It is said that the museum of a place contains the cultural history of a place and also represents the cultural level of a place. Shanghai, as a prosperous city, also has quiet beauty, and here The museum presents these.
Every time I walk into the museum, I feel a sense of admiration. I admire the wisdom of people in ancient times and the long history of a country and a place. Slowly, through the culture here, I become more secretly attached to this place and love it even more. , learn more here.
In a beautiful and passionate city like Shanghai, we can also see many museum buildings with magnificent architecture or unique designs. Whether you love history or not, you can't help but step in here.
So, below, the editor will introduce you to some interesting museums in Shanghai!
Shanghai Fire Museum
In fact, I think this museum is suitable for everyone Everyone should go there once, at least to gain knowledge for safety.
The Shanghai Firefighting Museum currently has a collection of more than 21,000 pieces. Many modern Shanghai firefighting cultural relics, such as early personal firefighting equipment, fire trucks and automated firefighting devices, can give people an understanding of Shanghai’s firefighting industry from its inception and development to Today's leap has a comprehensive understanding. ?
The virtual reality part is always the most attractive. The museum has a multi-functional fire science and technology education experience hall, which uses the current world-class high-tech display technology, including dynamic 4D theater, virtual escape experience space, interactive The virtual fire laboratory, etc., is worth experiencing in person so that you can be prepared for danger in times of peace.
Address: No. 229, Zhongshan West Road, Changning District, Shanghai
Tickets: Free
Shanghai Railway Museum
From Tianmu East Road, Shanghai One hundred meters west of the Shanghai Railway Bureau compound is the Shanghai Railway Museum.
The Shanghai Railway Museum is a 4-story brick-red building. It is based on the original appearance of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Shanghai Station (Old North Station) built in 1909 and has a British classical architectural style. % was built on its original site and was completed and opened to the public in August 2004 on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the Shanghai Railway Bureau.
The British-style building with marble columns and arched doors and windows at the Old Shanghai Station is the first chapter in the history of Chinese railways. In the 1930s, it was destroyed by artillery fire during the Japanese invasion of China. The Shanghai Old North Station was rebuilt on the basis of the remaining first floor and was in use until the opening of the Shanghai New Passenger Station in 1987.
When you walk into the gate of the Railway Museum, you can see two locomotives, one large and one small, parked in the square of the building. The big locomotive is the KD7 No. 641 steam locomotive, which was manufactured in the United States in the 1940s. In 1947, the United Nations Relief Administration provided free assistance to China's economic recovery after World War II;
The dark green carriage was used by important government officials during the Republic of China. A high-end official car, it is said that it was once specially designed for Ms. Soong Meiling. The small locomotive is an SN No. 26 narrow-gauge steam locomotive with a top speed of 45 kilometers per hour and can pull more than 200 tons of cargo. Its turns are very flexible and it once showed its talents in the rugged mountainous areas of Yunnan.
Address: No. 200, Tianmu East Road, Zhabei District (near Baoshan Road Station of Line 3)
Ticket: 10 yuan
Shanghai Metro Museum
This is the first professional subway museum in the country. It is a new era professional museum built by Shanghai STO Metro Group that integrates informationization, entertainment, citizenization and science popularization.
The museum covers a total area of ??5,000 square meters, with the theme of "safe subway, technological subway, green subway, and humanistic subway". Along the subway track, it focuses on the history of subway development, subway functions, and subway culture. Several major sections such as subway safety and world subway are on display.
In addition to displaying precious subway historical materials, we also provide a variety of experiences such as large-scale multimedia demonstrations, carriage track modeling, interesting interactive games, driving simulation operations, 5D movies, etc., allowing everyone to have close contact with the subway and gain a deeper understanding of the experience. Understand subway culture and master subway safety knowledge.
Address: No. 1779, Wuzhong Road, Minhang District
Ticket: 30 yuan. Free on Tuesday
Music Box Museum
The museum is small, but very elegant! The tinkling music box echoes in the small space, which is really dreamy. The Music Box Museum is very small. Every once in a while, there will be commentators explaining the history of European music boxes and giving live demonstrations.
Some music boxes also contain mini dramas, and can also write and perform magic tricks, which is eye-opening. Of course, you can’t miss the world’s oldest music box – a small golden contraption made by a Swiss watchmaker in 1796.
The bird in the birdcage-shaped music box is made of real feathers - it is said that the particularly precious music box itself is a specimen of the bird. It was popular in France at that time. There are only two such music boxes in China, one in Shanghai Music Box Museum, one displayed in the Treasure Hall of the Forbidden City.
Address: 4th Floor, Oriental Art Center, No. 425 Dingxiang Road, Pudong New Area (near Century Avenue)
Ticket: 50 yuan
Trademark Spark Collection
Children in the past used to collect stamps and sparklers. Today’s children rarely have these hobbies, but this does not prevent parents from taking their children to see these colorful little pieces of paper.
The predecessor of the Trademark Spark Collection Hall is the Shanghai Match Factory. There are sparks from China, Japan, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and other countries. In addition to sparkles, there are also many antique trademarks. Looking at those wine labels, movie posters, etc., it is very suitable to tell stories about the past.
Address: No. 251 Daduhe Road
Tickets: Free
Chopsticks Museum
The Chopsticks Museum may be the smallest museum in Shanghai. The owner, who is in his 80s, lives upstairs and displays his chopstick collection in a display case on the first floor.
If you chat with him, he will tell you interesting stories about the process of collecting more than 2,000 pairs of chopsticks. Among these collections is a pair of gold-plated silver chopsticks handed down from the Tang Dynasty.
Address: No. 191 Duolun Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai
Tickets: Free
Shanghai Insect Museum
All of the collections are "small ”, but the museum that I’m going to talk about next, which displays “gadgets”, has quite a long history: the Shanghai Insect Museum is now affiliated with the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Its predecessor was the Entomology Department of the Shanghai Aurora Museum, which was planned and established by French priest Han Bolu in 1868, and was completed in Xujiahui in 1883. At that time, the collection of animal and plant specimens produced in China was the largest in the Far East, and it was known as the "British Museum of Asia".
Today, you can still see "the best of butterflies" and "the most beautiful butterfly" - the Helena Morpho from Peru.
Not only does it have a graceful body and spread its wings like a peacock, its wings also light up and change color, sometimes dark blue, sometimes azure blue, sometimes light blue, and the white veins on its wings are like inlaid jewels. There are only three specimens of this butterfly in our country.
In addition, the most poisonous butterfly and the "giant panda" among butterflies can be seen one by one. You can also fight crickets in the museum; the ants' nests are made into sections here, allowing people to observe carefully. After visiting the museum, maybe people will get closer to nature.
Address: No. 300 Fenglin Road (near Xietu Road)
Ticket: 7 yuan
Old Camera Manufacturing Museum
Displayed here There are many old cameras manufactured in different eras and locations, and there are also the only remaining remains in the country, the Seagull brand 4A-109 traditional assembly line, which represented the highest level of China at that time and had a good reputation among the older generation, as well as some classic photos and scene.
Don’t miss the museum’s cafe. Sitting in such an environment and drinking coffee will give you a sense of sight like the old Koehler.
Address: 2nd Floor, No. 300 Anfu Road
Tickets: Free
Brush and Ink Museum
This one-room museum started from The history of Mo begins with an introduction, telling the story of Mo's migration to Shanghai. Various inkstones and brushes are displayed in glass display cases, while scrolls on the wall demonstrate the beauty of Chinese calligraphy.
Each exhibit is accompanied by an English audio commentary, telling various stories behind these artworks, such as exciting stories about competition between ink-making workshops.
Address: 2nd Floor, No. 429, Fujian Middle Road, near Fujian Middle Road
Tickets: Free
Chinese National Musical Instruments Museum
Chinese National Musical Instruments The museum is located in Xinzhuang, in the southwest corner of Shanghai. It is the national musical instrument museum with the richest, largest and most distinctive exhibits in China. The collection contains more than 100 varieties and more than 300 objects.
From the bone whistle of a wind instrument unearthed at the Hemudu site dating back 7,000 years ago
(Neolithic Age) to the bone whistle unearthed at the Huoshaogou site dating back 4,000 years ago (approximately From the fish-shaped pottery Xun of the Xia Dynasty (Xia Dynasty); from the chime bells, zither, flute, sheng, and guqin in the No. 1 tomb of Leigudun in Suixian County in 433 BC (Warring States Period) to the authentic guqin of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Address: Shanghai National Musical Instrument Factory No. 1, No. 400, Qibao Lianming Road, Minhang District
Tickets: Free
Opening hours: Wednesday 13:30-15: 30, need to make a reservation 1 day in advance
Shanghai Optical Museum
The Shanghai Optical Museum is located in the Baoshan Community Cultural Activity Center building. The building is on the 9th floor and the museum is on the 2nd and 3rd floors. . This is currently the only industry-themed museum sponsored by the community.
The total area of ??the museum is 2,000 square meters, of which the exhibition hall area is 1,500 square meters, which mainly includes the following sections: the world of eyes, glasses optics, glasses materials and testing, the history of glasses, glasses industry, Eyewear design and culture.
There are more than 40 exhibits in the entire exhibition hall, which introduces the knowledge of eyes, glasses and the development of the glasses industry in China and the world, allowing everyone to fully understand the main tool for human vision correction-glasses, and help everyone Protect eyes more effectively.
Probably the most valuable exhibits in the whole museum are concentrated in the "Ancient Fine Glasses Collection Exhibition". There are hundreds of various glasses from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Republic of China, especially three magnifying glasses. The single-piece mosaic mirror can be called the "treasure of the museum".
Address: No. 533, Baochang Road
Tickets: Free
Liuli Art Museum
On Taikang Road Art Street, Tianzifang Not far away, there is a unique, low-key and elegant museum quietly located nearby. This is the Shanghai Liuli Art Museum. It was born on April 29, 2006. It was founded and designed by Taiwanese artists Zhang Yi and Yang Huishan.
Although the exhibition hall is not very large, it is the only Liuli Art Museum in Shanghai and the first in China.
The Liuli Art Museum covers an area of ??2,400 square meters and has four floors with a height of 14.7 meters. The first floor is the Liuli art shop and leisure area, and the upper floor is the exhibition hall of the Liuli Museum.
The Liuli Museum integrates the rich Liuli culture of ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. It not only collects ancient Chinese Liuli, but also has outstanding creations by internationally renowned Liuli artists from the past to the present.
Walking around in front of the glass exhibits here, you can fully understand what beauty means.
Address: No. 25 Taikang Road
Ticket: 20 yuan
Enter the bustling Shanghai, enter the tranquility of Shanghai, enter here, and stroll in modern times Streets, wandering through ancient stories, coming to Shanghai, after admiring the scenery here and tasting the food here, you might as well come here, appreciate the museums here, and taste the cultural atmosphere here.