When you’re trying to learn about a particular city, country or about the people who inhabit it, museums are educational treasure troves that you do not want to miss. When you’re in Shanghai trying to wrap you’re head around what makes this Asian metropolis so special, several museums come to mind as they offer a glimpses of the past which makes predictions of the future that much more easier.
To start off your tour, the Shanghai Museum is a tastefully designed venue that comprises of 11 high tech galleries that takes its visitors on an epic journey into the past and displays some of the best collections of sculptures and ceramics in the country. While the Painting Gallery has a large collection of ancient paintings and silk scrolls which were used as writing material in the past. The Calligraphy Gallery is where you will be able to find documents that show different writing methods which were used in ancestral times. The Ming and Qing Furniture Gallery is another interesting part of this museum as it displays a number of furniture items which were used when emperors ruled China.
Your next stop, the Museum and Exhibition Hall of Shanghai Aerospace is a place where your kids will be thrilled to visit. This attractive museum shows the evolutionary growth of Aeronautic engineering in China. Visitors will be amazed to find high-tech, missile carrying aircrafts together with futuristic spacecrafts on display here. The Shanghai Auto Museum is the perfect place for those of us who are simply crazy about cars. This massive collection of vehicles shows you the journey that popular vehicle manufacturers had to travel in, to develop the fast and comfortable cars which are in production today. This will be the perfect end to your day, where you were able to get a taste of both the historical background and the technological advancements of China.
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