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Shanghai Museum:
choose the branch first.

The museum name alone is not enough to choose your destination.

Shanghai Museum facade at People's Square with a sign directing visitors to the South Entrance
The People’s Square branch, not the East Museum in Pudong.

Start with the place you actually mean.

Search using the complete official English or Chinese venue name and compare its address with your map pin. Shanghai has branches and similarly named halls. Save the Chinese name and address so metro staff, a driver or a hotel receptionist can verify it. Never choose a ticket solely because the photo looks right.

Before you leave your hotel

Check which branch hosts the exhibition you want, then save that branch’s Chinese name and address. Follow its own current admission notice; do not apply one branch’s instructions to the other.

Branch names and addresses checked against the museum’s official visit pages on 16 October 2026. Check current exhibition and admission notices before visiting.

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Photography credits

Zheng Xia · Pexels License · Resized for display.