World's largest astronomy museum opens in Shanghai

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"The new museum is also one of China’s latest architectural wonders.

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After an opening ceremony on July 17, the Shanghai Astronomy Museum officially opened to the public on July 18. Located in the Lingang area of Shanghai, the new museum is a branch of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, which also operates the Shanghai Natural History Museum and the Shanghai Planetarium.

At 420,000 square feet, it is the largest museum in the world dedicated to astronomy. But its size isn’t the only impressive thing about this new museum. Thomas J. Wong of Ennead Architects intentionally designed the building without straight lines or right angles—similar to the geometry of the universe. Previously known as Polshek Partnership, Ennead was also behind the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

“The big idea of the Shanghai Astronomy Museum was to infuse a visceral experience of the subject matter into the design,” said Wong in a press release.

That means the three main architectural components of the building—the Oculus, Inverted Dome, and Sphere—not only act as functional elements of the design (the Sphere houses the planetarium theater, for example), but also are working astronomical instruments that track the sun, moon, and stars."...(more)

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1. Looks fabulous

Thanks for posting

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2. Looks fantastic! I certainly would have seen it had it been open when I was in Shanghai

a few years ago.