The Shanghai Natural History Museum ( Chinese : 上海自然博物馆 ; pinyin : Shànghǎi Zìrán Bówùguǎn ; Shanghainese : Zånhae Zyzoe Pohvehguoe) is a museum dedicated to natural history in the city of Shanghai . It is one of the largest museums of natural sciences in China. Formerly housed in the Shanghai Cotton Exchange Building , the museum was moved to a purpose-built site in the Jing'an Sculpture Park in 2015.
3-654: The museum was established in 1956 in the Shanghai Cotton Exchange Building, a classical British structure built in 1923. It was located at 260 East Yan'an Road in Huangpu District , near the intersection of South Henan Road. It was designated a Heritage Building by the Shanghai Municipal Government in 1994. However, the Yan'an Elevated Road has since been constructed within meters in front of
6-529: A Yellow River mammoth , a giant salamander , a giant panda , and a Yangtze alligator . The largest exhibit is a 140-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton of Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis Young et Zhao from Sichuan Province , which is over four stories high. The museum also has two mummies and several human embryos . 31°14′13″N 121°27′30″E / 31.23694°N 121.45833°E / 31.23694; 121.45833 East Yan%27an Road Too Many Requests If you report this error to
9-632: The building. The new 44,517 square-meter building is in the Jing'an Sculpture Park . Opened to the public in 2015, the Shanghai Natural History Museum has moved to the new location. The museum has a collection of 240,000 samples, including over 62,000 pieces of animal specimens, 135,000 plant specimens, 700 specimens of the Stone Age , and 1,700 specimens of minerals. There are also rare species which cannot be found elsewhere outside China, such as
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