Shanghai World Expo Museum

The construction started on December 30, 2013, which is the first new project in the Cultural Expo area of Shanghai World Expo. It is planned to officially open on May 1, 2016.

With a construction area of 5000 square meters, it has three exhibition halls, which respectively display the history of the World Expo for more than 150 years, the wonderful works of previous World Expos, and the contents of bidding for, participating in and planning for the World Expo, bringing together hundreds of representative precious cultural relics from all over the world. It will be the continuation of the past and the beginning of the future.

Without traveling all over the world, visitors can experience the history of the World Expo for more than 150 years and learn about the host cities of previous World Expos in Shanghai.

Shanghai World Expo Museum

Shanghai World Expo Museum is located in plot D09 of Puxi Park of Shanghai World Expo, covering an area of about 40000 square meters. It is a comprehensive museum. The museum will comprehensively reflect the grand occasion of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo in China, introduce the history of the World Expo since 1851 and the situation of each World Expo after 2010, and provide a platform for cultural exchanges related to the World Expo.

There is a special pavilion in Shanghai World Expo. It is the only museum in the world about the World Expo so far. It not only shows the history of the Expo to tourists, but also records the development of human civilization. "It all starts with the Expo", and the Expo Museum gives the best annotation.

On May 1, 2017, the Shanghai World Expo Museum was officially opened to the public.

Development history

The Expo Museum (hereinafter referred to as the Museum) aims to inherit the Expo heritage, carry forward the Expo spirit and preserve the essence of the Expo. It will comprehensively reflect the grand occasion of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo in China, introduce the history of the Expo since 1851 and the situation of each Expo after 2010, and provide a platform for cultural exchanges related to the Expo.

On November 23, 2010, the Shanghai Municipal People's government and the International Exhibition Bureau officially signed the "memorandum of cooperation on Expo museums" in Paris, making it clear that the Expo Museum will become the only official Museum of the International Exhibition Bureau and the official document center of the International Exhibition Bureau, and the International Exhibition Bureau will closely cooperate with Shanghai to build a museum and document center. The Expo Museum project is listed as the key cultural facilities construction project of Shanghai's 12th Five Year Plan. The goal of the project is to make the museum a modern comprehensive museum with international influence and one of the cultural landmarks of Shanghai through perfect functions, rich collections, advanced exhibition technology, high-quality services and extensive exchanges.

On December 11, 2019, the Expo historical documents exhibition, the first special exhibition focusing on precious historical documents in the World Expo, opened at the Shanghai World Expo Museum.

Collection of cultural relics

The exhibition collection work of the Expo Museum has been strongly supported by all exhibitors of the Shanghai Expo. More than 30000 donations from more than 200 exhibitors have been collected. Under the guidance of the Bureau of international exhibitions, the Expo Museum will collect all kinds of precious collections displayed in previous and future world expos.

"From Shanghai to Milan" Photo Exhibition

On March 24, Italy local time, the "charming Shanghai" city image promotion activity, sponsored by the Information Office of Shanghai municipal government, the Foreign Affairs Office of Milan municipal government, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of culture, radio, film and television, and the Shanghai Association for foreign cultural exchanges, and co sponsored by the Expo Museum and the Shanghai History Museum, opened at the morando exhibition hall in Milan.

The event is composed of the photo exhibition of "World Expo: from Shanghai to Milan", the clothing exhibition of "a hundred years of Shanghai style" and the opening ceremony of Sino Italian design exchange center. Among them, the photo exhibition is co sponsored by the Information Office of the Shanghai municipal government, the Shanghai Association for foreign cultural exchanges and the World Expo. The Expo Pavilion provides more than 100 excellent photos of the Expo, focusing on Shanghai's urban development, people's mental state and wonderful achievements after the Expo, including the pictures of Italy participating in the 2010 Shanghai Expo. Shanghai image film "Shanghai city of inspiration" and "light of Expo" 3D commemorative film of Shanghai Expo 2010 China were also shown on the scene, and the architectural model of the Expo Museum was displayed.

"Fire of peace" torch relay lamp and Buddha card

"Fire of peace" comes from the birthplace of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, in the southern city of Lumbini. On August 18, 2010, hundreds of eminent monks collected the flame, put it into the transmission lamp and escorted it to the Shanghai World Expo. At the Nepal National Pavilion Day ceremony of Shanghai World Expo on September 3, 2010, the delegation of Nepal National Pavilion Day presented the lamp to the organizer of Shanghai World Expo. Nepal's deputy prime minister said: collecting the torch is a major event in Nepal's national history. The spread of the holy fire from Lumbini to China shows that the friendship between the Chinese and Nepalese people has been passed down from generation to generation. At the same time, it also shows that the wisdom of Buddha shines brightly on Nepal, China and the world.

"London is proud of its history" suitcase

London has a long history, how to fully reflect the diversity of London's population and rich historical heritage in the future urban construction is a challenge. The London case of Shanghai World Expo focuses on "opening London". The ancient London suitcase, carrying some unknown history of London, is taken to every corner of the world by travelers. Visitors can see the city's development process of "from loving history to seizing opportunities" through the suitcases filled with London's history and appearance.

Gambutz

Gambutz, a special three-dimensional convex homogeneous body displayed in Hungary Pavilion of Shanghai World Expo, was born in 2006. It is a new physical form created by the Department of mechanics, materials and structure of Budapest University of science, technology and economics in Hungary for 10 years. It is the first homogeneous body with only one stable equilibrium point and one unstable equilibrium point in the world, and two points are on the same plane. The most important feature is that no matter what angle it is placed on the horizontal plane, gambutz can return to the stable point by himself. Gambutz symbolizes harmony and balance. It also means that Hungary can always "stand up again" from setbacks. At the same time, gambutz is also inextricably linked with the theory of "Yin and Yang" in Oriental Culture - both represent the ultimate pursuit of harmony and balance, which is also the concept that Hungarian people have always followed on the road of urbanization development.

"Golden orchid friends" copper coin tree

Tongqianshu sculpture is jointly built by Professor Wang Zhong, vice president of the school of urban design, Central Academy of fine arts, and famous Korean sculptor Cheng xundong. The theme of the work is the Chinese idiom "golden orchid friendship", which uses the copper coins handed down from the history of China and South Korea and the trees representing the vicissitudes of time as elements to show the cultural integration of the two countries. There are 200 Korean and Chinese traditional clocks hanging on the branches. With the built-in wind driven device, they make a pleasant sound, implying that China and South Korea are like golden orchids, and the tree of friendship is fruitful.

Exhibition of Grand View

Hall 1

Exhibition hall name: world stage

Exhibition area name: Expo overview

World Expo

Panoramic view of Paris

The industrial revolution in Europe foreshadows the rise of the World Expo. The purpose of holding the Expo is to promote friendly exchanges among countries and to celebrate industrial, production and social progress in a peaceful and friendly atmosphere.

The Great World Expo has brought unprecedented historical influence, which has promoted the development of economy, science and technology, and stimulated the creativity of many human experience fields. Most importantly, the World Expo has improved the quality of life of all mankind, and continues to play this role.

The original intention of the Expo is to show technological innovation and promote the social and cultural influence of the participating countries. Its all encompassing nature brings the audience wonderful and enlightening experience and shows the important progress of the times. Since then, driven by cooperation, education and innovation, the Expo has developed into a global platform for finding solutions to the greatest challenges facing mankind.

The story of the World Expo began in London in 1851: for the first time, the world industrial exposition brought together many countries through participating in the World Expo. In 1855, the baton was passed to Paris, the capital city of France, which held six World Expos, which promoted the modernization of the whole city in a short period of time and made it a template for the future Expo venue planning. Before the outbreak of the first World War, 18 World Expos were held in major European cities, the United States and even as far as Australia.

Hall 2

Exhibition hall name: road to progress

Name of exhibition area: urban change

technological innovation

World Tour

Expo is a diversified activity, which not only educates and entertains the public, but also shares innovation and promotes cooperation among countries. The World Expos held in the 19th century and the early 20th century were all inclusive and focused on a common theme: the concept of "progress" based on industrialization, technological development and manufacturing. The World Expo has had a significant impact on people's lives, improved people's understanding of the great development and discovery of the times, and promoted a consumer oriented society. In addition, each Expo embodies the talent and dedication of all Expo participants in planning, construction and operation.

The most significant direct impact of World Expos is their impression on the host city,

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