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Located in the center of Shanghai in People's Square, Shanghai museum is a large museum of ancient Chinese art. It was established in 1952 at the West Nanjing Road and moved to 16 Henan South Road in 1959. In 1990, it moved to its present and arguably most appropriate location in the People's Square. The museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. The eleven Galleries cover most of the major categories of Chinese art: Ancient Bronze, Ancient Ceramics, Paintings, Calligraphy, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient Jade, Coins, Ming and Qing Furniture, Seals, and Minority Nationalities. The bronze ware of the Shang and Zhou dynasties contribute to our understanding of ancient civilization. The over 400 pieces of exquisite bronze wares cover the history of ancient Chinese bronze art. On the first floor are the Hall of Ancient Bronze Ware, Hall of Chinese Ancient Sculpture and a large exhibition hall; on the second floor are the Hall of Chines Ancient Sculpture and a large exhibition hall; on the second floor are the Hall of Chinese Ancient Pottery and Porcelain and a large exhibition hall; on the third floor are the Hall of Chinese Calligraphy of Different Dynasties, Hall of Chinese Painting of different dynasties and Hall of Chinese Seals of different dynasties; on the fourth floor are the Hall of Chinese Ancient Jade Ware, Hall of Chinese Coins of different dynasties. Hall of Chinese Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hall of Arts and Crafts of Chinese Minority Nationalities and a large exhibition hall.

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