No tickets required. In June 2013, the museum located in the central area of ??Jiading District was completed and opened to the public free of charge.
Chinese name: Jiading Museum
Category: Comprehensive Museum
Location: Jiading Museum is located at No. 215, Bole Road, Jiading District, Shanghai
Completion date: 2013.06
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 8:00 - 16:30 (no admission after 16:00).
Exquisite collections: Shang Dynasty animal-faced lords, Ming and Chen Chun calligraphy and painting scrolls, Ming Sansong type open-carved bamboo pen holder
Established: October 1959
Jiading County Museum
Jiading is located in the northwest suburbs of Shanghai. It has a history of nearly 800 years since the county was established in the 10th year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1217). It is a famous historical and cultural city in Shanghai. Jiading Museum was established in 1959. It is a comprehensive museum integrating collection, protection, research, display and education. In June 2013, the museum located in the central area of ??Jiading District was completed and opened to the public free of charge. At present, the Jiading Museum has jurisdiction over the Jiading Confucius Temple, a national key cultural relic protection unit, the Fahua Pagoda, a Shanghai cultural relic protection unit, and the Jiading Bamboo Carving Museum.
Development History
1959: The Origin of Jiading Museum
The Jiading Museum was established in 1959 and was initially located in the original Qin Family Garden on South Street. In July 1961, it moved into the Jiading Confucius Temple located on South Street. In October 1962, the Jiading County Museum, Cultural Center, and Library merged, and the museum became the "Three Cultural Museums" Cultural Relics Group. Displays (exhibitions) such as "Natural Environment and Resources of Jiading" and "History and Current Situation of Jiading" have been held. During the Cultural Revolution, displays (exhibitions) focused on "class education" and "learning from Dazhai in agriculture". In May 1978, the museum resumed its independent organization.
Expansion and development of Jiading Museum
As of 2012, it has successively held "Jiading Ancient History Exhibition", "Imperial Examination Cultural Relics Exhibition", "Jiading Bamboo Carving Art", and "Gu Weijun's Life Exhibition" , "Hu Juewen's Life Story Exhibition" and more than 170 displays (exhibitions). During this period, based on the museum's long-term accumulation of imperial examination cultural relics, in February 2006, the Shanghai Chinese Imperial Examination Museum was successfully renovated in the Jiading Confucius Temple, becoming the first thematic museum in China to display the ancient Chinese imperial examination system; in December 2007, the Jiading Museum was built. Bamboo Carving Museum. After decades of development, the Jiading Museum now has more than 10,000 pieces (sets) of ancient bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy, paintings, jades, study utensils, currency, bamboo and wood horns, and modern historical documents. Among them, the Shang Dynasty animal-face pattern jue, the Ming and Chen Chun calligraphy and painting scrolls, and the Ming three-pine type open-carved bamboo pen holders are particularly valuable.
2013: A new starting point for Jiading Museum
According to the development status and requirements of modern museums, and facing the urgent need for further development, the construction of the new Jiading Museum started in 2010. It was completed and opened to the public in June. The new Jiading Museum is located in the central area of ??Jiading Town. It adopts a double-garden two-story (some three-story) layout design and is divided into two parts: newly built modern functions and traditional gardens. The modern part includes office buildings, warehouses, showrooms, shops, etc. In the traditional garden part, the Qiuxia Garden, which is separated by a wall and has a history of more than 500 years, is opened up to form a circuitous flow line. The two achieve the effect of being you and me, and integrating seamlessly.
In 2007, Jiading Museum's "Imperial Examination Exhibition" won the 7th (2005-2006) National Museum Top Ten Exhibition Exhibitions Award issued by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage; in 2011, Jiading Museum was rated as the National It is a second-level museum; in 2012, it was rated as Shanghai Patriotism Education Base. Jiading Museum will continue to adhere to the concept of "people-oriented, serving the society", seize the current opportunities of cultural development and prosperity, and make positive contributions to the development of cultural and museum undertakings and the socio-economic and cultural construction of Jiading.