Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum (Шаблон:Zh) is a large museum in Pudong, Shanghai, close to Century Park, the largest park within the inner districts of the city.

The museum covers an area of 68,000 square metres, a floor space of 98,000 square metres and an exhibition space of 65,500 square metres with planned visiting flow of 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 visitors per year and investment of RMB 1.755 billion Yuan. As of July 2010 the museum will have attracted over 23,000,000 visitors making it one of China's most visited modern museums.

Shanghai Science & Technology Museum opened to the public on December 18, 2001. The original design of the museum and its core exhibits was managed by Shanghai based high tech and multimedia firm Creative Star Digital. The construction of the museum cost 3.75 billion RMB, and now features over 14 interactive multimedia exhibits open to the public.

Exhibitions

The museum has 13 main permanent exhibitions and 4 science theatres. The theaters constitute the largest science education cinema in Asia with 10,000 annual films shown. The exhibitions are:

  1. Spectrum of Life: A natural exhibit which imitates the scenery of Yunnan Province and displays its diversity of creatures.
  2. Light of Exploration is an exhibit which showcases human scientific achievements of the 20th century.
  3. Home on Earth
  4. World of Robots
  5. Human and Health
  6. Earth Exploration
  7. Light of Wisdom
  8. Space Navigation
  9. Information Era
  10. Cradle of Design
  11. Children's Rainbow Land
  12. Animal Hall
  13. Spiders Exhibition

There are also two temporary exhibition halls, the Chinese Ancient Science and Technology Gallery which showcases ancient Chinese inventions and works, the Explorer's Gallery featuring Chinese and foreign explorers and the Academician's Gallery featuring contemporary scientists from Shanghai.

The four science theaters are:

  1. IMAX 3D Theater
  2. IMAX Dome Theater
  3. IWERKS Theater
  4. Space Theater

Hours of Operation

The museum is open from 9:00 AM to 5:15 PM. It is closed Mondays (except holidays).

Transportation

The museum is served by the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum station on Shanghai Metro Line 2. Another subway station nearby is Pudian Road Station on Line 4. In addition, several buses such as 794, 640 also stop nearby.

Appearance in popular media

Kung Fu Dunk starring Jay Chou has many scenes filmed from here.

Chandni Chowk to China, an Indian film starring Akshay Kumar has been filmed here

Shanghai's Expo 2010 video has several promotional scenes shot on location here.

The museum served as the pit stop for leg 10 of The Amazing Race 16.

See also

  • List of museums in China

References

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Tian Xie
28 October 2017
The museum is huge and mostly meant for little kids, but the building is gorgeous and you might catch some interesting photo shoots in front. Also, check out the cheap underground mall in the subway.
Time Out Shanghai
16 August 2012
The easily missed Light of Wisdom area on the first floor is a big playground with all manner of fun games, such as specially weighted bicycles that help you 'dance on a rope'. Admission is 60RMB.
Dave Mc
10 August 2018
Really a great time, a solid science museum that can compete with the best of them.
Karen Mejia
15 May 2013
Come here to go market shopping. Endless rows of shopping stalls. You can find anything you need. They will say a ridiculous price at first- you have to stand firm & maybe walk away to get your price.
Valerie Cüpli
1 October 2016
It is true, start by around 15% of their price and end up with like 30% of what was asked. Negotiate well. it's not an aggressive place like other markets, people are mostly friendly there.
Olga
25 May 2015
Отличный музей! Много интересного, поход в него занял весь день, закрытие в 5. Детям будет особенно интересно. Но и взрослым есть, что посмотреть
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