Shanghai Museum

Shanghai Museum

The Shanghai Museum (Chinese: 上海博物館) is a museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

History

* 1952: Museum founded and first open to the public in the former Shanghai Racecourse club house, now at 325 W. Nanjing Road.
* 1959: Museum moved into the former Zhonghui Building at 16 S. Henan Road, which previously housed insurance companies and bank offices.
* 1992: Museum allocated a piece of land on People's Square by the Shanghai municipal government, as its new site.

Current building

Construction of the current building started in August 1993. It was inaugurated in October 12, 1996. It is 29.5 meters high with five floors, covering a total area of 39,200 m².

Designed by a local architect, the new museum building is designed in the shape of an ancient, bronze, tripod cooking vessel called a "ding". It is said that the inspiration for the design was specifically provided by the [http://www.shanghaimuseum.net/en/collection/qingtong/juti.asp?id=11 Da Ke Ding] , now on exhibit in the museum. The building has round top and a square base, symbolising the ancient Chinese perception of the world as "round sky, square earth".

Collections

The museum has a collection of over 120,000 pieces, including bronze, ceramics, calligraphy, furniture, jades, ancient coins, paintings, seals, sculptures, minority art and foreign art. It has eleven galleries and three special temporary exhibition halls. The permanent 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 dynasties
* Gallery of Arts and Crafts by Chinese Minorities

The Shanghai Museum houses several items of national importance, including one of three extant specimens of a "transparent" bronze mirror from the Han Dynasty.

External links

* [http://www.shanghaimuseum.net/en/index.asp Shanghai Museum]
* [http://www.chinamuseums.com China Museums]
* Dr. Rodney Chang [http://www.lastplace.com/professor.htm (Pygoya), honorary professor of Shanghai University College of Fine Arts, 1st computer art solo show at Shanghai Museum in 1988]
* [http://masterpieces.asemus.museum/index.aspx Virtual Collection of Masterpieces (VCM)]


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