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Your guide to Shanghai's best museums and exhibitions

A handful of Shanghai museums are trying out nighttime hours this summer
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A handful of Shanghai museums are trying out nighttime hours this summer

Including big names like the Shanghai Museum

Shanghai's best museums
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Shanghai's best museums

Our guide to the 17 must-see museums in Shanghai

Museums in Shanghai

Shanghai Astronomy Museum
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Shanghai Astronomy Museum

The world's largest astronomy museum with exhibits on cosmos, earth and more

China Maritime Museum
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China Maritime Museum

Impressive but remote nautical museum

Cha Gong Guan (Qiu Mansion)
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Cha Gong Guan (Qiu Mansion)

Cha Gong Guan (formerly Qiu Mansion) was had been the residence belonging to the Qiu brothers, who were the tycoons in the paint industry almost a century ago

Long Museum West Bund
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Long Museum West Bund

Expansive Chinese art museum beside the Huangpu

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Exhibitions on now

Music China
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Music China

Music China, quite possibly Asia’s largest musical instrument expo, is returning for its 18th year and is being held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October

10-13 Oct
Shanghai New International Expo Center
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Art galleries in Shanghai

Shanghai Center of Photography
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Shanghai Center of Photography

Latest addition to Xuhui Riverside’s burgeoning art museum scene

Modern Art Museum
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Modern Art Museum

Modern Art Museum Shanghai is another successful case study of transforming industrial buildings into exhibition space

BANK Mabsociety
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BANK Mabsociety

Innovative gallery now on Anfu Lu

Jiushi Art Museum
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Jiushi Art Museum

Located on the sixth floor of the iconic Bund 27, home to the House of Roosevelt, the seven-story building with a Modern Renaissance style was built in 1922

UCCA Edge
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UCCA Edge

A new addition to the Beijing 798-based art museum UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, UCCA Edge marks the third museum after the flagship UCCA Beijing and UCCA Dune in Beidaihe District in Hebei provin

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