Shanghai Museum
The
Shanghai Museum is a
museum of ancient
Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in
Shanghai,
People's Republic of China.
The building is 24 meters high with five floors, covering a total area of 38,000 sqm.
The museum was founded in 1952 and has a collection of over 120,000 pieces, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy, furniture, jades, numismatics, paintings, seals, sculptures, minority art and foreign art.
It moved to the current building in 1996. Its main galleries are:
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Bronze
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Sculpture
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Ceramics
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Jades
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Paintings
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Calligraphy
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Seals
- Gallery of Ancient Chinese Numismatics
- Gallery of Chinese Furniture in Ming and Qing Dynasty
- Gallery of Arts and Crafts by Chinese Minorities