The 2025 Shanghai Cultural Heritage Season bursts into life this weekend with one of its most exciting highlights – free and discounted admission to 145 museums and 73 art galleries across the city.

Running from May 17 to May 19, the initiative transforms the city into a living museum, inviting locals and tourists alike to rediscover Shanghai's rich heritage and cultural tapestry – without breaking the bank.

Timed to coincide with International Museum Day (May 18) and China Tourism Day (May 19), the citywide celebration is more than just a free ticket – it's a bold statement of Shanghai's commitment to making culture inclusive, accessible, and immersive.

Visitors can explore everything from ancient artefacts and revolutionary sites to modern design, traditional Chinese medicine, fine arts, and even anime and chocolate.

Under the theme of integrating culture, tourism, business, sports, and exhibitions, this season focuses on transforming historical resources into interactive experiences.

Through these initiatives, the city aims to promote shared cultural heritage, enhance community building, and color everyday life with deeper cultural resonance.

Some museums offer free entry for all, while others provide half-price discounts, especially on the peak days of May 18 and 19.

Visitors are kindly reminded to check individual museum opening hours and reservation requirements, and to follow venue guidelines to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all.

Whether you're a history buff, an art lover, a curious family, or simply looking for a meaningful way to spend a spring weekend, this is the perfect time to explore the heart and soul of Shanghai.

Here is a selected list:

Pudong New Area

Shanghai Museum East Branch

Address: 1952 Century Avenue

Opening hours: May 17-19: 10am–6pm

Former Residence of Huang Yanpei

Address: 218 Xinchuan Road, Chuansha New Town

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Former Residence of Zhang Wentian

Address: 4398 Chuannanfeng Highway, Zhuqiao Town

Opening hours: May 17-18: 8:30am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Pudong History Museum

Address: 18 Wenshi Street, Huinan Town

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4:00pm)

Shanghai Guanfu Museum

Address: 37F, Shanghai Tower, 501 Yincheng Road M.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 10am–6pm (Last ticket sale at 5:00pm); May 19: 10am–5pm (Last ticket sale at 4:00pm)

50% off adult tickets (original 100yuan → 50 yuan); no discount for existing half-price tickets.

Shanghai Aurora Museum

Address: 99 Fucheng Road

Opening hours: May 18: 10am–5pm

Free admission to permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Huangpu District

Shanghai Museum

Address: 201 People's Avenue

Opening hours: May 17: 9am-9pm; May 18: 9am-5pm (Reservation required)

Site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China

Address: 374 Huangpi Road S.

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am-5pm (Last admission at 4:30pm)

Shanghai History Museum (Shanghai Revolutionary History Museum)

Address: 325 Nanjing Road W.

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am-5pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Landscape courtyard open 9am-5pm.

Shanghai World Expo Museum

Address: 818 Mengzi Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am-5pm (Last admission at 4:15pm)

Former Office of the CPC Delegation in Shanghai (Zhou Enlai's Former Residence)

Address: 73 Sinan Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am-4:30pm

Memorial Hall of the Former Site of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth League of China

Address: No.1-6, Lane 567 Huaihai Road M.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am-11:30am, 1pm-4:30pm

Xuhui District

Huang Daopo Memorial Hall

Address: 700 Xumei Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am-4:30pm

Xu Guangqi Memorial Hall

Address: 17 Nandan Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am-4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Tushanwan Museum

Address: 55 Puhuitang Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am-4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Longhua Martyrs' Memorial Hall

Address: 180 Longhua Road W.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Memorial Residence

Address: 1843 Huaihai Road M.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–5pm (Last admission at 4:30pm)

Shanghai Public Security Museum

Address: 518 Ruijin Road S.

Opening hours: May 17: 9am–4:30pm; May 18: 9am–9pm

Changning District

Shanghai Changning Revolutionary Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall

Address: No.34, Lane 1376 Yuyuan Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am-4pm

Shanghai Textile and Costume Museum (Donghua University)

Address: 1882 Yan'an Road W.

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am-4pm

ID required for campus entry.

Shanghai Cohesion Project Museum

Address: 878 Changning Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:45am-4:45pm (Last admission at 4:15pm)

Shanghai Fire Museum

Address: 229 Zhongshan Road W.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9:30am-4:30pm

Shanghai Artwork Museum

Address: Inside Tianshan Park, 1731 Yan'an Road W.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9:00am-5:00pm (Last admission at 4:30pm)

Shanghai Radio Museum

Address: 1376 Hongqiao Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am-5pm

Reservation required via the museum's WeChat account.

Jing'an District

Shanghai Natural History Museum (Branch of Shanghai Science & Technology Museum)

Address: 510 Beijing Road W.

Opening hours: May 17–18: 9am–5pm

Half-price admission

Shanghai Printing Typeface Exhibition Hall

Address: Lane 60, 1209 Xinzha Road

Opening hours: May 17 & 19: 9am–4pm

Defense of Sihang Warehouse Memorial Museum

Address: 21 Guangfu Road

Opening hours: May 17 & 19: 9am–4pm; May 18: 9am–8pm

Shanghai Eyewear Museum

Address: 533 Baochang Road

Opening hours: May 17–18: 9am–11am, 1:30pm–4pm (Last admission at 3:30pm)

Former Residence of Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall

Address: Lane 120, Maoming Road N.

Opening hours:

May 17: 9am–12pm (Last admission at 11:30am), 1pm–4:30pm (Last admission at 4:00pm)

May 18: 9am–12pm (Last admission at 11:30am), 1pm–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm), 5pm–8:30pm (Last admission at 8pm)

Exhibition Hall of CPC Underground Organization in Shanghai & Former Residence of Liu Changsheng

Address: 81 Yuyuan Road

Opening hours:

May 17: 9am–12pm (Last admission at 11:30am), 1pm–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

May 18: 9am–12pm (Last admission at 11:30am), 1pm–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm), 5pm–8:30pm (Last admission at 8pm)

Putuo District

Gu Zhenghong Memorial Hall

Address: 300 Aomen Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:30am–4:30pm

Shanghai West Workers' Half-Day School Historical Exhibition Hall

Address: 1037 West Suzhou Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:30am–4:30pm

Suzhou Creek Industrial Civilization Exhibition Hall

Address: 2690 Guangfu Road W.

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:30am–4:30pm

Shanghai Yuan Dynasty Water Gate Site Museum

Address: 619 Yanchang Road W.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Teddy Bear Museum

Address: Building 3, Lane 46, Luding Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–5pm

Shanghai Textile Museum

Address: 128 Aomen Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9:30am–4:00pm

Hongkou District

Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall

Address: 200 Tian'ai Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–5pm

Shanghai Postal Museum

Address: 258 Suzhou Road N.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–5pm (Last admission at 4pm)

China Securities Museum

Address: 15 Huangpu Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9:30am–4pm

Site of the Fourth National Congress of the Communist Party of China

Address: 1468 Sichuan Road N.

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Left-Wing Writers Alliance Memorial Hall

Address: 2, Lane 201, Duolun Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Li Bai Martyrs' Former Residence

Address: 15, Lane 107, Huangdu Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Yangpu District

National Anthem Exhibition Hall

Address: 151 Jingzhou Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

China Tobacco Museum

Address: 728 Changyang Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–11:30am, 1pm–4pm (Last admission at 3:30pm)

Chinese Wushu Museum

Address: 399 Changhai Road, Shanghai University of Sport

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4pm

ID required for campus entry.

Fudan University Museum

Address: Buildings 100 & 200, 220 Handan Road,

Opening hours: May 18-19: 9am–11:30am, 1:30pm–4:30pm

Campus entry requires a reservation via Fudan's official WeChat account.

WorldSkills Museum

Address: 1578 Yangshupu Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–5pm (Last admission at 4:30pm)

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Printing Museum

Address: 100 Shuifeng Road

Opening hours: May 17 & 19: 9am–4:30pm; May 18: 1:30pm–4:30pm

Campus entry requires online registration.

Minhang District

Minhang Museum

Address: 1538 Xinzhen Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9:30am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm); May 18 evening: 5:30pm–8:30pm

Zhang Chongren Memorial Hall

Address: 75 Puxi Square, Qibao Town

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9:30am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4:00pm)

Shanghai Hanlin Signboard Museum

Address: 1F, Building 8, 731 Hongxu Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–5pm

Shanghai Guanzhi Mineral Crystal Museum

Address: 1-2F, 66 Xianfeng Street

Opening hours: May 18: 9:30am–4pm

Shanghai Metro Museum

Address: 1799-7 Wuzhong Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 10am–4pm (Last admission at 3:30pm)

Shanghai National Musical Instruments Exhibition Hall

Address: 400 Lianming Road

Opening hours: May 18-19: 9am–3pm

Baoshan District

Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall

Address: 1 Youyi Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm

Shanghai Glass Museum

Address: 685 Changjiang Road W.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 10am–5pm

Special May 18 ticket: 51.80 yuan (excludes theater access).

Chen Huacheng Memorial Hall

Address: 1 Youyi Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm

Shanghai Tao Xingzhi Memorial Hall

Address: 76 Wuwei Road E.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 8:30am–4:00pm

China Industrial Design Museum

Address: 3F, Building 3, 3000 Yixian Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4:30pm

Shanghai Wisdom Bay 3D Printing Culture Museum

Address: 6 Wenchuan Road, Wisdom Bay Innovation Park

Opening hours: May 18: 9:30am–4:40pm

Jiading District

Jiading Museum

Address: 215 Bole Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:30am–5:00pm

Jiading Bamboo Carving Museum

Address: 321 South Street

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:30am–5pm

V.K. Wellington Koo Museum

Address: 349 South Street

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:30am–5:00pm

Shanghai Auto Museum

Address: 7565 Boyuan Road

Opening hours: May 18: 9:30am–4:30pm

Shanghai Da Lai Time Museum

Address: 981 Hejing Road, Anting Town

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4:30pm

Shanghai Sihai Tea Ware Museum

Address: 1978 Cao'an Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–3:30pm

Fengxian District

Fengxian Museum

Address: 333 Hubin Road, Jinhai Subdistrict

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Shanghai Zhenjing Traditional Woodcraft Museum

Address: 839 Nanqiao Road, Nanqiao Town

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4pm

Reservation required: 181-1737-8509

Shanghai Wire & Cable Museum

Address: 2-3F, 233 Qingwei Road, Qingcun Town

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4pm

Reservation required: 5756-7777

Shanghai Educated Youth Museum

Address: 200 Haile Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4pm

Reservation required: 137-6193-1867

Songjiang District

Songjiang Museum

Address: 233 Zhongshan Rd M.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4pm

Shanghai Astronomical Museum

Address: West Sheshan Summit, Sheshan Town

Opening hours: May 17-18: 8:30am–4pm

Shanghai Chinese Overseas Students Museum

Address: 7, Lane 1177 Rongmei Road

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–12pm, 1pm–4pm

China Accounting Museum (Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance)

Address: 2800 Wenxiang Road

Opening hours: May 18: 9am–4pm

Shanghai International Studies University Language Museum

Address: 1550 Wenxiang Road, SISU Campus

Opening hours: May 18: 10am–4:30pm

Shanghai Laiyifen Snack Museum

Address: 855 Jiuxin Highway

Opening hours: May 18: 9am–6pm

Jinshan District

Jinshan Museum

Address: 1800 Jinshan Avenue

Opening hours: May 17 & 19: 9am–4pm; May 18: 9am–8:30pm

Shanghai Nanshe Memorial Hall

Address: 130 Xinjian Road, Zhangyan Town

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4pm

Shanghai Salt Culture Museum

Address: 2067 Jiangzhuang Road, Caojing Town

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:30am–5pm

Qingpu District

Qingpu Museum

Address: 1000 Huaqing Road S.

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm (Last admission at 4:00pm); Closed May 19

China Printing Museum

Address: 889 Huijin Road

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4pm

Songze Culture Site Museum

Address: 399 Huqingping Highway

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am–4:30pm (Last ticket check at 4pm)

Shanghai Red Cross History & Culture Exhibition Hall

Address: 135 Zhaozhong Highway

Opening hours: May 18-19: 9:30am–4pm

Shanghai Fushouyuan Humanities Memorial Hall

Address: No.600, Lane 7270, Waiqingsong Highway

Opening hours: May 17-19: 9am–4pm

Chongming District

Chongming Museum

Address: 696 Aoshan Road, Chengqiao Town

Opening hours: May 17-18: 9am-4:30pm (Last admission at 4pm)

Shanghai Chongming Xianghua Stove Culture Museum

Address: 91 Xiangzhong Road, Xianghua Town

Opening hours: May 17-19: 8:30am-11am, 1pm-4:30pm