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Shanghai Science and Technology Museum 上海科技馆Shànghǎi Kējìguǎn
5A scenic area · Shanghai, Shanghai
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shanghai
- Region
- Shanghai
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
A large science museum on Century Avenue in Pudong, opened in 2001 around the theme of nature, people and technology. After a renovation that closed it from March 2023, it reopened in stages from February 2026, and its ten permanent exhibition areas, including a large rainforest zone opened in April 2026, sit alongside giant-screen and dome cinemas. It suits families and anyone who likes hands-on science displays.
How to get to Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
In Pudong, beside Shanghai Science and Technology Museum station on Metro Line 2, about 20 minutes from People's Square.
Nearby
- The Bund & Lujiazui Skyline 外滩与陆家嘴 under 10 km
1920s banks on one bank of the river, a sci-fi skyline on the other - Lujiazui 陆家嘴 under 10 km
Shanghai's skyline in a loop of river: spheres, a twisting tower and the Bund opposite - Yu Garden & City God Temple 豫园与城隍庙 under 10 km
A Ming-dynasty garden of rockeries and dragon walls beside a Taoist city temple - Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆 under 10 km
Ancient Chinese bronzes, ceramics, painting and jade, now shown at Shanghai Museum East - Former French Concession 原法租界 10 km
Plane-tree streets, garden villas and shikumen lanes for Shanghai's best city walk
Also within 20 km: Century Park 世纪公园 (under 10 km), Top of Shanghai Observatory, Shanghai Tower 上海之巅观光厅 (under 10 km), Jin Mao Tower 88th-Floor Observation Deck 金茂大厦88层观光厅 (under 10 km), Yangshupu Waterworks 杨树浦水厂 (under 10 km), Shanghai Ocean Aquarium 上海海洋水族馆 (under 10 km), Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum 上海犹太难民纪念馆 (under 10 km).
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