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Science and Technology Museum

Located at Century Square in Pudong New Area, the 68,000-square meter Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is the biggest and most high-tech science museum in Shanghai, also a national tourist spot of AAAA level and important science education and leisure traveling base.

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum serves for the purposes of education, research and leisure traveling. It currently has opened 12 theme exhibition hall to the public. They are: Spectrum of Life, Earth Exploration, Cradle of Designers, Children's Science Land, Light of Wisdom, Home on Earth, Information Era, World of Robots, Light of Exploration, Human and Health, Space Navigation.

The rain forest part of the "Spectrum of Life" is home to more than 300 types of plants, including trees, bushes, herbs and epiphytes. In the simulated laboratory, you can test yourself through a variety of interesting tasks. "Space Navigation" ushers you into a journey of the mysterious universe. With background imaging, picture synthesis and voice identification, you can virtually talk with TV hosts face to face.

Apart from the above-listed, there are Chinese Ancient Science and Technology Gallery showing off Chinese ancient inventions and creations, Explorers' Gallery featuring Chinese and foreign distinguished explorers and Academicians' Gallery showing off contemporary scientists of Shanghai.

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum has received up to more than 15,000,000 visitors and widely won social compliments since opened to the public on December 18, 2001.