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Liuli China Museum
Glass sculpture, from 2000-year-old jewellery to modern creations.
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Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA Shanghai)
Set in People's Park. (
Shanghai Museum of Arts & Crafts
Shows crafts such as embroidery and paper-cutting.
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Top Tips
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Galleries and public museums (such as the Shanghai Museum) are generally free.
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Many museums close their ticket offices 30 to 60 minutes before the venue itself closes.
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Students and seniors over 65 are sometimes eligible for discounted admission; take ID.
Best Small Museums
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
Idealised model layout of the city c 2020. (
Shanghai History Museum
Fun, interactive museum. (
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Shikumen Open House Museum
See a restored
shikumen
house. (
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Post Museum
Postal history in imperial China. (
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CY Tung Maritime Museum
Model ships and exhibits on legendary seafarer Zheng He.
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Worth a Trip
Built by the Russian Ashkenazi Jewish community in 1927, the
Ohel Moishe Synagogue
( 62 Changyang Rd;
admission ¥50; 9am-4.30pm; Dalian Rd) lies in the heart of the 1940s Jewish ghetto. Today it houses
the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, with exhibitions on the lives of the Central European refugees who fled
to Shanghai to escape the Nazis.
