Rockbund Art Museum, Art museum in Huangpu District, China

Rockbund Art Museum occupies the former Royal Asiatic Society building at 20 Huqiu Road, completed in 1933 to a design by Palmer and Turner. The five-storey Art Deco structure has a restored exterior facade and a new three-storey atrium with a skylight linking the fourth to sixth floors, plus a rooftop terrace added in David Chipperfield's renovation.

Built in 1933, the structure originally housed the Royal Asiatic Society and became one of China's first institutions dedicated to modern cultural exchange. Its early decades saw it serve as an important gathering place for international intellectual activity in Shanghai.

The museum presents rotating exhibitions of international artists, emphasizing experimental approaches to art. These shows explore how Asian and global contemporary practices connect and influence each other in ways visitors can experience firsthand.

Visitors can reach the museum easily using Shanghai Metro Lines 2 and 10, getting off at East Nanjing Road Station. The location is near the pedestrian area and waterfront, and exhibition hours run Tuesday through Sunday.

The building's lecture hall, library and museum once drew over 7,000 visits a month. When the Royal Asiatic Society closed in 1952, its collections were split: 20,328 natural specimens went to the Shanghai Natural History Museum, 6,663 historical artifacts to the new Shanghai Museum, and over 14,000 books to the Xujiahui Library.