Are you looking for free stuff during your Shanghai Tour? Well, Most of the musuems in Shanghai are free of charge. Shanghai is home to many world-class museums and art galleries. There are over one hundred to choose from, ranging from the historical to the hi-tech.A time-lapse movie of the Shanghai skyline would be a fascinating study in urban development, foothold in a place where the only constant is constant change.Museums are a must-see if you want to get to know a new city. Museums can reflect the past and the present..
Madame Tussauds Hundreds of millions of people have flocked through the doors of Madame Tussauds since they first opened over 200 years ago and it remains as popular today as it ever was----
Shanghai Museum The scope, depth and quality of its collections, and the striking architecture and use of modern technology make the Shanghai Museum one of the most famous if not the most famous in China. It covers an area of 38,000 square meters,
The Shanghai History Museum Shanghai History Museum is located on the first floor of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower with an exhibition area of 10,000 square meters. The museum adopts the display with “real objects in the scenes” supplemented with high-tech methods, combining cultural relics,---
Urban Planning Exhibition Hall One of Shanghai's best and most visited museums, the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall at People's Square documents the changing face of Shanghai and is an essential vising point for those interested in the evolution of the city--
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum This museum is housed in the former Ohel Moshe synagogue, which Russian Jews built in 1927. The original place of worship is on the first floor, while the upper floors showcase Jewish-related artwork. There’s also a searchable database of Jews who lived in Shanghai.--
Shanghai Museum of TCM Shanghai TCM Museum, the museum of the profound TCM and TCM culture, was opened in the new campus of Shanghai TCM University in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong New Area in October 2004.---
Shanghai Automotive Museum Shanghai Auto Museum is the first dedicated auto museum in China. It displays around 70 vehicles since the birth of automobiles. These cars cover 22 different brands and demonstrate the important stages during the auto history.---
Shanghai Animation & Comics Museum This shiny, futuristic homage to animation opened in 2010.The first floor is an entrancing guide to animation’s history, from Chinese shadow puppets to Mickey Mouse. It's interspersed with life-size figurines, short film clips and a hall of movie posters----
Shanghai Natural Wild-Insect Kingdom Shanghai Natural Wild-Insect Kingdom, located between the Riverside Promenade and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, is the first of its kind in China.-----
The Memorial Hall of Fushou Garden on Wai Qingsong Road in Qingpu District, is an exhibition hall which exhibits many facets of the city's past, with hand writings, memoirs, artifacts and albums of the city's own celebrities long faded from life. ----
Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum is housed in the Ohel Moishe Synagogue, which was established in 1907 to serve Jewish refugees who sought sanctury in Shanghai in order to escape from massacre. As an important part of Shanghai Jewish heritage, the museum also has a small gallery and introduction video about the history and life of the Jews in Shanghai.----
China Art Palace Housed in the China Pavilion of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, China Art Palace features 27 exhibition halls measuring 64,000 square meters in area as well as such facilities as theater, conference hall and library. The 559-square-meter dining zone offers coffee, Western fast food and tea.---
Shanghai Art Gallery Shanghai has a thirving art scene, with several good art museums and a few world-class art galleries. If you appreciate art, these venues are well worth visiting. Shanghai also has a lot of low quality art,
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Welcome to Shanghai Science and Technology Museum. If you think science is no fun, think twice. This biggest science museum in Shanghai will soon prove you very wrong. Let's go and check it out!
Power Station of Art Housed in the Urban Future Pavilion of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Power Station of Art is the first public museum of contemporary art in mainland China and a typical urban cultural venue for art exhibition, collection, research, exchanges, and experiential education. ---
China Tobacco Museum "A bewildering array of smoking paraphernalia is spread over three floors, though there's no mention of the fact that China is a world leader in smoking-related deaths. Admission is free." ----