Shanghai Urban Planning Museum
The Shanghai Urban Planning Museum is not as dull as its name implies. Few cities have changed so rapidly in such a short time as Shanghai, with its tripling of available metro lines in eight years, its skyrocketing population, its waves of expanding suburbs and plans to host Expo 2010.
Shanghai’s architecture witnesses the development and huge changes of the city. The Bund and Lujiazui stands for the old and new part of Shanghai respectively. The city also developed from a small county into a metropolis in the past 150 years with a population over 19 million people.
Aside from multimedia exhibits (video, audio, photography) detailing Shanghai's urban development, from its origins as a few lowly temples and rice patties centuries ago to its hyper-futuristic plans for the decades ahead, the city shows you its legendary history and splendid future.
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