The Art Museum features a unique blend of European classical style and the cultural characteristics of Shanghai’s Shikumen architecture. The entire building is adorned with red bricks and tiles, decorative doors and windows, tall arched columns, bronze doors with dragon carvings, and protruding carved balconies, all in a beautiful and imposing red and yellow color scheme. It has become a new landmark in the Dalian Road public green space.
The museum spans four floors above ground and two underground, with over ten thousand square meters of exhibition space. It is a comprehensive art museum that showcases the profound and long-standing Chinese traditional culture, as well as the rich connotations and exquisite craftsmanship of traditional Chinese arts and crafts, and historical relics. The exhibition areas are divided into wood carving, stone carving, metal carving (including metal accessories), ivory (bone) carving, glass carving, clay sculpture (including porcelain), folk art, calligraphy and painting, and Shanghai-style art, among other display units. The business scope of the museum includes exhibitions, collection, preservation, organization, and research of precious modern and contemporary national treasure art pieces and historical relics; conducting related research topics, academic discussions, cultural exchanges, consulting, appraisal, and popularization activities; and providing cultural and artistic services. Opening hours are closed all day on Mondays and Sundays throughout the year; open from 08:30 to 17:30 on Tuesdays to Saturdays, with specific business status subject to the day’s opening conditions. Preferential policy additional information: 1. Elderly people over 70 years old can enjoy senior tickets with a valid ID card. 2. The above information is for reference only; please refer to the information disclosed by the scenic spot on the day of visit.
