Things to do in Shanghai, Shanghai Region: The Best Museums

May 22, 2021 Darleen Reid

The largest city in China is also its most cosmopolitan, offering visitors a chance to experience the past, present, and future all at once. The Huangpu River splits Shanghai into two districts: Pudong and Puxi. The Pudong skyline looks like it was ripped from the Jetsons, with the bulbous Oriental Pearl TV and Radio Tower looking a bit like a two headed lollipop. On the Puxi side, you can walk the Bund riverside district to get a taste of old Shanghai.
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1. Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

726 Yan An Xi Rd Rm K 7F East Tower, Hua Min Han Zhen International, Shanghai 200050 China +86 21 6211 1845 [email protected] http://www.shanghaipropagandaart.com/contact.asp
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4.5 based on 875 reviews

Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

Reviewed By Athamese - San Francisco, United States

As others have written, this place has recently moved. Google Maps had it listed under its old location (in the basement of some apartment complex) but that's not right anymore. The address listed here is correct. No photos allowed in the museum, sadly, but it's well worth a visit. The posters all have translations of the captions into English (some in French, too) and many of them also have a few paragraphs of interpretation and context. My experience is that Chinese people use the word "propaganda" unironically and without any hint of negativity that English-speakers usually do. Looking at these posters, some of which I'd seen in books before, I was amazed at how quotidian some of them are, and how powerful and striking others were as well. I certainly appreciated the view into a part of Chinese history that gets represented through a particular lens in US education. I also appreciated looking at what is openly labeled propaganda, and how that made me think about what we see in the US that is not so openly labeled propaganda (but is obviously and clearly analogous). Take the time to visit this museum. It's got a great little gift shop where I bought far too many postcards, and they have a nice collection of books and even original copies of Mao's little red book in multiple languages. They also have posters of varying sizes for sale.

2. Songqingling Cemetery Park

No.21 Songyuan Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200336 China +86 21 6275 8080 http://www.shsoongching-ling.com/
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4.0 based on 15 reviews

Songqingling Cemetery Park

3. Shanghai Fire Museum

Zhongshan West Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200000 China +86 21 2895 5295
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4.0 based on 4 reviews

Shanghai Fire Museum

4. Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts

No.613 Kaixuan Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200000 China +86 21 6131 3080 http://www.kecenter.org.cn/
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4.0 based on 2 reviews

Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts

5. Shanghai International Exhibition Center

No.88 Loushanguan Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200336 China +86 21 6275 5800 http://www.intex-sh.com/
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4.0 based on 12 reviews

Shanghai International Exhibition Center

6. Shanghai Children’s Museum

No.61 Songyuan Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200336 China http://www.shetbwg.com
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3.5 based on 21 reviews

Shanghai Children’s Museum

7. 555 ZhanLan WenHua ZhongXin

Beside Yindugongtingmeishi, Shanghai China
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

8. ShangHai ChengShi DiaoSu YiShu ZhongXin

No.568 Huaihai West Road, Shanghai China +86 21 6280 5629 http://www.sss570.com/
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

9. ShangHai GuoJi NongZhan ZhongXin

No.2270 Hongqiao Road, Shanghai China +86 21 6237 6018
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3.5 based on 2 reviews

10. ShangHai ShiMao ZhanGuan

No.99 Xingyi Road, Shanghai China +86 21 6236 6888
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3.0 based on 1 reviews

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