Shanghai Museum, located at No. 201, Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, Shanghai, with a total exhibition area of 12000 square meters, is composed of the Ancient Chinese Bronze Museum, Ancient Chinese Sculpture Museum and Exhibition Hall on the first floor;The second floor is the Ancient Chinese Ceramics Museum, the Temporary Building Ceramics Museum and the Exhibition Hall;The third floor is the Museum of Chinese Calligraphy, the Museum of Chinese Painting, and the Museum of Chinese Seal Printing;The fourth floor is the Chinese Ancient Jade Museum, the Chinese Coin Museum, the Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Museum, the Chinese Ethnic Arts and Crafts Museum and the Exhibition Hall. It is a comprehensive museum.[1][44]
On October 12, 1996, the new museum of Shanghai Museum was fully completed. The collection of cultural relics in the museum includes 31 categories, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, sculpture, oracle bones, seal, currency, jade, furniture, embroidery, lacquer, bamboo and wood teeth, and ethnic cultural relics, with bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting being the most prominent.By the end of 2019, the number of collections in the museum had reached 1020220 pieces/set, including 144142 pieces/set of precious cultural relics.[44][55]
In October 2018, Shanghai Museum was rated as the national research and practice education base for primary and secondary students.[4]
From July 1, 2022, Shanghai will gradually open museums and art galleries throughout the city.As of the press release, the Shanghai Museum announced that it would resume opening on July 1, and reminded the audience to make an appointment in advance.[68]
Chinese name
Shanghai Museum
Foreign name
Shanghai Museum
geographical position
No. 201, Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District
Category
Comprehensive Museum
Scenic spot level
Grade AAAA
Operation time
1996
Opening Hours
Except for national holidays, the hall is closed every Monday from 9:00 to 17:00, and admission is stopped after 16:00[40]
In April 1950, the Shanghai Museum began to be built.
On December 21, 1952, the Shanghai Museum officially opened atNanjing West RoadNo. 325, under the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Cultural Relics.
Historical change architectural drawing
In July 1953, Shanghai Museum was put under the leadership of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture.
In 1958, the Shanghai Museum set up a cultural relics restoration workshop.
In 1959, moved toHenan South RoadNo. 16 (formerly Zhonghui Bank Building).
In 1960, the Scientific Laboratory of Cultural Relics Protection Technology was established;In June of the same year, Shanghai Framed Production Cooperative was incorporated into Shanghai Museum and established a painting and calligraphy framed group in the cultural relics restoration workshop;In September of the same year, the Shanghai Municipal Cultural Administration Commission and the Shanghai Museum jointly worked, with two brands and one team.
In 1974, in order to strengthen the academic research of the museum, an exhibition research department was set up, which consists of five research groups of bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, arts and crafts, and exhibition design, as well as an archaeological department.
In January 1987, Shanghai Museum was upgraded to deputy bureau level.
In October 1988, the Shanghai Municipal Commission for Cultural Relics Management resumed its independent system, and the Shanghai Museum was still under the leadership of the Municipal Commission for Cultural Relics Management.
In 1991, the Shanghai Museum built a 4000 square meter cultural relics warehouse at 1118 Longwu Road.
In 1992, the Shanghai Museum established the branch of the Shanghai Museum, the China Coin Museum, at 1286 Hongqiao Road.In the same year, the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government decided to build a new museum in Shanghai, which will be located at 201 Renmin Avenue, south of the central axis of the People's Square.
In August 1993, the construction of the new Shanghai Museum began.
In 1995, the new Shanghai Museum was partially completed and opened on a trial basis.
On October 12, 1996, the new Shanghai Museum was fully completed and the opening ceremony was held.[2]
In 2016, Weng Wange brought Liang Kai, a painter of the Southern Song Dynasty《Taoist statue》Donated to Shanghai Museum.[3]
From January 17 to May 7, 2023, the Shanghai Museum will hold "From Botticelli to Van Gogh: Collection Exhibition of British National Gallery".[72]
In December 2022, the press conference of the new book "Complete Works of Ancient Chinese Sealing Mud" and the academic symposium on contemporary sealing mud research were held in Shanghai Museum.At the same time, the Shanghai Museum also launched the "Mustard Xumi - Shanghai Museum's Collection of Sealed Mud Exhibition", which displays ancient seals, mud blanks, sealed mud boxes, bronze seals and other cultural relics.[73]
On July 13, 2023, "Regional Preventive Protection Center for Cultural Relics in Xinjiang Museum"”。[78]
On February 2, 2024, the East Hall of Shanghai Museum will open for trial.[85]
On May 6, 2024, it was learned from the regular inspection symposium on "the construction of major public cultural facilities in the city" held by the CPPCC Municipal Committee in the East Hall of Shanghai Museum that the Shanghai Museum is planning to build a third museum - the North Museum, following the People's Square Museum and the East Museum.The north pavilion is located at the old site of Shanghai Shipyard on the riverside of Yangpu.In the future, the Shanghai Museum will have a tripartite confrontation, with its layout on both sides of the Huangpu River and in the north of Suzhou in the south.[86]
On May 9, 2024, collector Zhang Zongxian donated filigree enamel ware to Shanghai Museum.[87]
Shanghai Museum
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The Shanghai Museum has a total exhibition area of 12000 square meters. The first floor is the Chinese Ancient Bronze Museum, the Chinese Ancient Sculpture Museum and the Exhibition Hall;The second floor is the Ancient Chinese Ceramics Museum, the Temporary Building Ceramics Museum and the Exhibition Hall;The third floor is the Museum of Chinese Calligraphy, the Museum of Chinese Painting, and the Museum of Chinese Seal Printing;The fourth floor is the Chinese Ancient Jade Museum, the Chinese Coin Museum, the Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Museum, the Chinese Ethnic Arts and Crafts Museum and the Exhibition Hall.The Shanghai Museum is a combination of square base and round overhang, which has the meaning of "round sky and place" in China.[1][61]
Shanghai Museum is the museum with the most complete categories of Chinese ancient art in the world. At present, there are more than 33 categories of cultural relics, with a total collection of more than 1.02 million pieces (sets), and nearly 145000 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics. It has the most complete display of the general history of Chinese ancient art at home and abroad.[84]
Exhibition hall
Ancient Bronze Museum
Ancient Bronze Museum:The exhibition hall of the Ancient Bronze Museum covers an area of 1200 square meters and displays more than 400 pieces of exquisite bronzes.The exhibition is divided into seven parts: "embryonic bronzes", "breeding bronzes", "heyday bronzes", "transformation bronzes", "renewal bronzes", "bronze art in remote areas", and "smelting and casting of Chinese bronzes", which fully reflects the development history of Chinese ancient bronze art from the 21st century BC to the 3rd century BC.[45]
Ancient Sculpture Museum:Chinese Ancient Sculpture MuseumThe exhibition hall covers 640 square meters, including more than 120 exhibits.The exhibition hall takes gold, red and black as the basic colors, uses the lotus petal shape commonly used in Buddhist art as the partition wall, the Buddhist niche in the grotto temple as the closet, and the open display form.In addition to displaying some wood carvings and pottery sculptures, stone carvings are the main onesNorthern Wei Dynasty、Beiqi、Northern Zhou DynastyandSui and Tang DynastiesSculptures, as well as South Stone Carvings, bronze Buddha statues, etc.The exhibition is divided into four parts: "sculptures in the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties", "sculptures in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui Dynasty", "sculptures in the Tang and Five Dynasties", and "sculptures in the Song and Yuan Dynasties".Among them, Buddhist statues and sculptures account for about 80% of the total number of exhibits, which is the characteristic of the sculpture museum.[46]
Ancient Sculpture Museum
Ancient Ceramic Museum:Ancient Chinese Ceramics MuseumThe exhibition hall covers an area of 1300 square meters, with more than 500 exhibits on display.Among them are painted pottery and grey pottery of the Neolithic Age, primitive celadon of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties and the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, celadon of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Tang tri colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty.In the Song, Jin and Liao Dynasties, there were many kilns.During the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, Jingdezhen became the center of China's porcelain industry, and its underglaze, overglaze and colored glazed porcelain were exhibited.The exhibition is divided into seven parts: "Neolithic pottery", the emergence of Shang and Zhou primitive porcelain and the Han Wei (Wu)Western Jin and Eastern Jin dynasties、Southern and Northern DynastiesThe flourishing of colored glazed pottery in the Tang Dynasty and the development of porcelain in the Tang and Five DynastiesSong Dynasty、Liao、gold、elementCeramics "“Song Dynasty, yuanbright, QingJingdezhen"Porcelain", "Ming and Qing ceramics outside Jingdezhen", "porcelain workshops and kilns", fully reflect the development history of ancient Chinese ceramics.[47]
Calligraphy Museum of Past Dynasties:The exhibition hall of the Chinese Calligraphy Museum of Past Dynasties covers an area of 600 square meters. It gathers calligraphy masterpieces of various periods and displays about 60 fine calligraphy works.The exhibition is divided into five parts: "seal calligraphy and clerical calligraphy", "Jin Tang calligraphy", "Song Dynasty calligraphy", "Yuan Dynasty calligraphy", "Ming Dynasty calligraphy" and "Qing Dynasty calligraphy", showing the historical track of Chinese calligraphy.[48]
Calligraphy Museum of Past Dynasties
Seals of all dynasties:Chinese Seal MuseumIt is the first art museum in China to display seals and seal cutting.The exhibition hall covers an area of 380 square meters and exhibits more than 500 seals.The whole display takes the history of seal art as a clue, from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.In the exhibition hall, with the help of high and low display cabinets, a variety of technical means are used to make the physical objects and auxiliary displays cooperate with each other.The exhibition is divided into five parts: "early ancient seal", "establishment and continuation of norms in Qin and Han dynasties", "new style of official and private seals in Tang, Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties", "rise and prosperity of seal cutting by scholars in Ming and Qing dynasties", "engraving of seal materials and buttons in Ming and Qing dynasties", which shows the long history of Chinese seal and the different styles and features of seals in different periods and their profound artistic connotation.[49]
Painting museums of previous dynasties:The exhibition hall covers an area of 1200 square meters, displaying more than 120 pieces of fine paintings from previous dynasties. From the Tang Dynasty to modern times, various painting categories have been reflected.Painting has a profound tradition and unique national style.The exhibition hall is divided into seven parts according to the time sequence: "painting in the Tang and Song Dynasties", "painting in the Yuan Dynasty", "painting in the early and middle Ming Dynasty", "painting in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty (Wanli in the Ming Dynasty - Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty)", "painting in the middle Qing Dynasty (Yongzheng Jiaqing)", "painting in the late Qing Dynasty (Daoguang Xuantong)", and "painting in Liangtuxuan", which reflect the long tradition and profound connotation of Chinese painting.[50]
Ethnic Arts and Crafts Museum:The exhibition hall covers an area of more than 700 square meters, and displays nearly 600 pieces of ethnic costumes, dyeing, weaving, embroidery, metal crafts, sculptures, pottery, lacquerware, rattan and bamboo weaving, and mask art.It shows the creation culture and artistic aesthetics of ethnic handicrafts.[54]
Numismatic Halls of Past Dynasties:With an area of 740 square meters and more than 3300 cultural relics on display, the Numismatic Museum of China's Past Dynasties focuses on the history of the origin and development of Chinese currency and the economic and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, taking the development of ancient Chinese coins as a clue.At the same time, the museum has set up "Shi Jiagan Coin Room" and "Du Weishan, Tan Duanyan Central Asia Ancient Coin Room" to display relevant collections donated by coin collectors Mr. Shi Jiagan and Du Weishan's couple.[53]
Ming and Qing household museum:The exhibition hall of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Furniture Museum covers an area of 700 square meters, exhibiting more than 100 pieces of high-quality Chinese furniture of the Ming and Qing dynasties, reflecting the prosperous appearance and artistic style of the manufacturing process of ancient Chinese furniture in the Ming and Qing dynasties.The exhibition also restored the halls and study of the Ming and Qing dynasties to reproduce the use of ancient furniture.[51]
Ancient Jade Museum:The Ancient Jade Museum has an exhibition area of 500 square meters, displaying about 300 pieces of fine jade from the Neolithic Age to the Qing Dynasty.The display is divided into six units: "mysterious and fantastic prehistoric jade", "flexible and unrestrained spring and autumn and warring states jade", "dignified and elegant Xia, Shang and Western Zhou jade", "vigorous and magnificent Han and Jin jade", "fresh and diversified Tang, Song, Liao, Jin jade", and "dazzling and brilliant Yuan, Ming and Qing jade", which roughly reflects the development of Chinese jade culture for 8000 years.[52]
Library logo
The logo graphic of Shanghai Museum takes the concept of "tripod" of the building of Shanghai Museum as the starting point, and combines the treasure of the town museum“Da Ke vessel”The shape features of the "tripod" are composed of extremely simple lines. The figures are concise and clear at a glance. At the same time, they echo the simple and modern architectural appearance of the "East Pavilion".The figure also skillfully integrates the pinyin initial "H" of "Sea" and the English initial "M" of "Museum". The whole logo is also a combination of "H" and "M".It reflects the regional and international characteristics of Shanghai Museum.
The logo has the characteristics of traditional Chinese patterns, which is easy to spread and remember, and conveys the characteristics and profound cultural heritage of Shanghai Museum.[44]
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The basic orientation of Shanghai Museum is the Museum of Ancient Chinese Art, whose collection, exhibition and research focus on ancient Chinese art.By the end of 2019, the number of collections in the museum was 1020220 pieces/set, including 144142 pieces/set of precious cultural relics.[44][55]
The collection of cultural relics in the Shanghai Museum includes 31 categories, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, sculpture, oracle bones, seal, currency, jade, furniture, embroidery, lacquer, bamboo, wood, tooth horn, and minority cultural relics, with bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and painting being the most prominent.[44]
Important collections
Bronze Collection
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Deding:In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, it was 78 cm in height, 56 cm in diameter, 58.4 cm in belly diameter, 35.4 cm in belly depth, and 84.86 kg in weight.Donated by Chen Xiangjiu and Wang Jingzhi.It is one of the few bronze cauldrons left in the early Western Zhou Dynasty.[5]
Deding
Maoding:Western Zhou Dynasty.Erect ears, fold edges, hang abdomen, round and flat bottom, thin column feet.The dragon pattern is decorated along the bottom.The inner wall of the abdomen was carved with 43 characters, which recorded the fact that the device owner was rewarded by the Marquis of Jin for his military achievements.[6]
Maoding
Tiger Gui:In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, it was 34.7 cm high, 23.3 cm in diameter, 23.3 cm in diameter, 12.8 cm in depth and 12.28 kg in weight.The shape is thick, and the middle of the lid is a lotus shaped hand catcher.It is decorated with wavy lines and cross lines of animal eyes.The cover and the inner bottom of the body are respectively cast with a tiger pattern, which is the surname of the craftsman.[7]
Tiger gui
Dragon pattern tripod:Late Spring and Autumn Period.It is a typical artifact in the Jin Dynasty. Its feet are relatively short. There are three circular devices on the top of the lid, which form three fulcrums when the artifacts are placed.The pattern on the tripod is a curly cross dragon pattern. The body is flat and wide, intertwined horizontally or vertically.[8]
Dragon pattern tripod
Shi Songding:In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the overall height was 37.3 cm, the caliber was 35.7 cm, and the weight was 9.25 kg.Donors: Li Yinxuan, Qiu Hui.Tall ears, pendulous abdomen, nearly flat bottom, three hoofed feet.The lower part of the mouth, the abdomen and the upper part of the foot are decorated with deformed animal body curly lines, wavy lines and animal face lines.It was written by a famous historian in the era of King Xuan of Zhou.The 62 character inscription records that Shi Song was ordered by the king to visit the Soviet Union.This tripod has been handed down from generation to generation, with three pieces in total: one in Shanghai Museum, one in the Palace Museum, and one in Taipei Palace Museum.[9]
Shi Songding
Siyang head bottle:In the late Shang Dynasty, it was 38.8 cm high, 31.6 cm in diameter, 29.1 cm in bottom diameter, and 1.4 kg in weight.This bottle has a big mouth, short neck, wide shoulders and deep abdomen.Four sheep heads are placed on the shoulders, one bird apart.The belly is decorated with breast nail patterns, and the feet are decorated with animal face patterns.Three square holes are provided for ventilation and moisture resistance.[10]
Siyang head ampoule
Mosaic hunting portrait beans:In the late Spring and Autumn Period, it is 20.7 cm high, 17.5 cm in diameter, 11.1 cm in bottom diameter and 1.8 kg in weight.The food container, whose lid and clasp are spherical, bears a short handle and encircles the foot.The utensils and covers are decorated with two groups of hunting portraits, which are inlaid with red copper. All kinds of animals leap and run, and the hunters are brave in hunting.[11]
Mosaic hunting portrait beans
Deformed dragon basin:Mid Spring and Autumn Period.The shoulder is folded with a wide mouth, and the top is covered with a ring shape, with fine decorative deformed dragon patterns.New food utensils appeared in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, and prevailed in the Spring and Autumn Period.[12]
Deformed dragon basin
Animal face pattern Gui:In the Shang Dynasty, the mouth was extravagant, the neck was tied, the belly was bulging, and the foot was high and round.The neck has an animal head.Neck, abdomen and foot are decorated with long snout animal pattern, decomposition animal pattern, dragon pattern and animal pattern.[13]
Animal face pattern Gui
Ge Fu Ding Gui:In the late Shang Dynasty, it was 15 cm high, 22.8 cm in diameter, 15.9 cm in bottom diameter, and 3.015 kg in weight.Zhou Zibai donated.Open mouth, curled lips, deep arched belly, beast's head and ears.The mouth edge is decorated with thunder patterns, the front and rear center are decorated with relief animal heads, and the abdomen and feet are decorated with breast nail patterns, thunder patterns, and bird patterns.There is an inscription on the abdomen with three words: Ge Fu Ding, which means that Ge Shi made the device for his father Ding.[14]
Ge Fu Ding Gui
Qin Gonggui:Early Spring and Autumn Period.Unearthed from Dabuzi Mountain in Li County, Gansu Province, it is a ritual vessel for the monarch of the Qin State in the early Spring and Autumn Period.The mouth is closed and the belly bulges, and the big catch is covered.The body is decorated with overlapping lines of animal order, hanging scale lines, horizontal stripes and grooves. There are also relief animal heads with opposite top and bottom between each group of lines on the cover edge and mouth edge, which is unique.The five character inscription on the utensil and lid is recorded as the utensil used by the Duke of Qin.[15]
Qin Gonggui
Pregnancy:In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, it was 18.5 cm high, 19.5 cm in diameter and 2.8 kg in weight.The use of hoof like feet, which is different from the habit of three feet of the general round instrument, is relatively rare.Both sides of the body are provided with elephant head shaped ears, and the long nose is rolled up like a prolapse.The hundred breasted thunder pattern on the abdomen was popular in the late Shang Dynasty and was used until the early Zhou Dynasty.[16]
Pregnancy Gui
Thick square tripod:During the reign of King Cheng of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was 21.3 cm high, 13.3 cm long and 17.5 cm wide, and weighed 2.4 kg.The mouth of the thick square tripod is folded outward, with double ears, square abdomen and straight wall. It is gradually divided from top to bottom, with four slender column feet at the bottom and ridges at the four corners.The four walls of the abdomen are decorated with animal face patterns. The long horns of the animal face patterns hang down on both sides. The body is omitted, and the patterns are rare.There is an inscription with 5 lines and 34 words on the inner wall, which describes the story of the king who was given a gift by Lian Gong in the year of Chengzhou.[17]
Thick square tripod
Yuan Dynasty Crystal Rabbit:Excavated in 1994 in the Underground Palace of Yuanying Tower, Songjiang District, Shanghai, it is now in the collection of Shanghai Museum. The crystal rabbit is about 6cm long, more than 4cm wide, and only 2.6cm high. It is small and exquisite.The rabbit's body is lying on its back, its limbs are bent, its back is arched and its buttocks are plump, its tail is short and sagging, its long ears are closed to its nape, and its whole body is round and plump.[76]
Yuan Dynasty Crystal Rabbit
Shang Yang Fang Sheng in the Warring States Period:The production time was in the 18th year of Emperor Xiaogong of Qin (344 BC), and the design and supervision officials：Made by Shang Yang Daliang.[79]
Shang Yang Fang Sheng in the Warring States Period
Wild Goose Foot Lamp in the First Year of Jingning: Shanghai Museum[80]
Pig You of the Shang Dynasty: Pig shaped wine vessel, collected by Shanghai Museum.[82]
Pig You of the Shang Dynasty
Coin collection
Coin
Flat shoulder, curved foot, empty head cloth:During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was made of copper, with long hollow holes, flat shoulders, three ridges in the body, and curved feet.The coin with the word "Guanshi" on its face was minted by the Zhou royal family in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.[18]
Flat shoulder, arc foot, empty head cloth
"Zhenyou Treasure Coupon" Wu Guan banknote edition:In the Song and Jin Dynasties, it was made of copper, 34.9 cm in length, 21.7 cm in width and 2.5 cm in height.There are words indicating the face value, issuing institution, area of use, date and penalty for forgery on the banknote plate.It is the only template for printing Zhenyou treasure note during the reign of Jindai Zhenyou.[19]
Ying Ying:During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, gold was 62.6 grams in weight.On the front is the word "Ying 爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯爯" Ying "refers to the capital of the State of Chu. 爯爯爯爯爯爯.[20]
Ying Xuan
Western King's Reward:Ming Dynasty, gold, 5 cm in diameter, 38.7 g in weight.Read the real book directly, but recite it without writing.In May of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong, the peasant uprising army, captured Wuchang and called it the King of the West. The reward money of the King of the West should be cast for this period.The reward money of the Western King includes gold, silver and copper, all of which are big money and rare treasures.[21]
Western King Appreciates Merits
Gongtun Chijin:During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was made of copper with a diameter of 4.4 cm and a weight of 0.011 kg.On the face of the coin is the inscription "Tune in Red Gold".It was a place name in the territory of the State of Wei during the Warring States Period, located in Huixian County, Henan Province today, so it is known that it was cast by the State of Wei in the late Warring States Period.[22]
Gongtun Chijin
Shandong Manufacturing Bureau foot print five coins:In the Qing Dynasty, silver ingots were 3.3cm long and 18.4g heavy.[23]
Shandong Manufacturing Bureau Foot Pattern Five Coins
Changsha Qianyi Seven Coins:Qing Dynasty, silver cake, 2.7 cm in diameter, 25.0 grams in weight.Li Weixian donated.[24]
Changsha Qianyi Seven Coins
Horseshoe gold:In the Western Han Dynasty, gold was 5.6cm in diameter, 2.8cm in height and 269.5g in weight.In the second year of Taishi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was made with auspicious omens.The currency needs to be weighed during use.[25]
Horseshoe gold
Qiandao Yuanbao:In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was made of gold, with a diameter of 1.95 cm and a weight of 4.5 g.Xiaoping coin, with real words on the front and no words on the back, is a non-negotiable currency. Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty cast a treasure of Taoism.[26]
Qiandao Yuanbao
Ceramic and jade collections
Ceramics and jade
Red pottery bag feet:The Neolithic Age belongs to Liangzhu Culture.The red pottery bag is red and contains fine sand. The mouth is extravagant outside and the middle is concave to form a pinch flow.It has a short neck and a bulging abdomen. The body is composed of three high bag feet, and a wide ring handle is attached on the ventral side.It is a typical artifact of Liangzhu culture.[27]
Red pottery bag feet
Four Spirits:In the Eastern Han Dynasty, white jade was 5.5 cm long, 2.1 cm wide, 3.2 cm high and 0.032 kg in weight.This jade is an object to ward off evil spirits. Green dragons, rosefinches, white tigers, and Xuanwu are carved from top to bottom, left to right, representing the gods of the celestial phenomena in the southeast and northwest, which are rare in the Eastern Han Dynasty.[28]
Four Spirits
Double Dragon Head Decoration:Eastern Zhou Dynasty, late Warring States Period, 11.8 cm long and 4.3 cm wide.Mutton white jade with brown dip marks.Both sides of the vessel have the same decorative pattern. The two ends are carved with dragon heads. The mouth of the dragon is slightly open, the lips are slightly curled, the teeth and eyes are exposed, and the long ears lie behind the neck, decorated with thin lines carved in the shade.The dragon body is embossed with cloud patterns, the lower edge is carved with dragon claws, and the upper part has a round hole for threading.This kind of jade pendant is one of the group jades in the Warring States Period.[29]
Double Dragon Head Decoration
Jade Cong:During the Liangzhu culture period of the Neolithic Age, it was 5.6cm high and made of actinolite, with milky white and faint green stripes.Four square shaped projections are carved on the surface of the cong, with a horizontal groove in the middle. The projections are divided into upper and lower sections, with four corners as the center line, and each carved with a statue of god.The last section carves a god face under two parallel transverse ribs.The eye is a line carved circle, the lower side is a horizontal bump for the nose, and the top is carved with fine cloud patterns and horizontal straight lines.The next section is carved with an animal face.The egg shaped convex surface is used as the eye contour, and the line engraved double circle is used as the eye. The middle part is connected by a bridge shaped convex surface, and it is used as the nose with a transverse convex block, which is also full of transverse lines and moire patterns.The instrument is highly polished and as smooth as a mirror.Unearthed in Fuquan Mountain, Qingpu, Shanghai in 1984.[30]
Jade Cong
Blue jade with three dragon patterns:Southern Song Dynasty, with an outer diameter of 11.1 cm.The blue jade with three dragon patterns was unearthed from the Xilin Tower in Songjiang District, Shanghai.The edge line is pressed inside and outside the wall, and the body of the utensil is carved with three dragons on the wall.The head of the dragon is triangular, and two forehead lines are carved on the forehead. The spine line is S-shaped along the dragon body, and the reverse side of the wall is smooth without lines.[31]
Blue jade with three dragon patterns
Calligraphy and painting collections
Calligraphy and painting
Figure of Eighteen Scholars:In the Ming Dynasty, the figure of eighteen scholars, 134.2 cm in length and 78.6 cm in width, was donated by Du Jin and Zhuang Wanli's family.There are four pictures of the Eighteen Scholars. The theme is the story of the Eighteen Scholars during the Zhenguan Period of Tang Dynasty, which includes four scenes: Qin, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting. This is a picture. It is set to be drawn on a vertical axis, and the silk is colored.[32]
Eighteen Scholars
Mi Fu's Verse Book of Multiview Building:Northern Song Dynasty, 31.2 cm in length and 53.1 cm in width.The volume is 11 in size, with two lines on a page, two or three words in each line, a total of 50 words, and no printed pages.He Zhizhong's postscript was written by Mi Fu in the first year of Chongning.[33]
Mi Fu's Verse Book of Multiview Building
Preface to Zhang Xuzhen's Record of Langguan's Stone Column:In the Tang Dynasty, it was 19.8 cm in length and 11.8 cm in width, donated by Wu Hufan.This "Preface to Langguan Stone Pillar" is a rubbings handed down from the Song Dynasty.[34]
Preface to Zhang Xuzhen's Records of Langguan's Stone Pillars
Real book Ningzhou post:In the Northern Song Dynasty, a single page, paper book, 32.7 cm in length and 57.6 cm in width.The real book Ning Zhou posted a reply to Sima Guang's nephew Sima Fu's letter, urging him to resign and return home to support his relatives.His calligraphy is square and upright, with neat strokes and the meaning of official script. It was written by Sima Guang when he was 67 years old.[35]
Genuine Book Ningzhou Posts
Zhao Gouzhen's Herbal Health Treatise Volume:Hand roll, paper version, 23.5 cm in length and 602.8 cm in width.It was written by Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty in real and cursive style, with steady and skillful writing and strict structure. It was written by Emperor Gaozong when he was the emperor when he was tired and diligent. The seal has the seal of "Deshou Imperial Letter".[36]
Zhao Gouzhen's Herbal Health Treatise Volume
Zhu Yunming's Cursive Script of Five Clouds and Fur Songs, an old collection of Shanghai Museum[69]
"Cursive Five Clouds Fur Song Volume"
Picture scroll of Yuan Zhang Wo's snow night visit to Dai[81]
Picture Axis of Visiting Dai on a Snowy Night
The Painting of Song Taizu's Cuju, copied by Qian of Yuan Dynasty, is in the collection of Shanghai Museum.[83]
"Song Taizu Cuju Painting" copied by Qian Xuan of Yuan Dynasty
Seal, sculpture, furniture collection
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Northern Song Dynasty Jade Seal:Jade was made in the Northern Song Dynasty.The jade monogram seal of the Northern Song Dynasty is a monogram seal of the Northern Song Dynasty. The monogram seal was mainly popular in the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties and was widely used by people of all walks of life.[37]
Northern Song Dynasty Jade Seal
Zodiac figurines: In the Tang Dynasty, there were a group of 12 figurines with several shapes, which were the combination of human body and zodiac head.Although the height of each figurine is not more than a foot, the figures of rats, cows, tigers, dragons, snakes, monkeys and chickens are complete.The figurines were dressed in long clothes with wide sleeves, and their hands were arched to form a standing gaze.[38]
Zodiac figurines
Huanghua Pear Head in Four Officialhood ChairIn the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the seat surface was 58.5 cm long, 47.0 cm wide, and 119.5 cm high. The straight legs below the seat surface were straight, while the parts above the seat surface had different degrees of curvature.The teeth under the seat not only play a role of reinforcement, but also an important part of formal beauty.Instead of the usual eel head method, the two ends of the brain and the front end of the handrail are used to match the expression of the overall style with a simple and straightforward section.[56]
Huanghua Pear Head in Four Officialhood Chair
Stone inlaid red sandalwood pen screen: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 17.2 cm long, 8.7 cm wide and 19.7 cm high, was unearthed from the tomb of Zhu Shoucheng and his wife, Wanli, Ming Dynasty, Gu Village, Baoshan District, Shanghai. It is made of red sandalwood with a piece of marble in the center.The body is shaped like a mouth. There are several holes on the bottom seat at the lower part. Two columns are erected on the bottom seat. There are beams between the columns. There are several round holes on the beams for inserting pens.The inkstone screen is a small screen placed beside the inkstone to cover the wind and dust.[57]
Stone inlaid red sandalwood pen screen
Yellow rosewood three-layer frame: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 103.0 cm long, 43.6 cm wide, and 188.0 cm high. This trellis is a three-layer fully open type, without any lattice or fence device on four sides. The whole body is made of square materials, with a thin picking list and flat and thin drawers.[58]
Yellow rosewood three-layer frame
The iron plank is fully cut: Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 191.5 cm long, 50.0 cm wide, and 87.0 cm high. The bar table is made of three rectangular iron wood boards about two inches thick. At the intersection of the panel and the foot of the board at right angles, it is connected by a combination of tight tenons and corners, and then the edges and corners are erased to present a small rounded corner with soft turning.The board foot is oval and transparent, and the book rolling shape of the sole is spliced with other wood.The board seems to be square at right angles, but the concave lines and legs are faintly visible. Both sides are hollowed, and the hollowed surface is wide and thick, and runs straight through the feet.[59]
The iron plank is fully cut
Zhu Zi Zhu Wan in the Northern Song Dynasty,It is now in the Shanghai Museum.[88]
Zhu Zi Zhu Wan in the Northern Song Dynasty
Round box with red litchi designThe texture of litchi is artistically treated, and the color of big paint makes litchi red more bright and colorful.[90]
Round box with red litchi design
Ming Jingdezhen Kiln Blue and White Baby Play Pattern Bowl
Blue and white bowl with baby playing pattern in Jingdezhen Kiln of Ming Dynasty: collected by Shanghai Museum.[89]
(Note: For more detailed collections, please refer to the reference materials:[39]）
Shanghai Museum has held more than 20 cultural relics counseling for international travel agencies, and taught more than 600 cultural relics classes for more than 400 schools.Jointly with the High School Affiliated to Shanghai Normal University and Shanghai Experimental School, Shanghai Museum is regarded as an important cultural landscape, and classes are organized to give lectures in the showroom in batches.[2]
During the summer vacation, Shanghai Museum held "Archaeology"Summer camp”The activity of "Cultural Relics Summer Camp" enables students to appreciate the charm of ancient Chinese civilization on the spot, organizes the "Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Middle School Students Cultural Relics Museum Investigation Group" activity, and selects 32 winners from the "Museum and Me" essay competition in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai to participate;The "Cultural Relics Knowledge Contest" and the "Museum in My Heart" essay contest were held to enhance the cultural relics awareness of middle school students.[2]
Shanghai Museum also organized mass organizations such as "Friends of Museums" and "Friends of Cultural Relics" to unite cultural relics collectors and cultural relics lovers at home and abroad around the museum, making contributions to the development of cultural relics museums, especially donating more than 9 million US dollars for the construction of the new Shanghai Museum as decoration funds for 18 special museums and rooms.[2]
On July 29, 2022, "Home China - Henan Xia Shang Zhou Dynasty Civilization Exhibition" was officially opened in Shanghai Museum.[70]
In January 2023, the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit, the Shanghai Museum will display the crystal rabbit of the Yuan Dynasty and several other rabbit shaped cultural relics at the special exhibition of the Year of the Rabbit.[76]
Foreign exchange
The foreign cultural exchange of the Shanghai Museum began in the 1950s and 1960s, basically receiving visits and exhibitions. In the 1970s, it began to organize professional exchanges, hold academic lectures and foreign exhibitions in Shanghai.[2]
In 1980, the Shanghai Museum began to organize the "Shanghai Museum Collection of Chinese Bronzes Exhibition", "Chinablue and white porcelain34 exhibitions, including "Exhibition of Famous Chinese Calligraphy", "Dong Qichang Century Exhibition", "Shanghai Museum Collection of Handicrafts", and "Shanghai Museum Collection of Liangzhu Cultural Treasures", went to the United States, Japan, Italy, FranceFederal Germany、Spain、Netherlands、Australia、Mexico、SwedenAnd 13 countries and regions including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan."6000 Years of Chinese Art Exhibition" in the United StatesSan Francisco、ChicagoHoustonWashingtonDuring the exhibition in the four cities, there were 820000 visitors, and they won the "Special Achievement Award of Art" issued by the American Sister International Association and the Reader's Digest Foundation.[2]
Since 1978, the Shanghai Museum has exhibited“TunisiaCarthageUnearthed Cultural Relics Exhibition "," AmericaIndian15 exhibitions including Cultural Relics and Works of Western Famous Painters, "Sino Japanese Currency Exhibition," and "Japanese Printmaking Exhibition".
In 2012, the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Museum was marked by such exhibitions as The Blue Splendor of the Yuan Dynasty, The Gathering of Calligraphy and Painting of the Song and Yuan Dynasties in the United States and China.[2]
In 2013, Shanghai Museum and FranceMusée Quai Branly Jointly held“Congo River——Central Africa Sculpture Exhibition was jointly held with Clark Art Museum in the United StatesBarbizon reachimpressionism: Fine French Painting Exhibition in Clark Art Museum ", andturkeyCultural departments jointly organized“AnatoliaCivilization: fromNeolithic AgereachOttoman Empire”Exhibition.[2]
On March 9, 2022, the Shanghai Museum opened its "Splendid Age: Exhibition of Donated Cultural Relics in Shanghai Museum".The exhibition gathers 195 pieces/group of donated cultural relics, covering various categories such as calligraphy and painting, bronze, jade, seals, bamboo carving, sculpture, ceramics, coins, etc., in order to pay high tribute to all donors, cultural and museum workers and people from all walks of life who care about and support the development of Shanghai Expo.[43]
On January 17, 2023, "From Botticelli to Van Gogh: British National Gallery Collection Exhibition" will be unveiled in Shanghai Museum.[74]
Since 1976, the Shanghai Museum has jointly published 12 large-scale catalogues and monographs, including Shanghai Museum, Blue and White underglaze red, and Shanghai Museum's Treasure Collection, with publishing institutions such as Yugoslavian Youth Publishing House, Japan Talk Press, Hong Kong Sanlian Bookstore, Japan NHK Broadcasting Association Press, Japan Ordinary Society, Hong Kong Daye Company, etc.
Since 1985, Shanghai Museum has published 28 kinds of overseas exhibition catalogues, including comprehensive discussions, specific introductions of each exhibit, and some texts.In addition, 92 catalogues and monographs have been published, including Paintings in Shanghai Museum, Bronzes in Shanghai Museum, Porcelain Selection in Shanghai Museum, Legal Documents in Shanghai Museum, and Fans in Ming and Qing Dynasties in Shanghai Museum.
In 1987, in order to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the museum, the Shanghai Museum published 10 kinds of works, including Bronze Mirrors Collected in the Shanghai Museum, Blue and White Porcelain in Glaze, Yun Nantian Collection of Painting and Calligraphy, Seal and Recognition of Chinese Calligraphers and Painters, and Songze Collection of Neolithic Site Excavation Reports.
In 1990, the Shanghai Museum published a large-scale catalogue of the Collection of Four Eminent Monks in the Early Qing Dynasty.
In 1994, the Shanghai Museum published 8 volumes of "Coins in the Collection of Shanghai Museum".[2]
work
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author
press
Publication time
Exhibition Design of Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House
May 2019
Exchange and Mutual Learning between Museums and Civilizations: Collection of Cultural Exchange Achievements of Shanghai Museums
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House
October 2019
He Huijian's Essays on Art History
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House
October 2019
Selected Works of Sun Weizu's Seal Sealing Mud and Seal Cutting Research
Sun Weizu
Shanghai Classics Publishing House
December 2019
Painting and Calligraphy Series of the Librarian of Shanghai Culture and History Research Museum · Liu Yiwen
Liu Yiwen
Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House
December 2019
Collection Research Series of Shanghai Museum: Bamboo Carvings of Ming and Qing Dynasties
Shi Yuan
Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House
November 2019
article
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Embrace the River, Embrace the Sea, Integrate the Ancient and Innovate -- Focusing on the Shanghai Museum, talk about how to improve the service level of museums
Yang Zhigang
Journal of Culture and Museum
Issue 1, 2019
Inherit the spirit of natural history and continue to write the glory of Shangbo
Yang Zhigang
Cultural Relics World
Issue 4, 2019
Do not forget the original intention to seek development and grow together with the Republic
Yang Zhigang
China Heritage News
December 2019
What kind of scientific and technological archaeology is needed for archaeology -- Taking Guangfulin Site as an example
Chen Jie
An Introduction to Chinese Scientific and Technological Archaeology, Fudan University Press
February 2019
Bronze Research Department
title
author
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Publication time
Remaining Words of Nanyue State
Sun Weizu
Collection of Shanghai Culture and Museum in 2019
The 50th installment
Re reading the Inscriptions of "Three Year Wei He" and "Kang Ding" -- Also on the emergence of Chinese currency
Zhou Xiang
Chinese Coins
Issue 4, 2019
Kusana religious belief and art from the perspective of cultural relics
Wang Yue
Lushun Museum Academy Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd
January 2019
Silver in the History of Chinese Currency
Wu Danmin
Splendid Millennium: Silver in China's Monetary History, Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House
April 2019
Ceramic Research Department
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author
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Publication time
A Comprehensive Study of the Indonesian "Blackstone" Shipwreck and Its Cultural Relics
Chen Kelun
Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeological Science
Issue 4, 2019
Re exploration of the Origin of the Beige Open Glazed Porcelain of the Sunan sunken ship in South Korea -- An Extension Study of Related Products
Lu Minghua
Palace Museum Cultural Relics Monthly (Taipei)
Issue 2, 2019
Welcome -- Mr. Ni Hanke donated Ming and Qing blue and white porcelain
Peng Tao
Cultural Relics World
Issue 4, 2019
Minglongquan Kiln "Fragrant Wine" Pot
Chen Jie
Asia of Cultural Relics, Yilin Press
January 2019
(Note: For more detailed publications, please refer to the reference materials:[62]）
Academic journals
There are 12 issues in the Journal of Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Wenbo, Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeological Science.[60]
From 1985 to 1988, Shanghai Museum published 14 information materials of Foreign Natural Science and Archaeological Techniques of Cultural Relics.
In 1989, the Shanghai Museum launched the journal Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeological Science.[2]
Scientific research achievements
List of Science and Technology Achievement Awards of Shanghai Museum from 1977 to 1995
Numerical order
particular year
Science and technology projects
researcher
Award level
one
one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven
Thermoluminescence dating of ceramic artifacts
Wang Weida
Major Scientific and Technological Achievement Award of Municipal Science Conference
two
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-three
Preparation of No. 3 Chinese herbal medicine vapor phase mildew inhibitor and its application in calligraphy and painting protection
Chen Yuansheng
83-84 Third Prize of Scientific and Technological Achievements of the Ministry of Culture
three
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four
Fine grain thermoluminescence dating technique for measuring XB annual dose with TLD
Wang Weida
83-84 Third Prize of Scientific and Technological Achievements of the Ministry of Culture
four
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four
Soft X-ray nondestructive testing of calligraphy, painting, lacquer, wood and other cultural relics
Zhu Hongfan
The fourth prize for scientific and technological achievements of the Ministry of Culture in 83-84
five
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four
The production technology of the Song Dynasty lacquer ring
Wu Fubao
The fourth prize for scientific and technological achievements of the Ministry of Culture in 83-84
six
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four
Study on the water spraying principle of "fish water washing" in the Ming Dynasty by means of holographic time average method
Zhu Hongfan
The fourth prize for scientific and technological achievements of the Ministry of Culture in 83-84
seven
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six
Study on the Surface Treatment Technology of Han "Mercury Qin" Copper Mirror
Tan Derui
85-86 First Prize for Scientific and Technological Achievements of the Ministry of Culture
eight
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six
Application of methyl bromide fumigant in cultural relics protection and waste gas treatment
Chen Yuansheng
85-86 Second Prize for Scientific and Technological Achievements of the Ministry of Culture
nine
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six
Application of microcomputer in thermoluminescence dating
Wang Weida
85-86 Third Prize for Scientific and Technological Achievements of the Ministry of Culture
ten
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six
Natural Science, Cultural Relics and Archaeological Technology Abroad
laboratory
85-86 Science and Technology Achievement Award of Cultural Bureau
eleven
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven
Leaching treatment of harmful rust on bronze ware
Zhu Hongfan
The second prize of scientific and technological achievements of the Ministry of Culture in 1988
twelve
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven
Thermoluminescence dating technology without measurement
Wang Weida
The Fourth Prize for Scientific and Technological Achievements of the Ministry of Culture in 1988
thirteen
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven
Analysis and Calculation of Thermoluminescence Dating Error
Wang Weida
The third prize for scientific and technological achievements of the Cultural Bureau in 1988
fourteen
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight
A Microcomputer Management System for Collection Cataloguing Maps
Zhu Jingguo
The Fourth Prize for Scientific and Technological Achievements of the Ministry of Culture in 1988
fifteen
one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine
Research on Detection and Distribution of Main Polluted Gases in Museum
Chen Yuansheng
The Fourth Prize of Scientific and Technological Achievements of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 1989
sixteen
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one
Research on BHC Humidity Regulator and Its Application in Cultural Relics Protection
Chen Yuansheng
Third Prize of Scientific and Technological Achievements of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 1991
seventeen
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two
Study on the Formation Mechanism and Application Prospect of "Mercury Qin"
Tan Derui
The fourth prize for scientific and technological achievements of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 1992
eighteen
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
Study on Desalination and Corrosion Inhibition Protection of Unearthed Iron Relics
Zhu Hongfan
First Prize of Scientific and Technological Achievements of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 1994
nineteen
one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
Analysis and identification technology of prehistoric paint film
Chen Yuansheng
The third prize of scientific and technological achievements of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in 1994
(According to the statistics in the table above, there are 1 major science and technology award, 2 science and technology awards from the Municipal Bureau of Culture, 2 first prizes from the Ministry of Culture or the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, 2 second prizes from the Ministry of Culture or the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, 5 third prizes from the Ministry of Culture or the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and 7 fourth prizes from the Ministry of Culture or the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, totaling 19.[2]）
In 1958, the Shanghai Museum set up a cultural relics restoration workshop, mainly to restore and duplicate the museum's treasures, and also to restore cultural relics and mount paintings and calligraphy for other museums and foreign museums.By 1995, the collection had been restoredbronzeware、Ceramic wareMore than 1400 pieces, such as the original incomplete Shang Fu Ding You, were broken into more than 70 pieces of West Zhou zigzag thunder shaped You, and a pair of severely damaged early Spring and Autumn Dragon Ear Zuns were salvaged from scrap copper. After restoration, they recovered their original appearance.[2]
The Cultural Relics Restoration Workshop also mounted more than 1800 pieces of paintings and calligraphy in the museum collection, many of which are important cultural relics with a clear circulation, such as Wang Xizhi《Shangyu Calligraphy》, Tang Sunwei's "Gao Yi Tu Juan" and so on were carefully framed and properly protected.In particular, the Ming Chenghua Shuozhou, which had become a "book cake" when it was unearthed, has been perfectly preserved through the joint efforts of cultural relics protection scientists and painting and calligraphy framers.[2]
Honors won
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In October 2018, Shanghai Museum was rated as the national research and practice education base for primary and secondary students.[4]
In May 2020, Shanghai Museum won the "Award of Excellence" in the 2019 Top Ten Exhibition Activities of National Museums.[66]
In October 2021, the protection and restoration project of the unearthed cultural relics in Qinglong Town Site of Shanghai Museum was selected as the "2021 National Excellent Cultural Relics Collection Restoration Project" by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.[42]
On September 18, 2021, Shanghai Museum was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative project protection units。[41]
In June 2022, the list of the results of the 2022 annual Chinese cultural relics all media dissemination boutique (new media) promotion activities jointly carried out by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the Central Cyberspace Office was officially announced.The series of short videos of "Amazing Treasures • Exploring Treasures" planned and launched by Shanghai Museum in conjunction with Shanghai Radio and Television's Financial Media Center stood out from 234 application projects and were selected into 10 promotionsProject.[67]
In January 2023, it was selected into the list of top 100 national popular museums in 2022.[75]
In February 2023, it was included in the list of promotion projects of "the seventh batch of China's 20th century architectural heritage".[77]
Service Items
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Service equipment
one
Barrier free service: provide special lanes for the disabled and elevator services.
two
Intelligent terminal: Multimedia touch screen navigation system is set in the hall on the first floor and the exhibition hall respectively.
three
Guide service: It can be handled at the voice guide rental office in the lobby on the first floor.
four
Baby carriage and wheelchair: South Gate Lodge.[63]
Tour service
Guide by full-time interpreter
Shanghai Museum provides full-time tour guide service. For details, please pay attention to the display screen of the service desk or the signboard at the entrance of the exhibition hall.
Volunteer service
Shanghai Museum has volunteers to provide free explanations and help for visitors every day. For details, please pay attention to the service desk signs in the center.
audio guide
It provides Chinese, English, French, Japanese, German, Korean, Spanish, Italian and other languages.
Chinese digital machine
Adult version: 20 yuan/set, parent-child version: 20 yuan/set, children version: 10 yuan/set, no deposit required, mobile phone number and ID card required.
Foreign language digital machine
Rent: 40 yuan/set, deposit: 400 yuan or 50 dollars, or passport.In addition, special exhibition digital machines are lent separately.
Smart Guide
It provides Chinese intelligent explanation and guidance services, and helps the audience understand the cultural relics background and interpret historical treasures in an interesting way through voice explanation, video introduction, hand drawn stories, animation analysis, exploration and puzzle solving, game interaction, etc.[63]
Consignment service
one
Clothes, hats and large luggage can be left (please take valuables with you except computers).
two
Audiences are required to accept security check before depositing articles, and go to the cloakroom with the security check deposit ticket.
three
The use of wheelchairs and baby strollers is free and limited to the use in the museum.If you need to borrow it, please pay a deposit of 300 yuan at the South Gate Lodging Office to go through the lease formalities.
four
Provide services such as sewing, medicine boxes, etc.
five
Lost and Found (only at the South Gate Lodge).
six
If the deposited articles are not collected within the time limit, Shanghai Museum will dispose of them by itself according to law.[63]
Visit information
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geographical position
The Shanghai Museum is located at 201 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District, Shanghai.[44]
Shanghai Museum
Opening Hours
The Shanghai Museum is open to the public free of charge (closed every Monday, except for national holidays). Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 (admission will be stopped after 16:00).[64]
