Shanghai events · Exhibitions

Suzhou Creek history: from a Yuan sluice to Waibaidu Bridge

Shanghai History Museum · 325 West Nanjing Road

Qing Imperial Dress from the Palace Museum

World Expo Museum

Imperial garments and rare jewelry from the Palace Museum, including robes associated with Kangxi, Qianlong and Jiaqing.

Life and aesthetics in the Mawangdui Han tombs

Shanghai Art Museum

Treasures from Mawangdui reveal Han-era clothing, objects and daily life. The source lists ticket platforms and a separate exhibition reservation channel.

Colors of the East · 7th Shanghai Lacquer Painting Exhibition

Liu Haisu Art Museum branch · 1869 Tongchuan Road

Living heritage · Hongqiao makers exhibition

Hongqiao Culture and Sports Center · 2800 Wanyuan Road

Fashion and the world in 18th-century armorial porcelain

China Maritime Museum · first temporary gallery

Qing Dynasty art: Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong

Minhang Museum

An exhibition focused on three Qing emperors, bringing together more than 120 objects or sets from fourteen museums and cultural institutions.

How did Shanghai residents live a century ago?

Hongkou Library · 1412 Shuidian Road

Archival newspaper material explores housing in Shanghai a century ago, during a period of changing traditions and outside influences.

A century in silk · an industrialist’s Yangpu memories

Yangpu Library · Pingliang branch

Historical documents and objects explore Fang Runlin and the silk-weaving industry of Yangshupu.

Astronomy in Chinese poetry and prose

Shanghai Astronomy Museum · B1

Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaurs · immersive giant-screen experience

West Bund Museum · B1

An immersive experience adapted from Prehistoric Planet, combining scenes from the first two seasons with additional footage.

Across the oceans · Captain Cook’s voyages

China Maritime Museum · second temporary gallery

The crafts behind cinema · Film Museum collection

Shanghai Film Museum

To Shanghai · 120 years of Chinese cinema

Shanghai Film Museum