Shanghai Science and Technology Museum - Exhibitions

Exhibitions

The museum has 13 main permanent exhibitions and 4 science theatres. The theaters constitute the largest science education cinema in Asia with 10,000 annual films shown. The exhibitions are:

1. Spectrum of Life: A natural exhibit which imitates the scenery of Yunnan Province and displays its diversity of creatures.
2. Light of Exploration is an exhibit which showcases human scientific achievements of the 20th century.
3. Home on Earth
4. World of Robots
5. Human and Health
6. Earth Exploration
7. Light of Wisdom
8. Space Navigation
9. Information Era
10. Cradle of Design
11. Children's Rainbow Land
12. Animal Hall
13. Spiders Exhibition

There are also two temporary exhibition halls, the Chinese Ancient Science and Technology Gallery which showcases ancient Chinese inventions and works, the Explorer's Gallery featuring Chinese and foreign explorers and the Academician's Gallery featuring contemporary scientists from Shanghai.

The four science theaters are:

1. IMAX 3D Theater
2. IMAX Dome Theater
3. IWERKS Theater
4. Space Theater