Shanghai Auto Museum
Shanghai Auto Museum
4.5
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Tuesday
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Wednesday
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Sunday
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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Chris P
Shanghai, China4,925 contributions
Feb 2021 • Solo
What an amazing few hours I spent at this Museum. It is beautifully designed and the displays are very nicely spaced out and presented. Nearly all the cars are labelled in Chinese and English, with enough information about the display.
Don’t forget to get an audio guide, which requires a deposit. They never told me about it, so you need to ask. The numbered displays have a 1 to 2 minute commentary about them. Well worth it. Note that you need 4 digits for the machine, so add enough zero’s in the front, to complete the number. It took me a while to work it out.
The staff are most helpful and have a fair bit of English.
I also loved all the interactive opportunities on the top floor. You definitely need a 2/3 hours to do the place justice.
There is a MacDonalds near the museum and a tiny restaurant inside.
The only issue - it’s far from the centre of town. If using the Metro, take line 11 and get off at Anting station. It’s a fair walk from there, or just take a Didi. Note that Anting New Town is very close by and is a German styled area - worth a look if you are there.
Don’t forget to get an audio guide, which requires a deposit. They never told me about it, so you need to ask. The numbered displays have a 1 to 2 minute commentary about them. Well worth it. Note that you need 4 digits for the machine, so add enough zero’s in the front, to complete the number. It took me a while to work it out.
The staff are most helpful and have a fair bit of English.
I also loved all the interactive opportunities on the top floor. You definitely need a 2/3 hours to do the place justice.
There is a MacDonalds near the museum and a tiny restaurant inside.
The only issue - it’s far from the centre of town. If using the Metro, take line 11 and get off at Anting station. It’s a fair walk from there, or just take a Didi. Note that Anting New Town is very close by and is a German styled area - worth a look if you are there.
Written February 2, 2021
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Kristine K
125 contributions
Sep 2020
We were pleasantly surprised by this collection. Amazing array of vehicles from all over the world. Well laid out. Plenty of room to wander. As previously mentioned most information was provided in English, very helpful. Well worth the journey to visit. The grounds were nice to walk around as well.
Note: about 25 minute walk from Metro station, but an easy walk.
Note: we were shocked to see guests allowing children to climb on some vehicles and to cross over the "boundary lines" keeping people away from the cars. Many cars had hand prints. These two events disappointed us greatly.
The collection was outstanding and we spent about 2.5 hours walking around. There is a significant area for children as well. Small sitting area with drinks available. Plenty of restrooms. If you have the time & like cars, we recommend you go visit.
Note: about 25 minute walk from Metro station, but an easy walk.
Note: we were shocked to see guests allowing children to climb on some vehicles and to cross over the "boundary lines" keeping people away from the cars. Many cars had hand prints. These two events disappointed us greatly.
The collection was outstanding and we spent about 2.5 hours walking around. There is a significant area for children as well. Small sitting area with drinks available. Plenty of restrooms. If you have the time & like cars, we recommend you go visit.
Written September 19, 2020
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ATW
Hong Kong, China377 contributions
Sep 2014 • Solo
A bit out of the way from Shanghai city and quite a long walk from the subway station, but nevertheless a worthwhile visit if you (or your kids) love cars and have at least 1/2 a day to spare, since just a one way trip would require about 2 hours.
First of all, check out the official website for a list of cars, which will help you decide whether it's worth a visit. I personally liked the variety of cars, albeit found that a larger proportion were made up of American cars, which is not exactly my COT and would have preferred a to see more European cars.
The cars were in better shape than I expected, and although the exhibits were quite well maintained (for PRC standards), I noted that for some strange reason (and despite numerous "Do Not Touch" notices) the local visitors love touching the exhibits, especially the poor red Jaguar E-type, which was full of hand prints :(
First of all, check out the official website for a list of cars, which will help you decide whether it's worth a visit. I personally liked the variety of cars, albeit found that a larger proportion were made up of American cars, which is not exactly my COT and would have preferred a to see more European cars.
The cars were in better shape than I expected, and although the exhibits were quite well maintained (for PRC standards), I noted that for some strange reason (and despite numerous "Do Not Touch" notices) the local visitors love touching the exhibits, especially the poor red Jaguar E-type, which was full of hand prints :(
Written September 22, 2014
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Mikewhiteley05
Milwaukee, WI161 contributions
Aug 2019
This is the best auto museum I have ever visited. They collection of cars is amazing. There are cars from every decade from 1900 to present. There are sports cars, sedans, trucks, everything! There are brands from around the world - and many of the most famous: Ferrari, Lamborgini, Jaguar, Rolls Royce, Mercedes, Bentley, Aston Martin, Chevrolet, etc. There are rare and common cars. They are all perfectly maintained. The museum is beautiful. If you like cars - you must go here.
Written September 8, 2019
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MrVisittheworld
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates282 contributions
Apr 2019
You are looking for something not typical Shanghai when visiting Shanghai? The Auto Museum is worth visiting. It includes a great collection of historic cars in a perfect condition with a lot of interesting background information.
Written April 24, 2019
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PlatinumForeverDUS
Shanghai, China2,467 contributions
Jun 2013 • Family
We had a wonderful Sunday afternoon in June visiting the Shanghai Auto Museum together with friends. The museum is a must for all automotive fans and at the same time interesting for kids getting an insight into the last 100 years plus of automobile development. The museum is presenting a great selection of rare oldtimers and offers quite a lot of add-on information. The location is wonderful as the museum is embedded into a huge - usually empty - park which is defintely worthwhile for a 1 hour walk.
Written August 31, 2013
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anthuts
London, UK45 contributions
Dec 2018
Visited on a Sunday so it was quite busy. A little way out of town but easily accessible by the excellent and cheap Shanghai subway to Anting station (near the F1 circuit), then a short taxi ride or about a 15 minutes walk. Have to admit that despite there being a queue of waiting taxis on the rank, none wanted to lose their position for such a short run, so waited for one to join the queue and asked him to take me which as he hadn't waited at all he was happy to do. No such problem on the return leg as a couple of taxis were waiting opposite the museum. Back to the subject of this review! I was honestly amazed at the wide variety of different cars from all over the world, all in excellent condition and clearly much loved. Where did they get them all from? Cadillacs, Lincolns, Porsches, Aston Martins, Rolls-Royces, Maseratis and Ferraris, plus all sorts of interesting old Chinese and Russian models. All were well laid out and the design of the museum using ramps between the floors reminded me of the BMW Museum in Munich. I really recommend this museum to anyone interested in cars and transportation. The Dutch GM of my hotel had lived in Shanghai for 17 years but had never visited nor even heard of the museum, but will now go on one of his days off. And, there's a very good shopping mall right at Anting station with plenty of shopping and dining choices. Enjoy!
Written December 31, 2018
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Danjiro
Lake Forest, CA248 contributions
Sep 2018 • Solo
A notably unique building in a large park area provides a good setting in for the museum. Located in Shanghai Automobile City on Metro Line 11, the museum covers the early history of wheeled transport to replicas of the first powered automobiles to representative models from each era. The displays and lighting are excellently done. I enjoyed seeing Chinese cars from the 50s and 60s that you don’t get to see in the west. Also some Russian based cars are on display. There are some excellent examples of global cars as well. There are activities for kids to enjoy with their parents, so something for everyone. The gift shop has books and miniatures.
Written November 8, 2018
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emmagta
Manarola, Italy467 contributions
Jan 2018 • Friends
Shanghai Auto Museum is a very unique museum located right in the heart of the Shanghai town. Really loved it.
Written August 28, 2018
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Richard N
Nottinghamshire, UK66 contributions
Jun 2015
Best reached from line 11 Antling station. This modern museum has 3 floors of cars on view all in beautiful condition though I'm unsure if all actually work.
It takes a good hour to reach the museum from city centre Shanghai and of course closes Monday's. It would be a good idea if more museums opened Monday's to allow more yo see on this day for tourists
A good museum and exceptionally few other visitors enjoying the wonderful cars
It takes a good hour to reach the museum from city centre Shanghai and of course closes Monday's. It would be a good idea if more museums opened Monday's to allow more yo see on this day for tourists
A good museum and exceptionally few other visitors enjoying the wonderful cars
Written June 23, 2015
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- Shanghai Auto Museum is open:
- Tue - Sun 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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- Hotels near Shanghai Auto Museum:
- (1.37 mi) Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting, an IHG hotel
- (0.52 mi) Urban Island Hotel Shanghai
- (0.57 mi) Auto City Ruili Hotel
- (8.65 mi) Pullman Shanghai Qingpu Excellence
- (1.10 mi) Mercure Kunshan Huaqiao
- Restaurants near Shanghai Auto Museum:
- (0.35 mi) LaoMa MiXian (MoYu South Road)
- (0.37 mi) Costa Coffee(AnTing)
- (0.38 mi) Jing Yi Xuan Restaurant
- (0.77 mi) Bifengtang (AnTing)
- (0.71 mi) Shanghai Min (AnTing)
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