The Shanghai Museum (Chinese:上海博物館, Shànghǎi bówùguǎn) is the biggest and best comprehensive art museum in China, with a fine collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relicts. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.

The Shanghai Museum situated on the People's Square in city center. The museum is a grand exhibit hall, a giant window presenting the culture of mankind. Visiting the museum is like reading a history book that contains every aspects of human life.

Built in 1952, but due to large number of art collections, the old building no longer can house all of the art treasures. In 1996, a new exhibition building were added. The new museum building, has two underground floors and five above ground, covers more than 40,000 square meters and has around 120, 000 pieces of art in collection.

The museum has eleven monographic galleries; one special gallery for donated ceramics and three exhibition halls. The new building total 12,000 square meters, which is 3.4 times larger than the old building.

Shanghai Museum, together with Beijing Museum, Nanjing Museum, and Xi'an Museum is called "Four Major Museums of China".