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With more than 14 million locals and 9 million immigrants, Shanghai is the largest, most populous and most developed city in China. Situated in the eastern part of the country, Shanghai has seen an enormous growth in tourism for the past couple of decades.
Shanghai, Home to the Strangest Museums
Shanghai is one of the few cities in the world which manages to perfectly mix the old with the new. If you’re looking for a dose of culture, one of the best ways to do just that is to check out the numerous museums scattered within the length and breadth of this huge city.
But if you’re looking for something a bit more eccentric, Shanghai will never disappoint. More than the typical art spaces and history exhibitions, there are quite a few places that will give you a strange glimpse of China’s past through a few odd collections:
Chinese Chopsticks Museum
This is probably the smallest museum in Shanghai, but the tiny room is filled with a 2,000+ collection of chopsticks – and awesome stories of how they were collected.
Shanghai Antique Music Box Gallery
Filled with European music boxes, it showcases the oldest one in the world which is a tiny music-playing contraption made way back in 1796.
Shanghai Animation & Comics Museum
Displaying everything from Chinese shadow puppets to Disney characters, kid visitors will have a blast visiting this museum.
Shanghai Calligraphy Museum
Written scripts, writing and calligraphy are treated with reverence in this amazing museum at Fuzhou Lu in Shanghai.
Shanghai Typewriter Museum
With 50 ancient typewriters on display, the Typewriter Museum is such a throwback in time, with the oldest item being a Redwood machine made in 1809.
There’s also the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, the Shanghai Postal Museum and the Shanghai Museum of Public Security.
How about the Shanghai Museum of Glass?
Yet another strange-but-awesome museum which is a must-visit in Shanghai is the newly-opened Shanghai Museum of Glass. It’s the first serious museum of glass in China. The 6,250-square meter museum used to be a glass factory which has a sleek, contemporary design.
Building a museum solely dedicated to glass was the idea of Zhang Lin from the SGC Shanghai Glass Company Limited. Their goal is to create awareness for the locals and tourists visiting Shanghai about glass – not just as a building material but as an artform as well.
The Shanghai Museum of Glass is made up of four sections: the first section is an exhibition definining glass; the second is a glimpse at the history of glass in China; third is the use of glass in modern lives; while the final section is dedicated to contemporary glass art. The fourth section is particularly interesting especially for those who would like to see a reflection of China’s past and future – through the works of international and local glass sculptors.
Visit the Shanghai Museum of Glass at night and you will be awed at the way that the light is illuminated off the glass surface of the walls – giving you an insight into what the museum’s about in the first place – showcasing the beauty of glass as a material.
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