683 Shanghai | Flash visit to Shanghai Museum East Building, saw everything in an intense 3 hours

📆11.30 Suzhou-Hangzhou Trip Day 1 Beijing✈️Shanghai → Shanghai Museum East Building → Shanghai🚄Suzhou Directly took luggage to the East Building of Shanghai Museum for storage, saw the closing time was 18:00 at 15:00, 3 hours non-stop was a bit tiring Saw the 2 special exhibitions I wanted most Quickly went through the top 10 treasures of the museum, but only saw 8 (two calligraphy and painting pieces were not exhibited) Took photos at the rooftop garden, looks great at night 【Basic Information】 🆓Free admission, no reservation needed 🈺10:00-18:00, closed every Tuesday 🚇Line 2 Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Station Exit 7 (navigation shows Exit 8, note Exit 8 has no upward escalator, positions of Exit 7 and 8 are the same after coming up) 🧳Entrance is at B1, with lockers; luggage storage is opposite the service desk on the 1st floor 【Main Special Exhibitions】 ✅ "Blending Ancient and New: Revival and Innovation of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty Bronzes" ⏰Exhibition period: 11.25.2023 - 3.16.2026 Location: 1st floor, First Special Exhibition Hall 🔖Must-see: This exhibition is really thoughtfully arranged, just find the right angles Make the "Wild Goose-shaped Bronze Censer" hold auspicious clouds in its mouth, the "Blue and White Porcelain Beast Censer" emit smoke, insert flowers into the "Southern Song Bronze Cong-shaped Vase"... But the most stunning is the "Ming Xuande Gilded Peacock King Statue." As they say, you can learn real things online; to capture the golden glow, you have to quickly snap a photo before your phone reacts ✅ "Brilliant Six Plates: Ningxia Guyuan Cultural Relics Boutique Exhibition" So lucky to catch the last day of this exhibition 【Visiting Order & Top Treasures】 1st Floor ✅ "First Special Exhibition Hall" Blending Ancient and New: Revival and Innovation of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty Bronzes ✅ "Bronze Gallery" Da Ke Ding (Large Ritual Cauldron) Zhu Zun (Sacrificial Vessel) Shang Yang Fang Sheng (Shang Yang Square Measure) ✅ "Sculpture Gallery" Baishi Bodhisattva Statue 2nd Floor ✅ "Painting Gallery" "Gao Yi Tu" (High Recluse Picture): Not seen ✅ "Second Special Exhibition Hall" Brilliant Six Plates: Ningxia Guyuan Cultural Relics Boutique Exhibition ✅ "Jade Gallery" Jade Divine Figure ✅ "Calligraphy Gallery" "Ku Sun Tie" (Bitter Bamboo Shoot Manuscript): Not seen ✅ "Seal and Engraving Gallery" Golden Seal of Guiyi Di King 3rd Floor ✅ "Ceramics Gallery" Celadon Plate Famille Rose Bat and Peach Pattern Vase 4th Floor ✅ "Archaeology Gallery" ✅ "Jiangnan Creation Gallery" 📸 Rooftop Garden → Last saw the "Jiangnan Creation Gallery," then there is an escalator inside this gallery leading to the rooftop garden (The escalator is a bit hidden, behind the photo spot with landscape in the atrium, ask staff if you can’t find it) → Chinese-style architecture allows for photos blending ancient and modern → The best view is the spiral staircase, every step down offers a different beautiful perspective → Walk down and return to the 3rd floor Finally rested and stayed until closing at 18:00, finished The silhouette photo spot in the 1st floor lobby was empty at this time with no one taking pictures