At the heart of People's Square, this is possibly the best museum of Chinese artifacts anywhere in the world. There's several floors consisting of rows and rows of coins, brass, ceramics and paintings: comprehensive, if a little dry. The building itself is an architectual wonder too - designed in the shape of a traditional Chinese urn with the symbolism of circle and square.
People's Square Metro Station (Line 1 and 2). www.shanghaimuseum.net/en/index.asp
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