The Shanghai Museum is the only museum worth going to in Shanghai. It houses an impressive collection of stone artifacts, jugs, ancient keys dating to 2000 BC and an amazing collection of coins and costumes from China's 120+ ethnic groups. The museum has tried to show the diversity within ... Read review
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The Shanghai Museum is the only museum worth going to in Shanghai. It houses an impressive collection of stone artifacts, jugs, ancient keys dating to 2000 BC and an amazing collection of coins and costumes from China's 120+ ethnic groups. The museum has tried to show the diversity within China and all its composite parts which is truly rare. China normally concentrates on its conformity and its homogenous traits. This museum truly explores all of ... ...more interesting story about the Shanghai Museum is that during the time of the Cultural Revolution, when all art and academic works were being destroyed by the Communist regime, Shanghai's inhabitants donated their furniture, books and paintings to the museum in an effort to preserve them and the history they contained. For no explicable reason, the Red Army never invaded the premises of the Shanghai museum and so the old art, furniture, etc has ...
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Vatican Museums so called Musei Vaticani in Italian languague, famous for its art and sculptures. It dates back to 16th century.
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