Da Dao, near Xizang Zhong Lu Huangpu District

人民大道100号, 近西藏中路

6318 4477
The Urban Planning Exhibition Hall at People's Square documents the changing face of Shanghai and is an essential visiting point for those interested in the...
Tourist Attractions
Indoor Activities
Huangpu
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Shanghai Auto Museum

7565 Boyuan Lu, Anting Town, Shanghai Jiading District

博园路7565号，嘉定区

6955 0055
Some space age-looking building in bumblefuck nowhere that looks like like it was designed by Mega Man. Surprisingly well done. Even if you don't know...
Museums
Jiading
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Shanghai History Museum

325 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Huangpi Nan Lu Huangpu District

南京西路325号, 近黄陂南路

6323 2504
Built in 1934 as the Shanghai Race Club and known for its iconic bell tower, the most recent two-year renovation of this space gave us one of Shanghai's best...
Arts & Stage
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Huangpu
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Lu Hanbin Typewriter Museum

7F, 719 Yan'an Xi Lu, near Jiangsu Lu Changning District

延安西路719号7楼, 近江苏路

6466 4556
Lu Hanbin typewriter museum (陆汉斌打字机博物馆) is a small, nice and quiet museum / cafe dedicated to antique typewriters. The venue is owned by Czech-based Chinese...
Museums
Changning
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Shanghai Sports Museum

150 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Jiujiang Lu Huangpu District

南京西路150号体育大厦， 近九江路

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Shanghai’s first official sports museum, housed in a restored 1920s YMCA building near People’s Square. The museum traces the city’s athletic history from...
Arts & Stage
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CSSC Pavilion

801 Miaojiang Lu, near Longhua Dong Lu Huangpu District

苗江路801号， 近龙华东路

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Museum of Art Pudong

2777 Binjiang Dadao, near Fenghe Lu Pudong District

滨江大道2777号, 近丰和路

400 820 8771
Opened in 2021, the Museum of Art Pudong was designed by famous French architect Jean Nouvel, who also did the big red building near Xintiandi. It’s a...
Art Museums
Museums
Arts & Stage
Pudong
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China Art Museum

161 Shangnan Lu, near Guozhan Lu Pudong District

上南路205号, 近国展路

400 921 9021
A vast art museum, housed in the former Chinese Expo pavilion over in Pudong. Works on display span modern and contemporary periods, and there's also a...
Arts & Stage
Art Museums
Tourist Attractions
Pudong
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Shanghai Astronomy Museum

380 Lingang Dadao, near Huanhu Bei San Lu Pudong District

临港大道380号, 近环湖北三路

5090 8563
The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, also known as The Shanghai Planetarium, is located in the Lingang area Southeast of the City. Part of the ever-growing town...
Museums
Indoor Activities
Pudong
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Propaganda Poster Art Centre

7/F, East Bldg, 726 Yan'an Xi Lu, near Jiangsu Lu Changning District

延安西路726号东楼7层, 近江苏路

139 0184 1246
This is the new location for this slightly secretive museum. During December 2019, it moved out of its old basement and into this old-fashioned office...
Museums
Changning
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Sihang Warehouse Battle Memorial

21 Guangfu Lu, near Xizang Bei Lu Jing'an District

光复路21号, 近西藏北路

6380 8222
Museum commemorating a defensive action of Zhabei against the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War (precursor to World War II). Chiang Kai-shek chose...
Museums
Jing'an

World Expo Museum

No. 818 Mengzi Lu, near Longhua Dong Lu Huangpu District

蒙自路818号， 近龙华东路

+86-21-23132818 (9am-4pm, closed on Mon)
The World Expo Museum in Shanghai is the only official museum and documentation centre in the world entirely dedicated to Expos and authorised by the BIE....
Museums
Huangpu
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Former Residence of Mao Zedong

No. 5-9, Lane 120 Maoming Bei Lu, near Weihai Lu Jing'an District

茂名北路120弄5-9号, 近威海路

6272 3656
This traditional two-floor house was Mao's residence when he was working in Shanghai in 1924 as CPC's Central Committee’s Organization Department Minister....
Museums
Tourist Attractions
Jing'an
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Madame Tussaud's

10/F, New World City, 2-68 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Xizang Lu Huangpu District

新世界商厦10楼, 南京西路2-68号, 近西藏路

4000 988 966
Located on the tenth floor of the New World City, Madame Tussauds allows visitors to mingle with the rich, famous and (sometimes) deceased. Aside from taking...
Arts & Stage
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Tourist Attractions
Huangpu
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Shanghai Museum East Branch

1952 Shiji Da Dao, near Dingxiang Lu Pudong District

世纪大道1952号, 近丁香路

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The Shanghai Museum East Branch is located near the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. It will stretch over 105,000...
Museums
Arts & Stage
Pudong
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Shanghai Museum

201 Renmin Da Dao, near Huangpi Bei Lu Huangpu District

上海博物馆, 人民大道201号, 近黄陂北路

6372 3500
The top of the Shanghai Museum is shaped like an ancient Chinese cooking pot, so it should be tough to miss. Eleven galleries spread over four floors offer...
Museums
Huangpu
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The Museum of Oriental Musical Instruments

No. 2, Lane 18 Gao'an Lu, near Hengshan Lu Xuhui District

高安路18弄20号, 近衡山路

5465 1834
A small museum founded by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, located in a little garden villa off Gao'an Lu. They've collected about 500 instruments and...
Museums
Offices
Xuhui

Shanghai Children's Museum

61 Songyuan Lu, near Huangjin Cheng Dao Changning District

宋园路61号, 近黄金城道

6278 3130
Museums
Kid's Indoor Activities
Changning
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Shikumen Open House Museum

Lane 181, Taicang Lu, near Madang Lu Huangpu District

太仓路181弄, 近马当路

3307 0337
This is a tiny little place in Xintiandi which aims to capture what life was like 100 years ago in a traditional Shikumen house. There are about five rooms...
Museums
Huangpu
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Shanghai Film Park

4915 Beisong Gong Lu, near Yingcheng Lu Minhang District

北松公路4915号, 近影城路

5760 1166
The Shanghai Film Park, located in the Minhang District, is an amusement park that captures a piece of the First Golden Age of Chinese Cinema and faithfully...
Cinemas
Museums
TV / Film / Video
Minhang
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Shanghai Tobacco Museum

728 Changyang Lu, near Tongbei Lu Yangpu District

长阳路728号， 近通北路

6166 5970
Yes, Shanghai has a tobacco museum, celebrating the glorious achievements of China's homegrown cancer industry. It is dark, dingy, open only three days a...
Museums
Yangpu
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Shanghai Public Security Museum

2-4/F, 518 Ruijin Nan Lu, near Xietu Lu Xuhui District

瑞金南路518号2-4层, 近斜土路

6472 0256
This rather menacing place plots the history of that most beloved Shanghai institution, the local security machine. The focus is on the police department but...
Museums
Tourist Attractions
Xuhui
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Jewish Refugee Museum

62 Changyang Lu, near Zhoushan Lu Hongkou District

长阳路62号, 近舟山路

6512 6669
An expansive experience, where guests can get an in-depth look at the lives of the Jewish refugees that came to Shanghai fleeing the war in Europe. There is...
Museums
Hongkou
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Great World (Da Shi Jie)

1 Xizang Nan Lu, near Yan'an Dong Lu Huangpu District

西藏南路1号, 近延安东路

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Four floors of ICH -- intangible cultural heritage scattered around the venue. Showcasing historical objects from not just Shanghai, but around China. It...
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Shanghainese
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Huangpu

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