Home/Culture/ Art News

Top 10 must-see museums in Shanghai

Updated: 2014-05-16 08:43 (chinadaily.com.cn)
Comments

Chopsticks Museum

This may be Shanghai’s smallest museum. It’s the personal collection of Lan Xiang, a writer, who has collected more than 2,000 pairs of chopsticks from his journey around Asia. Lan, in his 80s, lives upstairs. The prized pair is a gilded silver set from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907).

Tel: (021)5671-7528

Address: 191 Duolun Rd, Hongkou District

Opening hours: Call in advance

Admission: Free, Telephone booking required

 

Top 10 must-see museums in Shanghai

Owner of the Chopsticks Museum Lan Xiang is pointing at the museum’s plaque, March 29, 2012.[Photo/IC]

Top 10 must-see museums in Shanghai

Top 10 must-see museums in Shanghai

Top 10 must-see museums in Shanghai

Palace Museum, home to many 'mosts' and 'firsts'

 Private museums of the rich in China

First ladies visit Forbidden City 

Most Popular