The Shanghai Museum of Glass, with the self-imposed requirement of ‘innovative iteration’, creates a high-quality visiting experience for its audience, making it a cultural life destination that inspires imagination and longing. The museum’s permanent exhibitions have been fully upgraded and will officially open to the public on May 1st! The upgraded exhibitions will include Hall 1 ‘Science History · Technology’, Hall 2 ‘Art’, Hall 3 ‘Glass Omnia’, and Hall 4 ‘NXT Virtual Reality Lab’, providing visitors of all ages with a rich and diverse experience, showcasing the infinite possibilities of glass and leading a new museum lifestyle.
The Children’s Glass Museum is the first glass-themed, child-tailored cultural destination in Shanghai and China, dedicated to providing an engaging knowledge, culture, and art interactive experience space for children aged 4-12. The brand-new Children’s Glass Museum 2.0 is a contemporary art and design museum where curious and cool kids (along with their parents) can explore and gain a deeper understanding of this versatile material. Combining novel creativity, fun design, and educational concepts, the door to an imaginative glass world will open for children. Here, they can freely travel through a wonderful world of their own, not only reaping happiness but also inspiring them to cultivate an independent spirit of exploration, discovery, and creation.
The Heat Theater is committed to breaking through traditional performance models, presenting the inheritance and innovation of glass craftsmanship with tension-filled forms. The extreme sense of glass and its unpredictable nature will be vividly presented in various heart-stirring ways. Unlike traditional glass museums’ hot glass demonstrations, the Heat Theater breaks the mold by combining superb glass craftsmanship with artistic dramatic performances and sound and light effects, showcasing the extraordinary aspects of hot glass craftsmanship. Currently, the Shanghai Museum of Glass has developed two Heat Theater performances, ‘Dream’ and ‘The Wanderer’.
Through the maze challenge, you will gain surprises and happiness throughout the day! In the seventh year after its opening, the Shanghai Museum of Glass took the opposite approach – actively ‘breaking’ everything that exists, presenting an exhibition that touches reality with fragmentation, connects emotions with fragmentation, and firmly believes that it can bring moving experiences to every viewer.
The special exhibition presents a total of 21 installation works. Through sharp and thought-provoking images related to ‘fragmentation’, it pierces the originally solidified and closed thoughts and concretizes the emotions, experiences, and memories that everyone will go through. At the same time, the emotional power of music will also play a very important role – each installation work is accompanied by a carefully selected exclusive song to perform the theme of the work more infectiously. The nearly 2,000 square meters of pure white exhibition design space will provide you with a transcendent viewing experience. What’s even better is that you can also smash a glass by hand here and experience the significance of ‘breaking’ for individuals. The DIY handicraft courses cover ten mainstream glass manufacturing techniques. Whether adults or children, everyone can find the joy of hands-on creation here. The DIY glass-making courses provided by the museum include courses of different difficulties such as lampworking, blowing, hot melting, inlaying, painting, mosaics, and beading. Opening hours: closed all day on Mondays throughout the year; open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 from January 1st to June 21st; open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 from June 22nd to September 2nd; open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 from September 3rd to December 31st. Preferential policies: Children: Free for those under 1 meter in height. Seniors: Free for those aged 70 or above with senior citizen card or ID card (free admission). Disabled people: Free admission on Tuesdays to Fridays only with disability certificate (except legal holidays). Active firefighters: Free admission on Tuesdays to Fridays only with active firefighter certificate (except legal holidays). Active servicemen: Free admission on Tuesdays to Fridays only with active serviceman certificate (except legal holidays). Supplementary note: For tourists who are eligible for free admission, if they want to experience the tickets for the Thermal Theater, they need to purchase them separately. Service facilities: Parking lot: [Glass Museum Parking Lot]. Reference price: ¥6/hour, with a ceiling of ¥48. Address: No. 685, Changjiang West Road. Parking spaces: 200. WIFI: Account: free. Password: verified login. Coverage: full coverage. Luggage storage: Reference price: free. Address: front desk of the main venue. Toilets: At the tourist service center and marked. Mother and baby room: Address: at the front desk customer service. Catering: There is a western restaurant in the scenic area.
