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579: 597: 713: 561: 47: 428: 365:. The founding collections came principally from three sources: a batch of artifacts gathered by the Communist 3rd Field Army during the civil war from accidental finds and confiscations of private property and brought to Shanghai upon the Communists' conquest of the city; artifacts confiscated by the customs service; items sold by private collectors due to political pressure during political purges and purchased by the government. The former Shanghai Municipal Museum was also merged into the new Shanghai Museum. 609: 631: 698: 354: 34: 673: 655: 399:, but the museum had to raise its own building funds. Ma raised US$ 25 million by leasing the old building to a Hong Kong developer. He also made many trips abroad to solicit donations, mainly from the Shanghai diaspora who had fled to Hong Kong after the Communist revolution, raising another $ 10 million. The money still ran short, but he eventually won another 140 million yuan from the city government to complete the building. 54: 383:
The museum's work largely halted as a result of the Cultural Revolution. After the end of the revolution, as one of China's most important museums, the collections have continued to be enriched with the fruit of donations, government purchases, and important finds from archaeological excavations.
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The growth of its collections put enormous pressure on the cramped premises. For his role in ensuring a large, purpose-built home, it is said that Shanghai Museum owes much of its current existence to
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In the next few years, the museum's collections were further enriched from other private and institutional collections in Shanghai, including the collection of the former Shanghai Museum of the
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The museum has an important collection of ancient coins from the Silk Road, donated since 1991 by Linda and Roger Doo. The collection contains 1783 pieces from the Greeks to the Mongol Empire.
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Construction of the current building started in August 1993. It was inaugurated on October 12, 1996 to wide acclaim. It is 29.5 meters high with five floors, covering a total area of 39,200 m.
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Zhongshu, Zhao (1992-01-01). "Round Sky and Square Earth (Tian Yuan Di Fang): Ancient Chinese Geographical Thought and its Influence".
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for its rebuilding. After seeing the dilapidated rooms of the Zhonghui Building, Huang agreed to allocate a prime site on the
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The museum was founded in 1952 and was first open to the public in the former Shanghai Racecourse club house, now at 325 West
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Designed by local architect Xing Tonghe, the building is designed in the shape of an ancient bronze cooking vessel called a
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Rebuilt at its current location in 1996, it is famous for its large collection of rare cultural pieces.
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Chen Xiejan, Doo R, Wang Yue (2006) Shanghai Museum's Collection of Ancient Coins from the Silk Road
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It has eleven galleries and three special temporary exhibition halls. The permanent galleries are:
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Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China
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The museum has a collection of over 120,000 pieces, including
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Shanghai Museum is located in Shanghai
Shanghai
People's Square
Shanghai
Coordinates
31°13′49″N 121°28′14″E / 31.230278°N 121.470556°E / 31.230278; 121.470556
Ma Chengyuan
People's Square Station
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Shanghai Metro
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