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[2025 Shanghai Attraction] Travel Guide for Shanghai Library (Updated Apr)

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It also collected some ancient and modern music, opera records, audio tapes, etc. at home and abroad. The Shanghai Library is equipped with the world's most advanced computer management system. The borrowed books are transferred from the library to the readers by the automatic trolley through the computer. There are more than 20 large-scale special reading rooms for ancient books, literature, comprehensive, newspapers, social sciences, etc., with more than 3,000 seats, and a catalog hall, bookstore, restaurant, bar, exhibition hall, film and television hall, conference hall and other supporting facilities. . The Shanghai Library was founded in 1952. The old site was located at the intersection of Huangpi Road, Nanjing Road. In 1996, a new library was built on Huaihai Middle Road. The new museum covers an area of 3.1 hectares, with a construction area of 83,000 square meters and a library of 40,000 square meters. The main building is composed of two high-rise buildings and a podium. The east and west floors are multi-dimensional stepped blocks, which symbolize the solid foundation of cultural accumulation and the continuous climbing of human beings to explore knowledge. Among the large number of ancient and modern books and materials collected by it, many are precious revolutionary documents, such as "On Protracted War", "On New Democracy", "Awakening" magazine, etc.

Shanghai Library Address:

1555 Huaihai Middle Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

Shanghai Library Recommended sightseeing time:

2 hours

Shanghai Library Phone:

021-64455555

Shanghai Library Ticket Price

Free entry
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