Shanghai Arts & Crafts Museum

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  • Address
    79 Fenyang Lu, French Concession
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  • Phone
    6437 2509
  • Transport
    underground rail: Changshu Rd

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Lonely Planet review

Repositioned as a museum, this arts and crafts institute displays traditional crafts such as embroidery, paper cutting, lacquer work, jade cutting and lantern making. Watch paper cutting and other traditional crafts being performed live by craftspeople and admire the wonderfully wrought exhibits, from jade, through ivory to inkstones and beyond.

It's hard not to suspect that the collections were arranged to herd visitors through the overpriced ground-floor shops (foreign exchange assisted). The highlight is quite possibly the building itself, built in 1905, and its ample lawn out back.