Shanghai Museum

(Local Name: Bowuguan Shanghai) This museum, founded in 1952, is China's best museum of classical Chinese art. It is situated in a new building on the south side of the People's Park. The following sections are presented on four floors, in excellent displays:

Ground floor: China's most important collection of prehistoric bronzes and plastics;

1st floor: ceramics from prehistoric cultures to the 19th C;

2nd floor: ink drawings, calligraphy and seals;

3rd floor: art from the ethnic minorities; jade, coins as well as furnishings from the Ming and Qingperiods (1368-1912).