Address: 467 Wanrong Lu, Zhabei District, Shanghai
Description: Milk. It's white, functional, nutritious, but not particularly interesting, right. Wrong! The China Dairy Industry Museum proves that milk can indeed be fascinating. Don't believe us? Go see for yourself. There...
Address: 728 Changyang Lu, near Tongbei Lu, Yangpu District, Shanghai
Description: This three-floor paean to puffing is conveniently located opposite the Shanghai Cigarette Factory in the Yangpu District. It holds the dubious accolade of being the world's largest tobacco museum, and pays homa...
Address: 27 Duolun Lu, near Sichuan Bei Lu, Hongkou District, Shanghai
Description: As long as you don't mind traveling to the outskirts of Shanghai, the Duolun Museum is a great find. Focused on contemporary and avant-garde art, this museum features both Chinese and foreign artists. Its Europ...
Address: 1200 Cailun Lu, Pudong New District, Shanghai
Description: If you're ever at a loose end in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, make your way to this museum to learn the secrets and history of TCM. There's a giant bronze statue illustrating the 580 acupuncture points on the h...
Address: 93 Duolun Lu, near Sichuan Bei Lu, Hongkou District, Shanghai
Address: Room BOC 868, Huashan Lu, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Description: Occupying a rather unassuming space in the basement of an apartment block, this gem of a museum is the 'work of collector Yang Pei Ming. He displays only a fraction of the 5,000 piece collection he has amassed ...
Address: 2-4/F, 518 Ruijin Nanlu, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Description: This museum dedicated to the Shanghai Police Department has one of the most interestingly stocked museum gift shops in Shanghai. After perusing crime scene photographs, a mock-up padded cell, and other cop-them...
Address: 79 Fenyang Lu, near Taiyuan Lu, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Description: This isn't so much unusual as off the beaten track. From the outside, it looks more like a latter-day White House that's landed in leafy Xuhui, but inside you'll find a huge collection of beautiful craft pieces...
Address: 533 Baochang Lu, near Zhijiang Zhong Lu, Zhabei District, Shanghai
Description: A glasses museum. We kid you not. This shrine to spectacles is located in the Zhabei District, right next to the Qingyun Lu optical market. If glasses aren't really your thing, don't worry – it's actually more...
Address: 1 Fenghe Lu, Pudong New District, Shanghai
Description: A strange name for a strange museum. There are surprises around every corner at this slice of surrealism in Lujiazui: a whole floor full of turtles, a petting zoo with an owl, and myriad snakes, spiders, goats,...
Address: 200 Tianmu Donglu, near Kangle Lu, Zhabei District, Shanghai
Description: Whether you're a train buff or not, the Railway Museum is worth a look. It has displays charting the history of rail travel before the PRC was founded, as well as plans for the future of China's railways. You c...
Address: Zendai Thumb Plaza, Building 28, 199 Fangdian Lu, Pudong New ...
Description: The Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art is an art museum for all those Pudong residents out there. Focusing on new media (i.e. not your typical painting, drawing, and sculpting), this museum is a massive venue...
Address: 231 Nanjing Xilu, inside People's Park, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Description: Just a short walk from the Shanghai Museum of Art, this two-story glass building is the perfect place to house some of Shanghai's most modern musings. It's a great contrast to some of the more old fashioned pie...
Address: 20 , Fenyang Lu, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Description: Another quirky gem on Shanghai's museum roster, this one is part of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in that pretty section of Xuhui with all the music shops. The museum is split into four rooms, containing m...
Address: 325 Nanjing Xilu, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Description: Located on the former site of the Shanghai Library, the Shanghai Art Museum has more than 4,000 works of both contemporary and classical fine art including calligraphies, paintings and sculptures. This gallery ...
Address: 1 Shiji Dadao, Pudong District, Shanghai
Description: Established in 1983 as the Shanghai History & Cultural Relics Showroom, the Shanghai History Museum displays historical records describing the fascinating development of this metropolis over the past century. A...
Address: 260 Yan'an Donglu, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Description: Boasting nine exhibition halls ranging from the Museum of Ancient Animal History to Ancient Chinese Mummies, the Shanghai Natural History Museum is one of the largest museums of its kind in China. There are som...