Free entry
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The Bund promenade
A riverbank walk with room for looking. Historic facades on one side, the Pudong skyline across the water.
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Good things in Shanghai, for free
Free-entry places and events. Check dates, reservations and any separately ticketed experiences.
Free-entry places and events. Check dates, reservations and any separately ticketed experiences. Choose a starting point from our growing Shanghai selection, then follow its official sources to plan your visit.
Free entry
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Shanghai Museum East
A museum day in Pudong, shaped around Chinese art. Choose a gallery and leave yourself time to look properly.
Free entry
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Rockbund Art Museum
Contemporary art near the Bund, with free exhibition admission. Check what is on before building a day around it.
Free entry
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Fuxing Park
A green pause near Huaihai Road. Come without a checklist and let a park bench become part of the plan.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Jota Mombaça: stuck in movement (in the tide)
An announced autumn exhibition at Rockbund Art Museum, opening on 31 October. A free art stop to plan around a future Bund visit.
Free entry
PlaceActivities
Jing’an Sculpture Park
Contemporary sculpture meets a real neighbourhood park. Come for a short walk between central Shanghai’s indoor stops.
Free entry
Free entry
On the house
EventExhibitions
Pearls Returned Home: Phase II
Painting and calligraphy from the Ching Banlee family’s Liangtuxuan collection, shown in Shanghai Museum East’s second-floor gallery.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Shanghai Lu Xun Museum
Literary history gives a Hongkou park day a more focused companion.
Free entry
Free entry
Free entry
PlaceCulture
ICA at NYU Shanghai
Free exhibitions and public programmes make this university art centre a cultural stop in Qiantan.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Shanghai Children’s Museum
Interactive displays make science approachable for young visitors at this free Changning museum.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Tushanwan Museum
Woodcarving, painting and stained glass reveal the cultural history of the former Tushanwan orphanage and workshops.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Century Park
Lawns, woodland and a broad lake offer a free outdoor counterpoint to Pudong’s towers and museums.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Binjiang Forest Park
Forest paths and open river-edge scenery make this northern Pudong park a change of pace from central Shanghai.
On the house
EventExhibitions
Vitalisms II: Untimely Inheritances I
Seven artists explore painting, abstraction and value in a free exhibition at ICA at NYU Shanghai.
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Form and Content II: Painting Workshops
A free series at ICA at NYU Shanghai invites small groups to look closely at one painting and discuss what they see.
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After Looking: Conversations on Painting
Artists and curators bring the questions raised by ICA’s painting study groups into a free afternoon conversation.