Shanghai Natural History Museum was established in 1956 and only recently opened up in its new state-of-the-art location in Jing ‘an Sculpture Park in 2015. This is one of the country’s largest museums – it covers an impressive 40,000 square meters. Collection of more than 240,000 artifacts, many of them unique to China and including everything from rare animal and plant specimens, some dating back as far as 140 million years (there is a rare dinosaur skeleton, which stands over four stories high). Also funs to see are the many large animatronics dinosaurs, which provide a pretty good idea of the sheer size, power, and appearance.
