Shanghai Astronomy Museum

上海天文馆

Walk through a full-size space station and a black-hole corridor

⚠ Closed Mon; no tickets at the door

Hours

Tue–Sun 09:30–16:00, closed Mondays (per OpenStreetMap)

Tickets

Adults ¥30, students ¥15; free under 6 or under 130 cm (still needs a booking). Dome films extra. Real-name booking with your passport.

Address

380 Lingang Avenue, Pudong

Near Dishui Lake in Lingang, a building of sweeping curved roofs and a silver sphere. Inside the entrance huge models of the Earth and Sun hang overhead, with a projection of the Earth's formation that changes every half hour. Further in is a space station rebuilt down to the crew bunks, toilet and exercise gear; step out of it and the lights drop for a corridor of black holes and stars. Plenty of reviewers say the adults stayed longer than the kids, and since it's far from downtown, many pair it with Haichang Ocean Park or Disney.