Shanghai · In-depth place guide
西岸
Art, with room to breathe.
Three very different museums, industrial structures, and the space between them.
Choose an exhibition. Leave room for the river.
Shanghai’s West Bund brings art into a former industrial riverside: warehouses, wharf structures and railway traces sit alongside new cultural buildings. The district’s industrial-heritage route connects several of these places.[23]
The most rewarding plan is often one museum and an outdoor interval. Compare a glass-clad gallery, concrete vaults and reused fuel tanks if architecture interests you; choose one current exhibition if you would rather spend time looking closely. There is no need to collect every entrance.
Plan your visit
Three museums. Three arrangements.
- Choose it for
- Contemporary art, ambitious architecture and industrial history beside the river.
- Pick an anchor
- West Bund Museum, Long Museum and TANK have separate programmes and tickets.
- Before travelling
- Check the specific exhibition, venue, last entry and language of a chosen session.
- Keep it flexible
- Shorten the outdoor part in rain or heat. An exhibition day need not become an endurance walk.
A change on 1 November
Long Museum’s West Bund branch switches to its published winter timetable on 1 November. The current CNY 60 ticket notice is specifically for 27 October–10 November 2026; it is not a permanent tariff.[12][13]
Current, ended, and not yet open
Computer Worlds at West Bund Museum runs 24 September 2026–14 February 2027. Reinventing Landscape ended 18 October 2026. TANK’s announced Cao Shu exhibition starts 7 November; it is upcoming on our review date.[4][6][20]
The small train is a dated trial
The September announcement offers a free 800-metre sample service through the end of October 2026. The planned 11.4-kilometre extension is not an open route. Do not depend on the trial for a November visit.[25]
Match the ticket to the place.
There is no district ticket established by this review. An outdoor architectural visit, a gallery exhibition and a separately sold immersive show are different choices.
Source review: 29 October 2026. Exhibition availability and actual purchases have not been tested.[2][12][13][18][11]
West Bund Museum · 2600 Longteng
- Published opening / admission
- Tue–Sun 11:00–18:00; last entry 17:00. Statutory-holiday opening applies.
- What to check
- Exhibition-specific ticket. Monday closure includes its public areas, café and bookshop.
Long Museum West Bund · 3398 Longteng
- Published opening / admission
- Apr–Oct: Tue–Thu 10:00–18:00 (last 17:00), Fri–Sun 10:00–21:00 (last 20:00).
- What to check
- Nov–Mar: Tue–Thu 10:00–17:30 (last 16:30), Fri–Sun 10:00–20:00 (last 19:00). Closed Monday; holiday exceptions.
Long Museum ticket · dated notice
- Published opening / admission
- CNY 60, 27 October–10 November 2026 only. Published walk-in desk purchase, no reservation.
- What to check
- First-Tuesday free admission excludes special exhibitions and holidays. Confirm what the day’s ticket includes.
TANK Shanghai · 2380 Longteng
- Published opening / admission
- Tue–Fri 12:00–18:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00; last entry 17:30. Closed Monday.
- What to check
- Check the current exhibition and its ticket through the official 油罐艺术中心 WeChat account.
Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaurs · separate B1 show
- Published opening / admission
- Runs to 17 January 2027. Seller’s standard adult product: CNY 138 for 13 July 2026–17 January 2027.
- What to check
- Seller listing: Mandarin in most sessions, some English; Chinese and English subtitles. Select the language and dated product; not general museum admission.
| Place or experience | Published opening / admission | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| West Bund Museum · 2600 Longteng | Tue–Sun 11:00–18:00; last entry 17:00. Statutory-holiday opening applies. | Exhibition-specific ticket. Monday closure includes its public areas, café and bookshop. |
| Long Museum West Bund · 3398 Longteng | Apr–Oct: Tue–Thu 10:00–18:00 (last 17:00), Fri–Sun 10:00–21:00 (last 20:00). | Nov–Mar: Tue–Thu 10:00–17:30 (last 16:30), Fri–Sun 10:00–20:00 (last 19:00). Closed Monday; holiday exceptions. |
| Long Museum ticket · dated notice | CNY 60, 27 October–10 November 2026 only. Published walk-in desk purchase, no reservation. | First-Tuesday free admission excludes special exhibitions and holidays. Confirm what the day’s ticket includes. |
| TANK Shanghai · 2380 Longteng | Tue–Fri 12:00–18:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–18:00; last entry 17:30. Closed Monday. | Check the current exhibition and its ticket through the official 油罐艺术中心 WeChat account. |
| Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaurs · separate B1 show | Runs to 17 January 2027. Seller’s standard adult product: CNY 138 for 13 July 2026–17 January 2027. | Seller listing: Mandarin in most sessions, some English; Chinese and English subtitles. Select the language and dated product; not general museum admission. |
West Bund Museum sells exhibition tickets at its first-floor desk and through its official WeChat channels. Its published concessions include valid-ID student discounts and a child-height condition; foreign concession documents need confirmation.[3]
The dinosaur seller says every child needs a ticket and uses its own child-height products. Do not apply the museum’s ordinary under-1.3-metre child policy to this separately sold show.[11][3]
Start with the actual exhibition.
Choose the exhibition first, then read the venue’s original visit page. For Long Museum, the short dated ticket notice is more useful than the expired price in a September neighbourhood article. For TANK, an empty current-exhibitions web page does not establish closure.[13][19]
West Bund Museum’s public tours need advance WeChat registration and a same-day exhibition ticket. Arrive five minutes early; ten minutes late means no participation. Small groups may be cancelled. English sessions are unconfirmed.[2]
For the dinosaur show, check the actual language, admission window, child product and cancellation terms before paying. The linked commercial seller is a product reference, not the museum’s universal policy. No checkout has been completed.[11]
Find your bearings
Addresses before ambition.
West Bund Museum has avenue-side and river-side entrances. Its guide suggests Line 11 Yunjin Road and a walk of about ten minutes; this is the publisher’s estimate.[2]
TANK is at 2380 Longteng Avenue. Its original guide suggests Yunjin Road Exit 5, then Longqi Road, approximately 600 metres. Long Museum’s own guide instead names Lines 7/12 Middle Longhua Road Station, Exit 5. Start with the destination you actually chose.[18][14]
These thematic groups help you choose, rather than prescribe a continuous path. Building numbers, current pedestrian directions and entrance signs matter more than trying to follow a perfect sequence.
The industrial riverfront
West Bund Museum
Choose a second architectural story
The city’s heritage route links the former cement works, aviation-related sites, wharf and railway remains. Their reuse is part of the district’s story, alongside purpose-built museums.[23]
Long Museum’s own architectural account dates its West Bund public opening to March 2014.[15]
OPEN’s opening announcement dates TANK’s public opening to 23 March 2019.[22]
West Bund Museum held its opening ceremony on 5 November and opened to the public on 8 November. These are different dates.[9]
The renewed Centre Pompidou cooperation extends beyond the original five-year term. A page describing only 2019–2024 is not the whole current arrangement.[7]
A closer reading
What to look for.
Use these details to choose what to spend time with. Dated photographs show their actual subjects; current exhibitions are identified separately.
Public riverside
徐汇滨江
Begin with the spaces between
A museum can be the anchor without occupying the whole outing. Leave an interval to compare the scale of the water, planted ground and buildings. Choose a signed public section that feels manageable, then turn back when you have seen enough.
Our looking suggestionFind a frame with foreground, river and skyline, rather than taking every photograph from the same edge.
Industrial memory
铁路遗迹
Read a railway trace slowly
The cultural authority’s route identifies Qidian 1907 at 288 Ruining Road with the former Nanpu Railway Station freight setting, including reused tracks and structures. Its dated public-space description is not an assurance that every commercial interior is always open.[23]
Our looking suggestionNotice whether an old rail is being preserved as material, used as a boundary or absorbed into landscaping.
Industrial memory
塔吊与港口遗存
A working structure becomes a landmark
The district route connects Valley Flower Creek, the skatepark and crane-square surroundings. A surviving piece of port equipment can be more revealing than a general skyline: compare its purpose-built steel structure with the later landscape around it.[25]
Our looking suggestionLook for the parts that once lifted, supported or moved loads. Stay outside barriers; preserved equipment is not climbing equipment.
West Bund Museum
西岸美术馆建筑
Three volumes, one shared centre
David Chipperfield Architects describes three gallery volumes arranged around a tall central atrium. The building presents different faces to the road and river rather than a single grand façade. Read the joins and changes of direction before stepping into an exhibition.[8]
Our looking suggestionFind where the volumes turn, and compare the scale of the canopy with that of a person.
West Bund Museum
透光玻璃与入口
Glass, shade and an elevated approach
The architect’s account explains the translucent recycled-glass envelope, canopy and relationship with an elevated esplanade and courtyards. These are design features; use the museum’s current instructions for the entrance you need.[8]
Our looking suggestionCompare how the panels read in direct light and shadow, without treating a stair photograph as an accessibility map.
West Bund Museum · Hall 3
计算万千世界
Computer Worlds: more than screen effects
The current exhibition, 24 September 2026–14 February 2027, spans roughly 75 years through nearly 180 works and archival items. Its seven themes connect algorithms, pixels, digital craft, networks and intelligent data. This is a history across art, design and architecture, not simply a room of AI-generated images.[5]
Our looking suggestionChoose an early experiment and a recent work. Ask what changed in the tool, the material and the artist’s decision.
Inside the current exhibition
从计算机城市到数字工艺
An imagined city, a manufactured object
The museum’s account includes Archigram’s Computer City of 1964: an imagined interconnected city, not a built district. Other sections follow digital processes into material craft and contemporary Chinese practice, including Wan Yang, Lin Ke and Lu Yang.[5]
Our looking suggestionRead the object label and medium before deciding that an image, model, print or physical object works in the same way.
West Bund Museum · B1 · separate show
史前星球：恐龙
Dinosaurs on a physical surround screen
The municipal introduction dates this immersive presentation from 27 June 2026 to 17 January 2027 and describes an approximately one-hour experience. Its 360-degree screen surrounds an on-site audience: it is neither a browser panorama nor a headset tour. The reconstructed prehistoric world is a different experience from looking at fossil specimens.[10]
Our looking suggestionCheck the session language first, particularly with children who need narration to follow the story.
Long Museum West Bund
龙美术馆清水混凝土
Concrete vaults with a different rhythm
Liu Yichun / Atelier Deshaus designed the museum around umbrella-like concrete vaults. The museum’s account contrasts the large upper-floor spaces with white-box galleries below. The visible concrete has a different weight and rhythm from West Bund Museum’s luminous exterior.[15]
Our looking suggestionFollow one support up to its curved ceiling or canopy. Compare a close view of the concrete surface with the overall geometry.
Long Museum exterior
北票码头煤漏斗
Keep old port and new museum distinct
The retained coal hopper and corridor belonged to the old Beipiao port setting. They are not original parts of the new gallery’s concrete vault system. Their encounter makes the building interesting: industrial infrastructure remains legible alongside a new cultural use.[15]
Our looking suggestionFind the older hopper between the newer volumes; compare joints, surfaces and structural forms.
Long Museum · current programme
从革命到建设
Read paintings as interpretations of history
The West Bund exhibition From Revolution to Nation-Building runs 12 September 2026–28 February 2027. The museum describes more than 80 works or groups across media, organised around revolutionary history and subsequent construction. Distinguish a contemporary record from a later historical interpretation; read the artist, date and curatorial framing.[16]
Our looking suggestionCompare the moment depicted with the year the work was made. Those dates need not match.
TANK Shanghai
油罐艺术中心
Five containers, a new cultural life
OPEN’s design account starts with five former aviation-fuel tanks. Their transformation combines the reused shells, new underground connections, separate gallery spaces and landscape. The project is more than a single round exhibition room.[21]
Our looking suggestionCompare a cylindrical shell with a smaller pavilion and the planted ground between them.
TANK architecture
油罐与坡地景观
A building that also makes ground
The architect describes a landscaped surface linking the tanks and new spaces below it. This relationship between landform and building is a useful thing to notice, even if you only choose an exterior visit. Design openness does not itself grant access to every gallery, roof or event.[21]
Our looking suggestionNotice changes in ground level and the way a doorway or glass volume meets a mound.
TANK · 7 November 2026–24 January 2027
曹澍：忘川上游的闪电
Cao Shu: an upcoming exhibition
TANK’s original announcement gives these dates and discusses technology, memory and forgetting. Cao Shu’s practice includes game installations, animation and moving-image work. On 29 October this is a future programme, not an exhibition already available to enter.[20]
Our looking suggestionBefore travelling later, check that the announced show has opened, its ticket and which spaces it uses.
2555 versus 2600 Longteng Avenue
西岸艺术中心 ≠ 西岸美术馆
Art Center is not Museum
West Bund Art Center at 2555 Longteng is a reused aircraft-factory workshop. The operator explicitly says the interior is not generally open when there is no exhibition or event. Its weekday 09:00–17:00 line is an enquiry schedule, not a reliable public gallery timetable.[24]
Our looking suggestionSave the full venue name and street number from your actual event ticket.
An outdoor interval
江边休憩
Leave a chapter unwritten
A good pause may be the most useful thing you add to the day. Choose a place where you can sit legally and comfortably, then decide whether you want another gallery. You do not have to keep walking simply because the riverfront continues.
Our looking suggestionCompare the view after looking at art: scale, colour, reflection and framing may feel different.
Dated September 2026 announcement
西岸漫游线试运行
An 800-metre trial, not a full transport network
The announced sample runs between START Museum and the Long Museum area. Free trial service is described only through the end of October, using 西岸生活 reservations separately for each direction. Its suggested service window does not prove a seat, live departure or continuation after the trial.[25]
Our looking suggestionKeep it optional. Plan an independent return rather than assuming a sightseeing vehicle will still be running.
A different part of Shanghai
余德耀美术馆已迁址
Remove the old Yuz pin
The municipal June 2026 account states that Yuz Museum moved to Panlong in Qingpu in May 2023. Older West Bund inventories still listing its former aviation-hangar address are not current walking guides. Treat a visit to Yuz as a separate outing.[26]
Our looking suggestionCheck the current venue address whenever an old itinerary promises another museum next door.
Choose what matters
Make the visit yours.
For a first visit with time to look.
A museum, then a short river interval
- Keep
- One chosen exhibition and the building around it.
- The trade-off
- Other museums can wait.
Choose before leaving
Read the current exhibition and exact venue guide.
Spend the time inside
Pick a few works or rooms rather than racing through every label.
Change scale outside
Take a short signed public section and compare the building with its surroundings.
Make a deliberate finish
Return when you have enough energy left for the journey.
Editorial outline, not a timed or on-site-tested route. Check opening, last entry, weather and physical access for your chosen date.
All outlines are editorial estimates, not field-tested routes. Follow current admission rules and venue directions.
Arrival, energy and interpretation
Get the details right.
Save the Chinese address.
Save the exact Chinese destination from the venue’s own guide. Long Museum’s 3398 address, TANK’s 2380 and West Bund Museum’s 2600 are separate institutions.[1][14][18]
For a taxi or a map search, use the actual museum name and number rather than only “West Bund”. Confirm the current drop-off and public entrance, especially if avoiding steps or travelling with luggage.
A few useful museum questions.
Show one short question at a time and let staff confirm the answer. These are translations for asking, not promises about services.
- 请问这张票包含哪些展览？
Which exhibitions does this ticket include?
Qǐngwèn zhè zhāng piào bāohán nǎxiē zhǎnlǎn?
- 请问护照可以现场登记购票吗？
Can I register and buy a ticket here with a passport?
Qǐngwèn hùzhào kěyǐ xiànchǎng dēngjì gòupiào ma?
- 请问这场有英文配音吗？
Does this session have English narration?
Qǐngwèn zhè chǎng yǒu Yīngwén pèiyīn ma?
- 请问无障碍入口怎么走？
How do I get to the accessible entrance?
Qǐngwèn wúzhàng’ài rùkǒu zěnme zǒu?
- 这里可以拍照吗？
May I take photographs here?
Zhèlǐ kěyǐ pāizhào ma?
- 这件作品是原作还是复制品？
Is this work an original or a reproduction?
Zhè jiàn zuòpǐn shì yuánzuò háishi fùzhìpǐn?
Rest, bags and access
West Bund Museum lists lockers, an audio guide, café and accessibility facilities. TANK lists storage, a mother-and-baby room and access facilities. Equipment availability and complete step-free paths have not been checked in person.[2][18]
TANK asks visitors to store large bags and prohibits flash, tripods, touching exhibits and food in galleries. Follow any additional exhibition-specific instructions.[18]
Timing, light and weather
Choose the indoor anchor first in hot, wet or windy weather. A historical sunset photograph is useful for visual context but is not a promise of lighting, an empty path or a current evening event.
Allow room before last entry. A later closing time should not be treated as permission to arrive after the published admission cut-off.
What a free day includes
Long Museum’s first-Tuesday policy excludes special exhibitions and holidays. Ask which rooms are covered before planning around it. Its Pudong and Chongqing branches have different arrangements; do not transfer their admission policies to West Bund.[12]
International Services Shanghai · 29 October 2025
See the riverfront before choosing your day.
International Services Shanghai · 29 October 2025 · Recorded vertical district feature · about 1 minute 40 seconds
Feel the pulse of the West Bund
A recorded introduction to the art-and-riverfront setting, not a live camera or interactive panorama. The cover is a separately credited November 2025 architectural photograph.
Open the original municipal West Bund featureThe 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.
- An ordinary recorded district feature, not a live camera or an interactive panorama.
- Selected inspected frames include Chinese and English text. The cover is a separately credited architectural photograph.
Original illustrated resources
Look closely online, then choose.
The museum and architect pages below offer a better preparation than a non-working tour. They contain original illustrations and descriptions; image reuse rights remain with their publishers.
Computer Worlds: the museum’s illustrated introduction
Read the current show’s own introduction and work captions before deciding whether its mix of digital art, design and architecture interests you.[4]
Open the exhibition’s original pageTANK: how the architecture works
The architect’s photographs and diagrams help explain how the tanks, landscape and new spaces meet. They describe the design, not today’s admission to every area.[21]
Read OPEN’s original project accountLong Museum’s online collection
The partner page offers collection and story resources. Its linked Street View entry was black on desktop and blank on mobile in our check; it is not presented here as a usable virtual tour.[29]
Open the museum’s Google Arts & Culture partner pageA 360-degree physical screen, an ordinary video, a collection catalogue and an interactive panorama are different things. No working West Bund browser panorama was verified.
These external resources load only when you choose to open them.
Before you ask.
Do I need to visit all three museums?
No. Choose by exhibition or architecture. One unhurried interior and a short public river interval can make a complete outing.
Is everything closed on Monday?
The three museum visit guides publish Monday closure, with their stated holiday exceptions. That does not establish one opening rule for the entire public riverfront.[1][12][18]
Can I use the first-Tuesday offer for every Long Museum exhibition?
No universal free access is established. The museum excludes special exhibitions and holidays; ask which rooms are covered for the chosen date.[12]
Is the dinosaur show an online 360 tour?
It is an on-site surround-screen presentation. You need to arrange the separate physical visit; its screen format does not provide browser navigation.[10]
Is Yuz Museum still a nearby stop?
Its current Qingpu location is a separate journey. Older West Bund map pins should be removed from this walking plan.[26]
Dates, sources and photographs
Follow the evidence.
Original museum visit and exhibition pages take priority for current arrangements; architect accounts explain design, and dated municipal reports explain industrial history and trial services. Visit outlines and looking prompts are editorial suggestions, not measured or physically tested routes. Photographs were visually inspected, dated and licensed. No transaction, in-person access audit or representative visitor-demand claim is implied.
Reviewed 2026-10-29. This date records our source review, not a live availability check.
Open 30 source references
- West Bund Museum: current Chinese visitor guide
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- West Bund Museum: English visit and guided-tour conditions
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- West Bund Museum: original ticket channels and concession policy
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- West Bund Museum: Computer Worlds dates and illustrated work captions
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- West Bund Museum: original Computer Worlds curatorial introduction
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- West Bund Museum: Reinventing Landscape, ended 18 October 2026
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- David Chipperfield Architects: renewed cooperation through end 2029
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- David Chipperfield Architects: original museum project account
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- David Chipperfield Architects: ceremony and public-opening dates
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Municipal introduction: physical dinosaur presentation, July 2026
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- 247tickets: seller’s own dated dinosaur-session products and language terms
Commercial seller’s original product terms; not the museum’s universal admission policy · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Long Museum: original seasonal opening and free-day conditions
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- Long Museum: ticket notice for 27 October–10 November 2026
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- Long Museum: original branch-specific transport guide
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- Long Museum: West Bund architecture and retained coal hopper
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- Long Museum: current West Bund Revolution to Nation-Building exhibition
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- Long Museum: branch-labelled exhibition programme
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- TANK Shanghai: original current visit guide and contact
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- TANK Shanghai: current-exhibitions web page, empty body at review
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- TANK Shanghai: original upcoming Cao Shu exhibition, November 2026
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
Original public information page read over HTTP; HTTPS was unavailable during review. Booking and payment were not tested.
- OPEN Architecture: original TANK design account
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- OPEN Architecture: TANK public opening, March 2019
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Shanghai cultural authority: dated industrial-heritage route, May 2025
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- West Bund operator: Art Center event access versus enquiry hours
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Shanghai cultural authority: limited free shuttle trial, September 2026
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Shanghai / Qingpu: Yuz relocation account, June 2026
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- West Bund operator: older museum hours, superseded by museum guide
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- West Bund operator: older TANK directory, not current timetable
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Long Museum Google Arts & Culture partner: collection and linked tour entries
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
- Municipal original West Bund recorded feature, October 2025
Original institution, architect, operator or dated municipal source; scope described in the guide · Reviewed 2026-10-29
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How conflicting descriptions were handled
West Bund Museum’s direct guide resolves the older operator-hours conflict. Long Museum’s own current timetable and short dated ticket notice supersede older district listings and expired prices.[1][27][13]
TANK’s own guide gives 2380 Longteng and weekday opening from 12:00. Older directory hours are not carried forward. An empty current-exhibitions page is not evidence of closure.[18][28]
Reinventing Landscape and Wallace Chan’s Vessels of Other Worlds have ended. Long Museum’s He Duoling listing is for Chongqing, not West Bund. Upcoming Cao Shu is dated explicitly.[6][17][20]
Yuz’s relocation and the limited shuttle trial are dated separately. The September route is useful geography, not a current price list for every museum it mentions.[26][25]
Some original institution pages were readable over HTTP while their HTTPS connections failed. They are linked transparently as public information sources; no account, booking or payment was submitted. Sources with unavailable pages were not interpreted as physical closures.
What still needs direct confirmation
- Actual passport registration, foreign concession evidence, overseas-phone support, payments and admission have not been tested.
- Current West Bund Museum exhibition price, English guide sessions, and the scope of any selected ticket need direct confirmation.
- Long Museum’s tariff after 10 November 2026 and exact special-exhibition coverage of the free-day policy remain unconfirmed.
- The shuttle’s live booking availability, operation after October and planned extension are not verified.
- Step-free paths, working lifts, storage capacity, accessible toilets, seating and current room-by-room display have not been checked on site.
- No usable complete West Bund browser panorama has been verified.
Film verification: The original visible player advanced beyond 3 seconds. Duration: 100.167 seconds, 1080 × 1920 pixels. A presenter-and-river frame at 20 seconds was inspected. The local on-request player advanced beyond 2 seconds at desktop and mobile viewport sizes; complete caption coverage and physical-phone playback remain untested.
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