Shanghai Folk Crafts Museum
Shanghai Museum, No. 201 Renmin Avenue, Shanghai, China, 200003
About the company:
Founded in 1952, the Shanghai Folk Art Museum has a collection of more than 120,000 Chinese folk art exhibits.
The building was designed by architect Hing Tong and is made in the form of an ancient Chinese bronze vessel - Ding.
The museum has eleven galleries and three exhibition halls for temporary exhibitions. The galleries contain works of art made of bronze, ceramics, jade. The eye pleases all kinds of sculpture, painting, calligraphy, numismatics, printing, furniture and others.
One of the museum’s most interesting collections is the collection of ancient Silk Road coins donated in 1991 by Linda and Roger Doo.