Shanghai World Expo Museum opens to public

1. The entrance to the Shanghai World Expo Museum. The Shanghai World Expo Museum opened to the public on May 1, 2017. Admission is free of charge. Covering an area of 40,000 square meters, the museum is located on the former Shanghai Expo site in Puxi, downtown Shanghai. As the first museum dedicated specifically to world expos, the Shanghai World Expo Museum explores the history of world expos since their inception in 1851. Over 3,000 exhibits from expos held between 2010 and 2015 are displayed in eight different exhibition halls. [Photo: Xinhua]

Visitors observe exhibitions at the Shanghai World Expo Museum. The Shanghai World Expo Museum opened to the public on May 1, 2017. Admission is free of charge. Covering an area of 40,000 square meters, the museum is located on the former Shanghai Expo site in Puxi, downtown Shanghai. As the first museum dedicated specifically to world expos, the Shanghai World Expo Museum explores the history of world expos since their inception in 1851. Over 3,000 exhibits from expos held between 2010 and 2015 are displayed in eight different exhibition halls. [Photo: Xinhua]

Visitors observe exhibitions at the Shanghai World Expo Museum. The Shanghai World Expo Museum opened to the public on May 1, 2017. Admission is free of charge. Covering an area of 40,000 square meters, the museum is located on the former Shanghai Expo site in Puxi, downtown Shanghai. As the first museum dedicated specifically to world expos, the Shanghai World Expo Museum explores the history of world expos since their inception in 1851. Over 3,000 exhibits from expos held between 2010 and 2015 are displayed in eight different exhibition halls. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

A corner of an exhibition hall in the Shanghai World Expo Museum. The Shanghai World Expo Museum opened to the public on May 1, 2017. Admission is free of charge. Covering an area of 40,000 square meters, the museum is located on the former Shanghai Expo site in Puxi, downtown Shanghai. As the first museum dedicated specifically to world expos, the Shanghai World Expo Museum explores the history of world expos since their inception in 1851. Over 3,000 exhibits from expos held between 2010 and 2015 are displayed in eight different exhibition halls. [Photo: Xinhua]

A local resident shows a volunteer shirt from the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. The Shanghai World Expo Museum opened to the public on May 1, 2017. Admission is free of charge. Covering an area of 40,000 square meters, the museum is located on the former Shanghai Expo site in Puxi, downtown Shanghai. As the first museum dedicated specifically to world expos, the Shanghai World Expo Museum explores the history of world expos since their inception in 1851. Over 3,000 exhibits from expos held between 2010 and 2015 are displayed in eight different exhibition halls. [Photo: Chinanews.com]