This museum boasts 120,000 Chinese art pieces and archaeological findings. Permanent exhibits feature bronze, ceramics and paintings, among other artifacts. Other facilities include a library with 20,000 books, a conservation laboratory and a lecture room. There is a gift shop on the first floor, a tea house and several antique and curio stalls. The building itself is an architectural showpiece, resembling an ancient tripod when viewed sideways. The rooftop with glassed dome is modeled on a Han Dynasty mirror.
Crane your neck to marvel at the second tallest building in Shanghai, the tallest in Jing An District and a major tourist hotspot. 945 feet tall, the magnificent structure also hosts a massive shopping center, housing some of the biggest brand names in clothing, fashion, electronics, furnishing, gifts and every imaginable household appliance. With prices as high as the structure that houses them, it's no wonder that most tourists stick to window shopping in here!
This museum has five floors that detail the ambitious plans of Shanghai's urban planners. Visitors are provided with a glimpse of how Shanghai will look like in a couple of decades. The centerpiece on the third floor is a huge model of the city as it is now. Check out the map on the first half floor, where the districts scheduled to be cleared for new constructions and green areas are marked. In the basement, old Shanghai is rebuilt with house entrances, cobbled stone-ways and operating shops and tea-houses.
The Shanghai Stadium, seating 80,000 spectators, helps to define Shanghai as a first-class sporting city. The multi-functional stadium was built in 1997, but was beautifully renovated for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics as a football venue. Besides sporting events, the stadium also hosts occasional concerts. A gigantic color display screen, a video monitoring and display system, security, a medical center and a media center are among its world-class facilities. The upscale Regal Shanghai East Asia Hotel and a modern aquatic center is uniquely situated inside.
Zhen Yang is a large and relatively new complex in Shanghai. It has 32 lanes and peak times are often in the early evenings, when the cost of a game dips to all-time lows.
The main purpose of this state-run museum is the study and promotion of the innumerable artworks in the Liu Hai Su collection. Liu Hai Su was an renowned artist and his works can be seen here as the permanent exhibition. In addition, the museum regularly features temporary exhibitions, some of which show pieces from well known international institutions. The Art Center also hosts a dancing school and an antique furniture shop. A little bookstore here deals mostly with Chinese literature.