The Shanghai edit
Places worth your time
The museums, garden and riverfront behind our Shanghai selection.
The museums, garden and riverfront behind our Shanghai selection. Choose a starting point from our growing Shanghai selection, then follow its official sources to plan your visit.
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Shanghai Oriental Art Center
A performance destination that gives a Pudong evening its focus.
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Shanghai Natural History Museum
Natural-history displays make a substantial indoor stop beside the sculpture park.
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Shanghai Songhu Memorial Hall
A focused museum provides context for wartime history in northern Shanghai.
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Shanghai Grand Theatre
An opera, ballet or concert gives a People's Square evening a clear destination.
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Grand Cinema
A historic cinema makes the screening itself part of a People's Square outing.
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Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall
A small museum introduces a scholar whose work crossed cultures and disciplines.
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Shanghai Yangtze Estuary Science and Technology Museum
The river mouth becomes the subject of a dedicated Baoshan museum visit.
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Bibliotheca Zi-Ka-Wei
Historic reading rooms add a distinct chapter to a Xujiahui cultural walk.
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Xujiahui Observatory Museum
Weather and scientific history meet in a landmark observatory building.
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Gongqing Forest Park
Wooded paths make the journey to Yangpu feel like a change of scene.
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Shanghai Postal Museum
Postal objects and a landmark building add detail to a Suzhou Creek walk.
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C. Y. Tung Maritime Museum
Shipping history offers a focused museum visit within the university campus.
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Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre
Printed images offer a specific lens on twentieth-century visual culture.
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Dajing Ge Pavilion
A surviving section of the old city gives a short walk historical depth.
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Memorial Hall of the Fourth CPC National Congress
A dedicated Hongkou museum places a political milestone in its local setting.
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Shanghai Film Center Cinema
Choose a film and build an afternoon around this Xinhua Road cinema.
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Jing'an Temple
A living Buddhist temple provides a striking contrast with the surrounding city.
PlaceConcerts
Shanghai Concert Hall
A concert in a historic hall can be the centre of a downtown evening.