The Shanghai Museum has a collection of cultural items including ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy. The museum has eleven galleries and three special temporary exhibition halls. Its unique form of a round top with a square base, symbolizes the ancient Chinese philosophy that the square earth is under the round sky.

The website of the museum is www.shanghaimuseum.net

- Shanghai Travel Guide
- Nanjing Road, Shanghai

- Beijing Travel Guide
- Beihai Park, Beijing
- Tiananmen Square, Beijing

August 2004, my wife and son standing before The Shanghai Museum.