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