Shanghai Science & Technology Museum

This impressive space-age building aims at providing a fun educational experience. Kids will like the Light of Wisdom hall, with its hands-on science experiments, and the audiovisual rides (including an earthquake simulator) are fun but draw long queues. Surprisingly, there is nothing on Chinese science and technology (this is, after all, the land that brought us fireworks and the rudder). There are four theatres (two IMAX, one 4D and one outer space), that show themed films throughout the day (tickets Y20 to Y40; 15 to 40 minutes). When you need a break there’s a good food court for lunch; get your hand stamped with a pass if you want to return to the exhibits.