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Overview
The Shanghai Art Museum was an art museum in the city of Shanghai, China. Which was officially opened on August 10th, 1956, was reconstructed in 1983 and renamed as Shanghai Art Museum in 1986. It is an influential modern art museum devoted in collections, researches, exhibitions, aesthetic education and international art communication. Covering an area of over 6000 square kilometers, Shanghai Art Museum possesses elegant indoor environment and continental-type architecture decoration.
In October 2012, the museum was rebranded as the China Art Museum when it moved to the China pavilion at Expo 2010 on the former Shanghai Expo 2010 lands. The Shanghai Art Museum building is the former clubhouse building of the Shanghai Race Club. It sits on the western edge of People's Park, north of People's Square, which was once the Shanghai race course. The Shanghai Art Museum was the original home of the Shanghai Biennale. The former museum building is being converted to house the Shanghai History Museum, which had been left without a home due to redevelopment since 1999.
History
The Shanghai Art Museum building is located on the south side of Nanjing Road (West). The building has an area of 2,200 sq m.
The building was constructed in 1933, as the clubhouse for the Shanghai Race Club race course. The horse race course was reputed to be the third most profitable industry during the 1930s (during the Republic of China era).
In March 1934 the new Shanghai Race Club building opened. The grandstand was thought at the time to be the largest in the world, and probably was, while the Race Club, with its marble staircases, teak-panelled rooms, oak parquet floors, and its coffee room which was 100ft by 47ft with a huge fireplace, most certainly ranked as the most sumptuous club of its kind yet built in any country.
In 1955, the building was renovated and a terrace was constructed on the roof. The goal was mainly to enable the architects to build wider stairs leading to the clock tower, so that youth can easily visit the tower.
The building has one of the most prominent clock towers in the city after the Customs House clock tower on the Bund. The clock tower at the Art Museum has historically been associated with decay and corruption in the city, as it was often inaccurate. However, it was renovated in 2006 and has been accurate since then.
Transportation
How to get to Shanghai Art Museum:
Take buses No.17, 20, 23, 36, 37, 46, 48, 49, 71, 108, 109, 112, 123, 330, 505, 506, 921 and get off at the station of Nanjing Xi Lu or People's Square;
Take metro No.1, 2, 8, 11 and get off at Ren Min Guang Chang (People's Square).
Information
Admission Fee: free
Opening Time: 09:00-17:00 (16:00 stop giving out free tickets)
Address: No. 325, Nanjing West Road, back against People's Square and Shanghai Museum, adjacent to Shanghai Grand Theatre and People's park, Huangpu District, Shanghai.
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