Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

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Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
上海科技馆
Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro[2]
Websitewww.sstm.org.cn (in Chinese)
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
Hanyu Pinyin
Shànghǎi kējì guǎn
Wade–GilesShang-hai K‘o-chi Kuan
Wu
RomanizationZånhae Kuji Gue

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is a large museum in

Pudong, Shanghai, close to Century Park, the largest park within the inner districts of the city.[4] It is one of China's most-visited museums. It received 1,351,000 visitors in 2020, despite a fall of attendance of 72 percent from 2019 due to restrictions and reduced tourism imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

History

APEC meeting
Shanghainese students at the SSTM during Barack Obama's visit

paramount leader Jiang Zemin, Russian president Vladimir Putin, and US president George W. Bush
.

The Science and Technology Museum completed its first phase of construction and opened its exhibits to the general public on 18 December 2001.[5] Its initial themes were the harmony of nature, mankind, and technology (Chinese: 自然·人·科技, Zìrán, Rén, Kējì) and its first five exhibition halls were devoted to "Heaven and Earth", "Life", "Wisdom", "Creativity", and "the Future".[8]

The second phase of the project opened in May 2005, at which time it was the first science and technology museum authenticated to meet

AAAAA status.[10] US president Barack Obama held a town hall meeting with Shanghainese students at the Science and Technology Museum on 16 November 2009 during his state visit
.

Administration

The SSTM is not a purely public institution, but a foundation under public administration funded by private businesses in Shanghai. These include the

Shanghai Planetarium
.

Architecture

The original design of the museum was managed by Shanghai-based Creative Star Digital, who planned it to accommodate 2–3 million visitors per year.

HVAC was digitized and advanced enough for its time that it was once considered for a separate exhibit of its own.[7]

As part of Pudong's

subway station.[citation needed] Century Park lies nearby and, together, the complex has helped rebrand the district and encourage luxury housing developments in the surrounding area.[6]

Exhibitions

A pianist in the "World of Robots" exhibition.
Part of the "Home on Earth" exhibition.
Part of the "Information Era" exhibition.

The museum is dedicated to the

popularization of science,[5] with an intended theme of the harmony[8] of "Nature, Mankind, and Technology".[5] Like the overall building design, the original exhibits were designed by Creative Star Digital.[citation needed
]

It has 13 main permanent exhibitions and 4 science-themed cinemas.[10] The exhibitions are:

  1. Spectrum of Life: A natural exhibit which imitates the scenery of
    Yunnan Province and displays its diversity of creatures.[14]
  2. Earth Exploration
  3. Cradle of Design[
    CAD/CAM to design and build small things[13]
  4. Children's Rainbow Land[a]
  5. Light of Wisdom
  6. Home on Earth
  7. Information Era
  8. World of Robots
  9. Light of Exploration is an exhibit which showcases human scientific achievements of the 20th century.[15]
  10. Human and Health
  11. Space Navigation
  12. World of Animals[b]
  13. Spiders Exhibition[b]

The Chinese Ancient Science and Technology Gallery

works. The Explorers' Gallery[10] features Chinese and foreign explorers. The Academicians' Gallery features contemporary scientists from China,[5] particularly Shanghai.[1]

There was previously also an "Audio-Visual Discovery Paradise",

rain forest, an aviary, an aquarium, and an earthquake center including a motive platform with video allowing visitors to experience simulated tremors.[13] The exhibitions are intended to "represent cutting-edge scientific development" using "innovative and unique exhibition methods"[5] but many have not been updated since their installation. This behavior is common in China, where museums often subcontract all their exhibits' designs to private firms without any longterm arrangement to maintain or update them.[16]

There are also two temporary exhibition halls.

The museum opened with 2 IMAX cinemas.[13] With the later addition of another two, the cineplex is the largest dedicated to science education in Asia, with 10,000 showtimes each year.[10] They are:[1]

  1. IMAX 3D Theater[c]
  2. IMAX Dome Theater
  3. IWERKS Theater
  4. Space Theater

Hours of Operation

The museum is open from 09:00 to 17:15. It is closed on Monday (except holidays).[2]

Transportation

subway station
entrances on either side of the plaza in front of the SSTM

The

Line 4 is also within walking distance. The site also has a bus stop served by several routes, including Routes 794 and 640.[2]

Popular media

The

Shanghai World Expo
in 2010 shot several scenes on location in and around the Science and Technology Museum. Its futuristic appearance has made it a common setting for Chinese media.

There are many scenes filmed at the museum in the Chinese movie

Indian movie Chandni Chowk to China
also filmed some scenes at the SSTM.

The museum was the Pit Stop for Leg 10 of the TV series The Amazing Race 16.[17]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Originally, "Technoland",[13] "Children's Science Park", [5] or "Children's Science Land".[10]
  2. ^ a b Originally called the "Animal Hall" and considered a "special exhibition"[5] but now permanent.
  3. ^ Formerly, the "Large-Format Theater".[5]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Introduction
  2. ^ a b c d 上海科技馆参观资讯 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ a b =Tea-AECOM Museum Index, "Top 20 Museums Worldwide", published September 2021
  4. ^ 世纪公园-上海旅游景点 Archived 2011-11-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese) "Century Park is the largest natural park setting within the Inner Ring Road in Shanghai."
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Enc. Shang. (2010).
  6. ^ a b c Sha & al. (2014).
  7. ^ a b Tom (2002), p. 38.
  8. ^ a b Tom (2002), p. 37.
  9. ^ SFLS (2014).
  10. ^ a b c d e f Pudong (2017).
  11. ^ Varutti (2014), p. 46.
  12. ^ "Shanghai Science and Technology Museum". museu.ms. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Tom (2002), p. 36.
  14. ^ Spectrum of Life
  15. ^ Light of Exploration
  16. ^ Varutti (2014), p. 47.
  17. ^ "Louis Stravato and Michael Naylor avoid 'The Amazing Race' ouster". Reality TV World. 26 April 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

Bibliography

External links

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