based on 38 reviewsI've been to the Glass Museum several times, and each time I've noticed its progress, which is fantastic. This time, I took my kids to see the exhibition. The exhibition was well-organized, with interactive displays that blended science with art, ensuring both adults and children would have a great time. This time, I discovered several new glass DIY projects. I tried hot-blowing, and the master technicians supervised me one-on-one, ensuring safety and patient instruction. The kids had a blast. The lampwork techniques also made me eager to try them, but the procedures are quite complex and delicate, making them less child-friendly. I'll try them myself next time. The maze was also fun, and even adults found it fascinating and engaging. The DIY projects are a bit pricey, so I decided to just spend the money and experience it.
The Shanghai Museum of Glass sets "innovative iteration" as its standard, creating a high-quality visitor experience and making it a cultural and lifestyle destination that inspires imagination and aspiration.

The permanent exhibition at Shanghai Museum of Glass underwent a comprehensive upgrade during the May Day holiday in 2024. The upgraded exhibition now includes Hall 1 "Science, History & Technology", Hall 2 "Art", Hall 3 "The World of Glass", and Hall 4 "NXT Virtual Reality Lab", offering diverse experiences for visitors of all ages. It showcases the limitless possibilities of glass while pioneering a new museum lifestyle.



The Children's Glass Museum is the first glass-themed, parent-child cultural destination in Shanghai and even China, specifically designed for children. It is dedicated to providing an engaging interactive space for knowledge, culture, and art for children aged 4–12. The new Children's Glass Museum 2.0 is a contemporary art and design museum where curious kids (and their parents) can explore and learn more about this versatile material. Combining novel creativity, fun design, and an edutainment concept, it opens the door to an imaginative glass world for children. Here, they can freely wander through a wonderful world of their own, not only finding joy but also inspiring them to cultivate an independent spirit of exploration, discovery, and creation.



The Hot Glass Show is dedicated to breaking traditional exhibition and performance models, interpreting the inheritance and innovation of glass craftsmanship in a highly dramatic way. The extreme sensation of glass and its unpredictable qualities will be fully presented in various captivating ways. Unlike traditional hot glass making demonstrations in glass museums, the Hot Glass Show breaks tradition by combining superb glassmaking techniques with artistic theatrical performances, sound, light, and electricity, showcasing the extraordinary aspects of hot glass craftsmanship to the audience. Currently, Shanghai Museum of Glass has developed two Hot Glass Show performances: "Dream" and "Wanderer."



The Glass Maze is inspired by one of the world's oldest games and reimagined into a unique design experience across its 575-square-meter space. This maze fully utilizes the material properties of glass and mirrors, showcasing refraction and reflection in a visually stunning way to create a surreal, "endless" psychedelic space. Enhanced by carefully designed lighting and music, the maze elevates the thrill of the game, while the challenge of finding geometric checkpoints adds an extra layer of exploration. Please stay safe in the maze—remain calm, stay engaged, and embrace bold attempts. Completing the maze challenge promises a full day of surprises and joy!


DIY handicraft courses cover ten mainstream glass manufacturing techniques. Both adults and children can find the joy of hands-on creation here. The glass-making DIY courses offered by the museum include lampworking, blowing, fusing, stained glass, painting, mosaics, and beading, among other courses of varying difficulty.








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I've been to the Glass Museum several times, and each time I've noticed its progress, which is fantastic. This time, I took my kids to see the exhibition. The exhibition was well-organized, with interactive displays that blended science with art, ensuring both adults and children would have a great time. This time, I discovered several new glass DIY projects. I tried hot-blowing, and the master technicians supervised me one-on-one, ensuring safety and patient instruction. The kids had a blast. The lampwork techniques also made me eager to try them, but the procedures are quite complex and delicate, making them less child-friendly. I'll try them myself next time. The maze was also fun, and even adults found it fascinating and engaging. The DIY projects are a bit pricey, so I decided to just spend the money and experience it.
The space is large, with several pavilions to explore. The main pavilion has many glass pieces, some of which are quite artistic and beautiful. They're particularly eye-catching against the surrounding greenery. Tickets are expensive, and the packages change frequently. Previously, there were family packages for one adult and one child, or two adults and one child, but this weekend, they changed to requiring full admission for children over one meter apart. Unheard of, and they're crazy about the cost. The accompanying Thermal Theater show was okay, with some glassmaking details. However, it was a bit stuffy inside the smaller pavilions. There's a small shop, but the items are expensive and the presentation is average. The restaurant is decent value for money. Parking is available.
I brought my kids to the Glass Museum and learned a lot from it. The maze in the park was very interesting. The handmade DIY glass products gave me a sense of accomplishment when I made a glass product by myself.
Convenient traffic, self-driving, parking spaces. This article not only introduces the history of glass development, element list, but also shows exquisite glass works of art. More workers operate on site for tourists to learn. Walking in the glass world, there are many famous artists and award-winning works on the exhibition stand, as well as ancient glass products such as snuff bottles. Not only can you learn here, you can enjoy it, but there are also counter at the door for tourists to choose and buy small glass crafts. Beauty, in silence, above!
Although the traffic is a little inconvenient, we need to transfer the subway to the bus, which is far from the urban area. But it's worth all the trouble when you come to the museum! Museum from inside to outside has a sense of the times. It contains exhibits of glass development from ancient to modern, many knowledge of glass, wonderful hot glass performances, DIY courses, glass maze, and children's hall for children. It is very interesting and suitable for adults and children.
Glass Museum is a museum suitable for older children. It needs patience and foundation to learn the origin of glass, the process of making glass, the knowledge of environmental protection, and the appreciation of glass art. The main hall is the most knowledgeable, the points I mentioned above all cover. If you need to listen to the explanations, you can sweep the glass museum official. If you input the number of the works, you can hear the corresponding explanations. For children, the main hall is too dark, and it is not easy to concentrate. The fragility of the glass works will also make parents worry about naughty children. A younger child would recommend the Children's Museum in the Glass Museum, located on Building 16. The children's museum itself is brightly colored, and the arrival of the children's Museum from the main museum will make the children's eyes shine at once. The children's hall is very interactive. By looking for 26 letters, the visitors in the hall are linked together. Finally, there are small prizes. The children like it very much. The maze hall is located in Building 11. It is designed by mirrors and light and shadow. It is very suitable for children of suitable age to walk through the maze while searching for treasures. The maze is not difficult, and children may be afraid of the dark. Generally speaking, the evaluation of glass museum is different. It is more suitable for people to stroll slowly when they are small. The restaurants in the park are also more emotional. There are many glass products for sale. We can even watch the glass making process or sign up for glass making courses. It reminds us of the feeling of Hokkaido Xiaojuan. Parking: The traffic is not convenient. The entrance is a dusty container road, but there are holes in it. There are parking spaces, but when people are full, the nearby Poly Mall still parks for free.
Ticket price 160, a pass is really too expensive, resulting in tardy future visit, this weekend Ctrip 39 yuan ticket price is really to force, decisive go. After the event, the previously cold venues were filled with cars at the entrance of today. Stop collecting tickets before 16:00. Don't miss the time. Today, I started to visit the venues at 4 o'clock. The main itineraries are as follows: 1. I went to No. 11 Hall to play the glass maze first, because the maze is really a little difficult to close at 17:00, and I went around several times to complete the task. 2. Back to the main hall, Hall 1-9, which is suitable for taking pictures of No. 3 and No. 16, children's hall can walk around. If parents with children may play more at Hall 4 and No. 13 (the performance has a fixed time, ticket stubs will print the performance time, don't miss it), play more than 2 hours and lose one, the ticket price of 39 yuan is absolutely worth.
The Shanghai Museum of Glass is a perfect transformation from industrialization to modernization. It is located at No. 685, Changjiang West Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai. It was formerly the Shanghai Glass Instrument Factory No. 1. When the venue was rebuilt, the Shanghai Museum of Glass was endowed with artistic appreciation, interactive entertainment and regeneration creativity on the basis of retaining a large number of original spatial structures and details. Public transportation: 1. Take Metro Line 1, get off at Tonghe Xincun Station, transfer to Bus No. 728, 849, 95, and get off at Sanzhuanlu Station. 2. Take Metro Line 3, get off at Changjiang South Road Station, transfer to Bus No. 552, and get off at Sanzhuanlu Station. Combining the characteristics of glass art and architecture itself, the Shanghai Museum of Glass has created many visiting highlights in the main hall, such as "Kaleidoscope Entrance", "Historical Corridor", "Glass House", "Ancient Glass Treasure House", etc., realizing the sublimation of glass art in space. The glass art products on display are very delicate, with gorgeous shapes and colors. In addition, the Shanghai Museum of Glass has retained the furnace workshop, which has become a hot glass demonstration area. The equipment is mainly imported from abroad. It is a window for the display of handmade glass art. Every day, the ancient hot glass craft is reproduced, providing visitors with the opportunity to watch glass blowing up close and experience the gorgeous dance of glass, craftsmanship and fire. The live performances on weekends and holidays are always very popular! When the ticket price was 20 yuan before, there was only a hot glass demonstration. Now the ticket price has increased a lot, but there are also many more interactive experiences: there is a museum set up for children, emphasizing touchable and interactive exploration, with a DIY space for children to play; the Ailu Rainbow Hall is composed of countless colorful glass, which has become a wedding hall and the most fashionable event venue; there are also more lighting craft performances, which are different from hot glass in that the flame spit out from the spray gun is used to melt the glass tube. It can be said that the Shanghai Museum of Glass combines art and popular science, and there are often different exhibitions on display, which is worth seeing.