Shanghai · In-depth place guide
上海博物馆东馆
Choose two objects. Leave with a story.
Ancient art, the people who made it, and the right museum address.
A bronze inscription, a tiny animal, a brush mark: begin with something you want to understand.
Shanghai Museum East in Pudong is the place to choose for the museum’s Chinese ancient-art collections. The institution was founded in 1952; its current branches have different roles. The People’s Square venue is a separate journey, and the North branch remains under preparation.[5]
Our suggestion: choose two collections and a few objects that interest you. Read a shape, a material and a maker’s decision before adding another gallery. A good visit can leave you curious about one thing rather than exhausted by an enormous list.
Plan your visit
Before you go.
- Time to allow
- Our suggestion: 3–4 flexible hours for a selective first visit with a break. Give a focused exhibition or a deeper collection day its own allowance.
- East branch hours
- 10:00–18:00; last entry 17:00. Tuesday closed except national public holidays.[6]
- The useful address
- 上海博物馆东馆 · 世纪大道1952号. Individual visitors use the published B1 East Gate near Dingxiang Road.
- What to choose first
- A collection pairing, an optional reserved interactive space, or a specific dated exhibition. These are different decisions.
People’s Square is currently a different exhibition visit
During the Americas exhibition, 9 July 2026–14 November 2027, the People’s Square venue has no other exhibitions. Its daytime last entry is 15:00 and it requires the applicable exhibition ticket. Choose East for the regular collections.[3]
The official website has changed domain
The museum’s notice names shanghaimuseum.cn as its official domain from 1 September 2026 and says the older .net domain will stop from 1 January 2027. Some museum-linked digital resources still redirect to that older host.[4]
A collection visit and separate choices
Choose the branch and the actual experience before reserving or paying. General collection admission, an interactive-space reservation, a paid exhibition and a guide rental are different arrangements.
Use the current branch-specific instructions. General entry does not establish availability for an interactive space, special exhibition or guide.[1]
East: general collection visit
- Published arrangement
- Free general museum admission; individuals do not need a general reservation.
- Before choosing
- Bring the original valid identity document; follow security and current capacity controls.
Curio-City / Digital Gallery
- Published arrangement
- Separate advance Special Reservation.
- Before choosing
- Check current slots, age/companion conditions and the actual experience.
Silla exhibition at East
- Published arrangement
- Published as free, 23 September 2026–18 January 2027.
- Before choosing
- Second-floor exhibition. Check changes before travelling for a particular loan.
People’s Square: Americas exhibition
- Published arrangement
- Separate exhibition ticket; this guide has not tested a purchase.
- Before choosing
- This is the other venue, not the East branch’s regular collections.
English audio guide at East
- Published arrangement
- Published permanent-gallery rental: CNY 40 per set, no deposit.
- Before choosing
- Separate from admission; special-exhibition devices are charged separately. Ask about availability and the actual collection route.
| Visit or service | Published arrangement | Before choosing |
|---|---|---|
| East: general collection visit | Free general museum admission; individuals do not need a general reservation. | Bring the original valid identity document; follow security and current capacity controls. |
| Curio-City / Digital Gallery | Separate advance Special Reservation. | Check current slots, age/companion conditions and the actual experience. |
| Silla exhibition at East | Published as free, 23 September 2026–18 January 2027. | Second-floor exhibition. Check changes before travelling for a particular loan. |
| People’s Square: Americas exhibition | Separate exhibition ticket; this guide has not tested a purchase. | This is the other venue, not the East branch’s regular collections. |
| English audio guide at East | Published permanent-gallery rental: CNY 40 per set, no deposit. | Separate from admission; special-exhibition devices are charged separately. Ask about availability and the actual collection route. |
The municipal overview describes free general access and separate paid exhibitions; the Silla announcement specifically states that exhibition is free.[7][23]
A walk-in general collection visit does not include a successful special reservation or an English guided tour. Our suggestion: decide whether you need one of those before planning the rest of the day.
Use the actual museum and experience
Use the museum’s named official reservation channel for interactive spaces. Bring your original passport: the municipal East guide explicitly names passports as valid identification. The precise passport-scanner/manual process, foreign-phone registration and payments have not been tested.[6]
People’s Square rules name the museum mini-program and trip.com for overseas visitors. Check the actual exhibition, confirmation and original document; no purchase has been tested.[3]
Find your bearings
Choose a thread through the collections.
The museum presents Chinese ancient-art histories alongside more focused Jiangnan and Shanghai themes. Our grouping below is an editorial way to choose; it is not a current floor plan or a requirement to visit everything.[5]
Object catalogue records and gallery lists do not establish that every work is displayed today. Painting rotations, loans, repairs and changing special exhibitions make a live label or current operator announcement essential.
Objects with stories
Choose a material or visual language
Making, place and changing exhibitions
The museum dates its establishment to 1952. Today’s East, People’s Square and planned North sites belong to one institution with different functions.[5]
Gallery introductions are cultural context; a list of works is not a daily placement guarantee. Choose by the current exhibition and room rather than by an old “top ten” list.
The current People’s Square exhibition period changes the two-venue choice. Published visitor rules take priority over older free-entry stories about that venue.[3]
A closer reading
What to look for.
Seventeen ways to choose a visit. Images record particular objects and dates; they are not a promise that every pictured work is currently in an open gallery.
Bronze: ritual and written history
大克鼎
A vessel that also carries a document
The museum dates Da Ke Ding to the middle Western Zhou, around the late tenth century BCE. Its inside bears a 290-character inscription about Ke, his ancestor and a royal appointment and rewards. A large vessel can also be an important written source.[8]
Our suggestion: compare the heavy legs, handles and broad decorative bands, then look for the interpretation of the inscription. An interior close-up lets you read a different aspect from the whole silhouette; do not touch the case or object.
Our looking suggestionLook from the vessel’s weight and shape to the message preserved inside.
Bronze: movement and meaning
子仲姜盘
A miniature world in a washing basin
The early Spring and Autumn-period basin contains fish, birds, frogs and turtles in relief and three dimensions. The museum says its modelled animals can turn on their attachments. The inscription identifies it as a washing basin made for Zi Zhong Jiang, with a wish for long life.[9]
Our suggestion: identify a few animals before reading the explanation. Physical movement is part of the casting story, not an invitation for visitors to turn the figures. A photograph and label can reveal the idea without handling the original.
Our looking suggestionFind the central bird and the concentric arrangement of aquatic life.
Bronze: making measurement consistent
商鞅方升
A small box with a large political story
This measuring vessel records Shang Yang’s standard from 344 BCE; another inscription carries the First Emperor’s 221 BCE edict. The catalogue gives a capacity of 202.15 millilitres. The ancient sheng is not a modern one-litre measure.[10]
Our suggestion: compare the modest rectangular object with the scale of the change recorded on it. Administrative standards can tell a story that a monumental statue cannot; read the inscriptions as different moments in the vessel’s life.
Our looking suggestionAsk what a standard measure made possible in daily government and exchange.
Bronze: Dian culture
八牛贮贝器
Wealth held beneath a herd
The museum identifies this as a Dian-culture cowrie container excavated at Shizhaishan in Yunnan. Its lid has one large bovine and seven smaller ones; tiger-shaped handles flank the waist. It contained cowries when found. The object’s form differs from the familiar central-plain ritual vessels.[11]
Our suggestion: count the animals on the lid and compare them with the two handles. The catalogue’s Chinese describes cattle broadly; a translated photograph filename alone is not sufficient evidence to identify a precise species.
Our looking suggestionLook at lid, body and handles as three different places for storytelling.
Bronze: a composite creature
父乙觥
An animal that was never meant to be ordinary
The museum dates the Fu Yi gong to late Shang. It describes a wine vessel with a fantastic animal head, horns, ears, small snakes, a dragon and bird decoration. Its form combines a usable container with an invented creature, rather than copying one zoological animal.[12]
Our suggestion: look for the point at which a lid becomes a head and a handle becomes another animal. The making is easier to understand when you compare two views. An older gallery photograph does not establish current placement.
Our looking suggestionFollow the change from a functional edge to an imagined creature.
Material, belief and burial
中国古代雕塑馆
Sculpture is more than a standing statue
The gallery traces sculpture across materials and uses, from early carving and bronzes to burial objects and Buddhist images shaped by cultural exchange. This is a broader history than one room of stone Buddhas.[13]
Our suggestion: compare how a figure is made and where it originally belonged. A modelled jar, a small bronze and a large stone figure ask for different kinds of looking; use the actual label to distinguish a tomb object, a devotional image and an architectural fragment.
Our looking suggestionRead scale, material and original setting together.
Jade and carved ornaments
中国古代玉器馆
A material seen through shape and surface
The municipal gallery guide describes a sequence from Neolithic carving to Qing works. It is an introduction to a long-lived material tradition, not proof that each named masterpiece is on view today.[6]
Our suggestion: begin with a disk’s outline and hole, then compare the small marks on an elongated carved ornament. Read the material, culture and date on the actual label rather than assigning them from colour alone. The accompanying photographs are dated gallery references.
Our looking suggestionCompare outline, perforation, carving and the way light meets the surface.
Ceramics: shape, glaze and firing
汝窑青釉盘 · 陶瓷馆
A quiet surface can reward a long look
The museum’s Northern Song Ru-ware dish record describes a soft blue-green glaze, fine crackle and five small firing-support marks underneath. Such details explain how a seemingly simple surface was made. The record is not confirmation of current display.[14]
Our suggestion: compare shape, glaze and the place where glaze ends. If the underside is not visible, use the label or the museum’s digital record; do not mistake a similar-looking plate or a photograph of its upper surface for proof of the support-mark count.
Our looking suggestionLook at one bowl or dish as carefully as you might read a painting.
CeraMIX
陶瓷与中外交流专题馆
Ceramics that crossed borders
The municipal guide describes the CeraMIX gallery through ceramic exchange between China and other regions, from the Sui–Tang to Ming–Qing periods. Objects can be evidence of trade and changing taste as well as a local style.[6]
Our suggestion: read a map, a findspot or an export-market label alongside a vessel. Ask where it was made, who used it and how it travelled. Similar decoration does not prove the same kiln, destination or date.
Our looking suggestionFollow an object’s journey rather than only its decorative pattern.
Seals and seal carving
中国历代玺印篆刻馆
A tiny object can carry authority or an artist’s voice
The museum distinguishes seals used as credentials from seal carving as an artistic practice. Its gallery also brings together seal materials, knobs and printed impressions. The object and the mark it leaves are different things to read.[15]
Our suggestion: compare an enlarged impression with the small carved face and its handle. A display screen may make the reversed characters easier to follow. Do not treat a red mark in a painting as merely decoration without looking at its role.
Our looking suggestionCompare an object’s carved face with the image produced when it is stamped.
Coins, moulds and exchange
中国历代货币馆
Currency as an object someone had to make
The gallery traces changing money forms, from varied early cast shapes through square-holed round coins, silver and paper money. Its account also follows outside currencies and regional exchange. A currency gallery is a material history of economic life.[16]
Our suggestion: compare a coin with a mould or model used in making money. Read a denomination, issuing authority or material rather than judging an object by size alone. An archival mould photograph is not a display-location guarantee.
Our looking suggestionLook for the connection between a repeating form and the way it was manufactured.
Brushwork, script and rubbings
中国历代书法馆
Writing as movement
The museum’s account follows the development of Chinese scripts and the artistic use of written strokes. Later calligraphers also studied inscriptions on ancient stone and bronze. A rubbing and an original brush-written sheet are different media.[17]
Our suggestion: begin with spacing, rhythm and changes in stroke weight even if you cannot read the words. Use the label to identify script, writer, date and medium. An early-exhibition panorama or old photograph does not establish today’s rotation.
Our looking suggestionFollow a few marks slowly, then step back to read the whole page.
Painting and changing rotations
中国历代绘画馆
A landscape is a way of looking
The gallery describes figure, landscape, and flower-and-bird painting, and the relationship of brush, ink, composition and cultural expression. Poems, calligraphy, painting and seals can form one work. Do not assume every work listed in an introduction is currently displayed.[18]
Our suggestion: choose one passage of a scroll or one small album leaf. Compare the space between marks with the marks themselves. The official first-exhibition panorama is useful for understanding display, but its particular paintings belong to that recording.
Our looking suggestionLook at a composition’s pauses as well as its most detailed passages.
Jiangnan and Shanghai
诗心造物 · 海上书画
Give the regional stories their own attention
The municipal guide distinguishes Jiangnan craft and the museum’s Shanghai painting/calligraphy themes from the broad ancient-art histories. These offer a more local route through a museum that otherwise spans a great deal of China.[6]
Our suggestion: choose a material or a craft process that connects with something you have seen in the city. A gallery entrance photograph identifies a place, not every craft, artist or work available inside today.
Our looking suggestionRead the making, use and local setting of one object before adding another room.
Conservation: copies, repairs and research
文物保护修复体验馆
What it takes to keep an object here
The conservation space explains diagnosis, repair and preventive care. One case is a Ming copy of the Qingming scroll, not Zhang Zeduan’s original. Another uses three-dimensional recording and printed replacement components for a damaged bronze vessel. Cases and demonstrations can change.[19]
Our suggestion: ask what is original, what was repaired and what is a teaching replica. A convincing reconstruction can reveal the skill of a conservator, but appearance alone cannot establish an object’s untouched condition.
Our looking suggestionRead the distinction between evidence, original material and a modern intervention.
Family learning and digital interpretation
古代文明探索宫 · 数字馆
Choose the interaction you actually want
Curio-City is designed mainly for ages 6–18 and families, using museum-related roles such as archaeology and conservation. The Digital Gallery’s described first show uses multimedia interpretations of painting without displaying the original paintings there. They are different kinds of experience.[20][21]
Our suggestion: choose by age, interest and the actual session. Check the separate reservation before promising it to a child. An on-site digital room is not the same product as a free online panorama or a physical collection gallery.
Our looking suggestionChoose learning, original objects or digital interpretation deliberately.
Dated exhibitions
金冠之下 · 暂得之乐
Leave room for a current discovery
The operator lists the Silla show at East for 23 September 2026–18 January 2027, with gold culture, exchange and Buddhist art as its themes. The ceramics donation exhibition is listed through 22 February 2027. These are dated choices, not permanent additions to every future itinerary.[22][24]
The culture bureau draws attention to a crown’s branch-and-antler forms, hanging gold disks and jade ornaments. Its interpretation connects the object’s splendour with authority and sacred imagery. Look for how material and shape carry that message.[23]
Our suggestion: read the current exhibition page and choose it because its subject interests you. Check the branch, dates and any charge before adding time. The physical Qin exhibition ended in September 2026, even though its online panorama can still be visited.[25]
Our looking suggestionChoose an exhibition from its actual subject and current dates, not its position on an old list.
Choose what matters
Make the visit yours.
Our suggestion: 3–4 flexible hours
Two galleries, a few good questions
- Keep
- Time to read objects and take a break
- The trade-off
- A selective visit rather than every floor
Start at East’s actual entrance
Bring the required original document and follow security.
Choose a first collection
For bronzes, look at one vessel’s form and inscription.
Change material or pace
Pair it with ceramics, jade, sculpture or a focused visual-art gallery.
Keep one last room optional
Leave enough attention and time for the journey out.
This is an editorial outline. Object placement, open rooms and queues have not been inspected on site.
All outlines are editorial estimates, not field-tested routes. Follow current admission rules and venue directions.
Arrival, energy and interpretation
Get the details right.
Find the East branch’s individual entrance
The current operator lists Line 2 Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Line 4 Xiangcheng Road / 向城路 and Line 6 Pudian Road / 浦电路. Follow current station signs.[1]
Individual entrance: 上海博物馆东馆B1东门（丁香路附近），世纪大道1952号. The first-floor North Gate has separate group/priority arrangements. Use the actual open approach.[6]
Our suggestion: keep East and the People’s Square venue as different map destinations. Do not promise a second museum branch after a long collection visit without allowing for the actual journey and last entry.
Language and interpretation
Our suggestion: choose a language and format you will actually use. Confirm the route covered, device or human-tour availability, total price and actual registration terms before paying.
Bags and a comfortable route
Chinese guide: larger-bag storage on 1F, small-item lockers on B1. The English page retains a B1-closed statement. Ask staff about the actual service.[1][2]
Accessibility, family facilities and breaks
The published facility guide lists accessible toilets, lifts, a babycare room, and loan wheelchairs/strollers with a valid document or CNY 300 deposit. Current availability and a complete usable route have not been inspected.[1]
Our suggestion: choose a visit short enough to change plans, take breaks and ask for the actual open route. A listed facility does not certify that every gallery, queue or approach suits your needs.
Photography and shared space
The operator prohibits flash, selfie sticks and supports such as tripods, and requires attention to exhibition-specific photo restrictions. Unapproved personal live/recorded broadcasts are also prohibited.[1]
Current exhibitions and old photographs
The museum’s current People’s Square rules take priority over older no-reservation/free-admission accounts. Likewise, an old object photograph supplies a dated view; it is not today’s inventory or a guarantee of the same gallery layout.[3]
Shanghai Museum official video page · 29 June 2021
Give one object a few minutes.
Shanghai Museum official video page · published 29 June 2021 · Recorded object feature · about 4 minutes 46 seconds
Da Ke Ding: a vessel and its inscription
The original visible player was played and a vessel-detail frame inspected. This feature predates the East branch and supplies object background. Current placement, gallery design, English captions and regional or real-phone playback remain unconfirmed.
Open the museum’s original Da Ke Ding filmThe external player loads only when you choose it. If unavailable in your region, use the official source link. Cover photograph credited in Sources; not a film still.
- The original visible play button was clicked. The museum-hosted film played beyond 3 seconds; an object frame after seeking to 45 seconds was inspected. Duration 286.485 seconds.
- This is an archival object feature, recorded before the East branch opened. It does not establish current gallery layout or object placement.
- The original source is retained. English captions, regional playback and real-phone behaviour remain unconfirmed.
Official digital resources
A recorded gallery, before your visit.
The museum offers genuine recorded exhibition panoramas. Desktop and narrow-browser checks opened the Qin exhibition and first-display Painting Gallery, then dragged the view; the visible scene changed. Neither recording confirms today’s object display.[26][27]
Painting Gallery: the first display
The official index labels this “first exhibition”. It was published in the digital catalogue in July 2025 and currently redirects to a museum .net viewer. Use the dated record for orientation; painting rotations and the domain transition remain separate checks.[26]
Open the museum’s recorded Painting GalleryQin exhibition: a completed show preserved online
The physical Qin exhibition ran from 10 June to 7 September 2026. Its online room is a way to revisit that exhibition, not an invitation to find it open in the museum today.[25]
Open the museum’s recorded Qin exhibitionCanvas loading and pointer dragging were checked at 390 and 1440 pixels. This does not establish every navigation point, exhibit label, English control or physical-phone touch/GPU behaviour.
The catalogue’s individual-object page showed a black viewing area during a brief check; this guide does not claim every linked object has a working 3D model.
Before you ask.
Which branch should I choose for the regular collections?
Choose East in Pudong. During the published Americas exhibition period, People’s Square has no other exhibitions. Follow the actual branch and product rather than a generic museum name.[3]
Which interactive space is intended for children?
Curio-City is designed mainly for ages 6–18 and families. Read the actual age, companion and session terms before making a reservation.[20]
How can I avoid museum fatigue?
Our suggestion: choose two collections, pause over a few objects and leave the last room optional. A break can be more useful than another rushed gallery.
Will all the pictured masterpieces be on view?
No current placement guarantee is made. These are dated, genuine object and gallery references; use today’s room notices, labels and staff advice for the actual visit.
Is the Digital Gallery full of original paintings?
Its described first programme is a multimedia interpretation without original paintings in that space. It is separate from the physical Painting Gallery and from an online panorama.[21]
Can I touch the basin’s rotating animals?
The moving attachments are a casting/design feature described by the museum, not permission to handle the original. Read the labels and view it through the actual display conditions.
Does the online Qin tour mean the exhibition is still open?
The physical exhibition ended on 7 September 2026. The digital record can remain useful afterwards. Check a current exhibition page for a new on-site visit.[25]
Can I visit the planned North branch instead?
The museum’s current institutional introduction labels the North branch as under preparation. It is not treated here as an operating alternative.[5]
Dates, sources and photographs
Follow the evidence.
Read current operator Chinese/English visitor rules, individual object records, curatorial gallery texts, dated exhibitions, the institutional introduction and municipal visitor guidance. Actual public digital links were opened and tested separately from article text. No collection image is a live display guarantee. All time allowances and visit outlines are editorial; no admission, rental, payment, family booking or complete physical route has been inspected.
Reviewed 2026-10-29. This date records our source review, not a live availability check.
Open 28 source references
- Shanghai Museum East: current Chinese visitor guide
Primary current admission/services; original document workflow not tested · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Shanghai Museum East: current English visitor guide
Primary translation with storage/human-tour differences; not independent corroboration · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- People’s Square: current visitor rules
Primary exclusive Americas period and branch-specific entry; current purchase not tested · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum homepage and domain change notice
Primary September 2026 domain transition; digital redirects checked · Published 2026-09-01 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum institutional introduction
Primary current institutional roles and planned North branch · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Municipal guide to Shanghai Museum East
Primary visitor guide updated 21 November 2025; older transport/phone details not all adopted · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Municipal museum overview: free access and paid exhibitions
Broad primary overview used for general fee distinction; specific current West rules override it · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum object record: Da Ke Ding
Original catalogue, middle Western Zhou and inscription; placement unconfirmed · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum object record: Zi Zhong Jiang basin
Original catalogue; movement is not visitor-handling permission · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum object record: Shang Yang measuring vessel
Original catalogue; 344 BCE standard and later imperial inscription · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum object record: eight-cattle cowrie container
Original catalogue and findspot; species not inferred from English filename · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum object record: Fu Yi gong
Original late-Shang record; wrong photo-era label not adopted · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Sculpture Gallery account
Original curatorial narrative; dated image subjects independently reviewed · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum object record: Northern Song Ru-ware dish
Original object record; upper-surface photograph does not prove support-mark count · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Seal and Seal-Carving Gallery account
Original curatorial distinction and display context · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Numismatics Gallery account
Original history of currency and making · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Calligraphy Gallery account
Original script/medium context; displayed rotation unconfirmed · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Painting Gallery account
Original curatorial context; catalogue is not a current inventory · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum conservation/restoration experience space
Original case descriptions; copies, repairs and changing demonstrations explicit · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Curio-City introduction
Original family-learning design; actual age/companion reservation untested · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Digital Gallery introduction
Original first-programme description; not original paintings or online panorama · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Silla exhibition
Original dated themes/venue/loan list · Published 2026-09-23 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Culture bureau: Silla free exhibition announcement
Primary dated admission announcement · Published 2026-09-22 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum ceramics-donation exhibition
Original dates and collection background · Published 2026-06-17 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Qin exhibition record
Original completed exhibition: 10 June–7 September 2026 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum recorded panorama catalogue
Original first-exhibition labels/publication metadata and actual browser-checked links · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum recorded Qin panorama
Original redirect room; entry and pointer drag at 390/1440 checked · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Museum Da Ke Ding film
Original visible player played and object frame inspected · Published 2021-06-29 · Reviewed 2026-10-29
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Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · 2008-08-23 16:15 · CC0
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Hpppp0527 · 2025-10-09 17:05:32 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Resized and converted to WebP. Image-file proportions retained; hero and preview layouts may crop the display. Original licence retained.
How conflicting descriptions were handled
Current People’s Square rules override older free-entry stories and gallery-index entries. A gallery’s remaining catalogue page does not prove it is physically open during the exclusive Americas exhibition.[3]
The current object record calls Da Ke Ding middle Western Zhou. A photograph’s late-Western-Zhou shorthand is not substituted for that catalogue description.[8]
The Fu Yi gong record is late Shang; an accompanying photo description’s Western Zhou label is not adopted. Cowrie-container animals are called cattle broadly rather than assigning a species from translated filenames.[12][11]
The museum’s individual-object catalogue, recorded first-display panorama and current exhibition are three different kinds of evidence. Neither a black model frame nor a link title alone proves interactive 3D success.
The Qin exhibition’s September 2026 end date is retained even though its digital room still loads. The recorded Painting Gallery is the first display, not a live rotation report.[25][26]
What still needs direct confirmation
- Successful current passport verification, foreign-phone registration, payments and special-space/exhibition purchases.
- Actual object placement, loans, gallery closures, painting rotations and conservation demonstrations.
- Current human-tour package price/unit, English-guide/device stock, B1 locker operation and rental eligibility.
- Every panorama node/label, English interface, physical-phone touch/GPU behaviour and future redirected-domain operation.
- A complete accessible route, current wheelchair/stroller stock, facility operation and travel/queue times.
Film verification: Original museum visible player clicked, advanced beyond 3 seconds; duration 286.485 seconds, 1920-pixel source width. Frame after seek 45 shows the vessel/leg decoration. Published 29 June 2021. Ordinary recorded video, not live or 360. No full-transcript or English-caption verification.
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