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Shanghai Museum is situated at the southern side of
the People's Square. Total construction space is 38,000
square meters. The museum structure, 29.5 meters in
height, includes five floors aboveground and two floors
underground. Total investment of the museum is 432.69
million yuan. The museum opened to visitors at the end
of 1995. The design of the museum, a square foundation
supporting a circular roof, incorporates ancient Chinese
philosophy that the sky is round and the earth is square.
The museum has 10 showrooms featuring bronze wares, ceramics,
ancient Chinese paintings, calligraphy works, sculptures,
seals, coins, jade wares, furniture and handicrafts of
Chinese minorities. The museum now collects some 120,000
pieces of precious antiques, accounting for almost half
of the total such collections in the country. The museum
is highly acclaimed internationally. |
