Shanghai Museum

Square earth, round sky!
The Shanghai Museum has a vast display of ancient Chinese art with a collection of 120,000 precious works of art. The museum is known particularly for its astonishing collection of ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy. Over the years the museum has developed with other institutes with respect to acquisition, conservation, research, exhibition, education and cultural exchanges. After three years of construction, the museum found its permanent home in 1996 at the center of the city, the People’s Square. The new building is 29.5 meters high, with 39,200 square meters of space. This space is used to house eleven galleries and three special temporary exhibition halls. The architecture of the museum symbolizes the Chinese philosophy of a square earth under a round sky.

All contents of this post are drawn from the Shanghai Museum website.