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Shanghai Museums
If you liked the outstanding Shanghai Museum (
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)
, the city has a riveting
choice of museums and exhibition spaces with collections ranging from Maoist pro-
paganda to urban planning and beyond.
1 SHANGHAI ART MUSEUM
( Shanghai Meishuguan;
www.sh-artmuseum.org.cn
; 325 West Nanjing Rd;
325 9am-5pm; People's Square)
The exhibits of modern Chinese art
are hit-and-miss, but the building (the former Shanghai Racecourse Club)
and its period details are gorgeous.
2 SHANGHAI URBAN PLANNING EXHIBITION HALL
( Shanghai Chengshi Guihua Zhanshiguan; 100 Renmin Ave; 100 adult
¥30; 9am-5pm Tue-Sun, last entry 4pm; People's Square)
The 3rd
floor features Shanghai circa 2020, with a model layout of the megalopolis-
to-come plus a dizzying Virtual World 3D wrap-around tour.
3 SHANGHAI MUSEUM OF
(Moca Shanghai ; Shanghai Dangdai Yishuguan;
www.mocashanghai.org
;
People's Park; adult ¥30; 10am-9.30pm; People's Square)
Temporary
exhibits range from urban dystopia sculptures to Japanese ecodesign and
multimedia installations.
4 PROPAGANDA POSTER ART CENTRE
( Xuanchuanhua Nianhua Yishu Zhongxin;
www.shanghaipropagandaart.com
; Room B-OC, President Mansion, 868
Huashan Rd; 868 B-0C admission ¥20; 10am-5pm; Shanghai Library
or Jiangsu Rd)
If phalanxes of red tractors, bumper harvests, muscled
peasants and lantern-jawed proletariat get you going, this small gallery in
the bowels of a residential block will truly fire you up.
