China Maritime Museum

Nautical themed museum in Shanghai, China

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China Maritime Museum is a maritime museum located on the bank of Dishui Lake in Pudong, Shanghai, China. Officially opened in July 2010, it is the first and largest national-level maritime museum in China.^[1]^[2]

In August 2011, the museum was rated as 4A Tourist Attration by the China National Tourism Administration.^[3] In December 2020, it was made a National first-grade museum.^[4]

History

In July 2005, a series of ceremonies were held in China to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the Ming treasure voyages.^[5] As part of the commemoration, the Chinese State Council approved the plan for constructing a national-level maritime museum in Shanghai. The preparation and construction of the museum was jointly organized by the Ministry of Transport and Shanghai Municipal People's Government.^[6] Construction started in January 2006 and finished in September 2009.^[7] The museum was officially opened to the public on 5 July 2010.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "上海浦东新区中国航海博物馆开馆（图）" [China Maritime Museum opens in Pudong New Area, Shanghai (photo)]. China News (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ OECD (8 December 2014). The Competitiveness of Global Port-Cities. OECD Publishing. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-92-64-20527-7.
^ Wu, Yang (1 January 2017). 上海工业旅游发展研究 [Research on Shanghai Industrial Tourism Development] (in Simplified Chinese). 上海交通大学出版社有限公司. pp. 182–183. ISBN 978-7-313-17001-9.
^ Ma, Lirong (9 May 2022). 新丝路学刊 [New Silk Road Journal] (in Simplified Chinese). Vol. 14. 社会科学文献出版社. p. 122. ISBN 978-7-5201-9690-1.
^ Winter, Tim (30 September 2019). Geocultural Power: China's Quest to Revive the Silk Roads for the Twenty-First Century. University of Chicago Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-226-65835-3.
^ "7月1日中国航海博物馆专题新闻发布会" [China Maritime Museum special press conference on July 1]. The State Council Information Office (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ "2017中国航海博物馆首届文创设计大赛" [2017 China Maritime Museum’s First Cultural and Creative Design Competition]. Sohu (in Simplified Chinese). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2023.