Shanghai Auto Museum, Automobile museum in Anting, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Auto Museum is an automobile museum in Anting with four exhibition areas that show the history of vehicle development. The collection features cars from different periods and various manufacturers from around the world.
Construction of the museum was completed on 24 October 2006, and it opened to the public on 17 January 2007 as China's first industry museum devoted to the automobile. Its design came from the Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University together with IFB of Germany. The building has five storeys.
The museum shows how automobiles have shaped the world, featuring vehicles from different eras and countries. Visitors can observe how design and engineering evolved over time.
The museum opens Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 to 16:30, and is reached by Metro Line 11 to Anting station, then a short ride to Boyuan Road. The building has five floors: history on the ground floor, classic cars on the second, the Shanghai motoring display on the mezzanine and the science exploration hall on the third. Adult admission is 60 yuan.
The Antique Car Pavilion holds about 40 cars from more than 20 makers, built between 1900 and 1970 and arranged chronologically across six halls. Among them are an early small single-seat convertible in carriage style and luxury sedans by Lincoln, Rolls-Royce and Cadillac, alongside racing cars and sports cars.
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