About this place

Shanghai Museum of Glass was initiated and funded by Shanghai Glass Co. Ltd, which had witnessed the development of the glass industry in Shanghai and attentively preserved the inherited a century-old history and its product culture.

The design of the Museum integrates both new and existing structures, which keeps and highlights the features of the old workshop, and also gives the architecture new functionality and iconic status.

The Museum covers a building area of about 5,000 square meters of which 3,750 sqms is the main hall. And it also has a reception hall, permanent and temporary exhibition halls, collection rooms, an office area, museum shops, a library, a café, a hot glass demonstration hall and DIY shop. The demonstration of hot glass making is at 14:30 daily.