Shanghai Museum

The Shanghai Museum at People's Square is located at 201 People's Avenue, with its primary focus as a "world civilizations museum". Building upon its collection of over 10,000 systematically organized foreign cultural artifacts, it has initiated global cultural artifact acquisition efforts and is preparing permanent exhibitions reflecting world civilizations and themes like the "Belt and Road" initiative. Simultaneously, it is strengthening collaborations with internationally renowned cultural institutions to introduce more high-quality special exhibitions such as the "Dialogue with the World" series, striving to establish itself as China's premier museum for regular displays of world civilization types and an important international platform for cultural exchange, becoming a key hub for "China viewing the world".

The permanent exhibitions at the People's Square venue include the Chinese Ming and Qing furniture gallery and the ethnic minority crafts gallery.

The Ming and Qing furniture gallery covers an exhibition area of 700 square meters, displaying over 100 exquisite pieces of Chinese furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties. It showcases the peak craftsmanship and artistic styles of ancient Chinese furniture during these periods. The exhibition also recreates Ming and Qing dynasty living rooms and studies to restore the original usage contexts of these antique furnishings.

The ethnic minority crafts gallery covers over 700 square meters and is divided into six sections, displaying nearly 600 exhibits including costume crafts, dyeing-weaving-embroidery, metalwork, carving techniques, lacquerware & bamboo weaving, and mask art from various Chinese ethnic groups. These exhibits showcase the long-standing, brilliant and diverse material culture and artistic aesthetics of China's ethnic minorities.