The Shanghai art Museum combines two objects: the Museum of modern art and exhibition venue, located in the heart of Shanghai. The building itself became famous because of the unusual turret clock.

The building is under the Shanghai Biennale, as well as a variety of exhibitions by contemporary artists. There are two permanent exhibitions, which display the traditional Chinese folk art. The size of the entire Museum site occupies more than two thousand square meters.

The building of the Shanghai Art Museum formerly belonged to a Racing club and was named "Building of the Shanghai race track. Is she on the edge of people's square in the house No. 325 on the street Nankins, in Huangpu district. Above the Museum is famous and popular among the local population place – restaurant "Kathleen Fife".

The house was built in the English neoclassical style in 1933. It was at that time the race tracks, horses and racing were brought into the city Treasury a huge income. In 1937 in Shanghai broke the Japanese, and the building was occupied for military purposes. In the early 40-ies in the vicinity of the building was dug a huge number of tunnels that exist to this day. With the help of one of these tunnels are connected, for example, the Mariott hotel and Art Museum. In 1952, the house passed into the possession of the Library of Shanghai, and in 1955 the house was restored, the roof made the terrace. Then, in 1996, the opening of a high-rise building of the art Museum, where it remains to this day, and in the old building was reconstructed.

Shanghai art Museum is an important part of the cultural life of the city. Here are all of the Chinese exhibitions of photography, paintings, installations, etc. the Museum Also has a collection of products of antiquity, made of bronze, porcelain, ceramics, jewelry of precious and semi-precious stones, monuments of art and culture, as well as products that help to understand the history of the development of ceramic art in China. The number of exhibits exceeds 8000.

Inside the Museum there are 12 halls, among them a gallery, a bookshop, hall pottery, conference room, library, lecture hall, hall porcelain and cafes. Also in the building of the Shanghai Art Museum is a huge collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy.