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The Shanghai Museum is located on the south side of People's Square in the Huangpu District of downtown Shanghai. It was established in 1952, originally at the old Race Club at 325 Nanjing West Road, and moved to the Zhonghui Building at 16 Henan South Road in October 1959. Construction of the new museum began in August 1993, and it was completed and opened on October 12, 1996. The total building area is 39,200 square meters, with a land area of 11,000 square meters, two underground levels, and five above-ground levels, standing 29.5 meters tall. The new museum features an architectural design that combines a square base with a circular protrusion, symbolizing the Chinese concept of "Heaven is round and the Earth is square." The name "Shanghai Museum" was inscribed by Chen Yi, the first mayor of Shanghai after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The basic positioning of the Shanghai Museum is as a museum of ancient Chinese art, with its collections, exhibitions, and research focusing on ancient Chinese artifacts. After more than half a century of development, by the end of 2014, the Shanghai Museum had a total of 101,925 items in its collection, including 717 first-class cultural relics, 34,505 second-class cultural relics, and 107,992 third-class cultural relics. Like other museums, the Shanghai Museum has an online museum and is closed on Mondays. It offers audio guide services in various languages including Chinese, English, French, Japanese, German, Korean, Spanish, and Italian, making it convenient for both domestic and international visitors. The duration of the visit can be arranged according to your needs, ranging from 2 hours to half a day.
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