Shanghai Astronomy Museum official website

Attraction name: Shanghai Astronomical Museum.

Address: The top of Sheshan Garden, west of Qingsong Highway, Songjiang District, Shanghai.

Transportation: Rail Transit Line 9, Nanshe Line, Shanghai-Chen Line, Shangtai Line, Tourism Line 1, etc. Hangzhou-Shanghai Astronomy Museum. Shanghai-Kunming Expressway → Shanghai Ring Expressway → Shenzhuan Highway → Qianxin Highway → Shanghai Astronomy Museum (the whole journey is about 2 hours and 11 minutes).

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Introduction:

The Shanghai Astronomy Museum is located at the top of Songjiang

(admission to the West Sheshan Garden is free). It was formerly Sheshan established by French Catholic missionaries in 1900. observatory. The museum displays the development of astronomical telescopes and my country's astronomical science, and displays a variety of astronomical scientific equipment, among which the "treasure of the museum" - the century-old 40-centimeter binocular refractor telescope is the most famous.

The Astronomy Museum is not large. It is mainly divided into three major exhibition areas: "Centennial Observatory", "Focusing Telescope", and "Time and Humanity". They introduce the development process of modern astronomy in China and the birth of astronomical telescopes respectively. The process that has led the development of astronomy over the past four hundred years, as well as the development history of time measurement and its relationship with human society and life, are very suitable for bringing children to increase their knowledge.

The treasure of the museum is the huge 40-centimeter-diameter binocular refractor telescope. It was built in 1900 and was once the largest astronomical telescope in Asia. It made Sheshan Observatory the first to have a large astronomical telescope in China. Modern observatory.

In addition, various astronomical telescopes used in history and a large number of precious old photos are also displayed, as well as astronomical clocks, marine clocks, calculation tubes and other scientific relics from more than 100 years ago.

The Palan Meridian purchased in Paris, France in 1925 is another precious cultural relic in the museum. It participated in the International Joint Measurement of Longitude twice in 1926 and 1933. Since the Sheshan Observatory was the first international One of the basic points of joint longitude measurement, so this instrument is a historical witness of Shanghai Astronomy’s international status at that time.

If you want to experience the feeling of immersing yourself in the universe, don’t miss the interactive dome cinema in the museum (free viewing), which will regularly play the Astronomical Museum’s exclusive and original astronomical videos. "Journey to the Starry Sky" and "Starry Sky in Four Seasons" vividly introduce knowledge about the planet, universe, constellations, etc., and the pictures have a strong three-dimensional sense.

In addition, the museum also introduces in detail Xu Guangqi, Matteo Ricci, Cai Shangzhi (French missionary and the first director of Sheshan Observatory), Gao Pingzi (the only modern man with a lunar crater named by the International Astronomical Union). The deeds of astronomical scientists such as Chinese astronomer) and Li Heng (the first Chinese director of Shanghai Observatory) also show the invention of astronomical telescopes, their introduction to China, and their settlement in Shanghai.

The museum often organizes various astronomical science activities (for details, please refer to the museum’s official website), such as observing astronomical wonders such as total solar eclipses and meteor showers. A large number of astronomy enthusiasts will gather in Sheshan. The museum also has a solar observation center and a public observatory, equipped with a 35-centimeter astronomical telescope, which can display the image of the sun in real time during the day, and organize citizens to appreciate the fascinating true face of the moon and other planets at night.