New museum for sports lovers in Shanghai
After three years of construction, a comprehensive tribute to sports, called the Shanghai Sports Museum, officially opened on Sunday.
With an exhibition area of 1,813 square meters, the museum has four main exhibition halls: A Retrospect of History, Olympic Glory of Shanghai, A City Full of Vitality, and A Window to the Future. More than 1,200 exhibits and over 500 historical pictures are on display.
The new museum will create a public sports culture space for citizens.
Take a look and experience the history and development of sports in Shanghai.
Porcelain sculptures of various sports at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games are on display at Shanghai Sports Museum.
Two women take a selfie with posters depicting sports-themed movies.
Women's knitted swimsuit and women's full-body swimsuit donated by Fédération Internationale de Natation
The "fou drum" (an ancient Chinese percussion instrument) used for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
Medals from the 5th Far Eastern Championship Games in Shanghai in 1921
Table tennis racket donated by world champion Wang Liqin
A boy poses for a photo with limited-edition retro No. 11 jersey of Houston Rockets. The jersey was worn by Yao Ming at the Houston Rockets.
Introduction of modern sports figures in Shanghai
A visitor looks at exhibits at Shanghai Sports Museum.
A range of exhibits at Shanghai Sports Museum
If you go:
Address: 150 Nanjing Rd W.
Admission: Free
Opening hours: 9:30-11:30am (last entry at 11am), 2-4:30pm (last entry at 4pm), Tuesdays-Sundays (closed on Mondays, except national holidays)
How to get there: Metro lines 1, 2 and 8
