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November 14th 2009
Published: November 14th 2009
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On Sunday, November 8th, we went to the Museum of Science and Technology in Shanghai. Overall, I was impressed by the size of this museum. It had an extremely large variety of exhibits which were mostly marked well in English. The building itself was what impressed me the most. The central area is a large geodesic dome. There are also 4 different types of movie theatres - Imax Dome, 3-D Ima... Read Full Entry



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Linda
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My family currently lives in a small rural town in North Carolina, USA. In May 09, our 9yo daughter and I first traveled to China with my husband for his work . We returned home and traveled to Alaska for 3 weeks to visit my sister and her husband. In Sept 09, we returned to China for our second trip, and will be returning again. Many people have asked me to share about our journeys, so I plan to do that here. Update: It is now June 2011 and we are back in China for the 7th trip. We have learned so much in our time here...we are retruning to many places we have been before as well as contin... full info
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Geodesic DomeGeodesic Dome
Geodesic Dome
Geodesic DomeGeodesic Dome
Geodesic Dome
See the people sitting down on the ground floor?
LunchLunch
Lunch
In the Chinese Restaurant
LeahLeah
Leah
I took this to show how big the sections of the dome really were!
Robot playing pianoRobot playing piano
Robot playing piano
You could sing Karaoke and he would play for you
Environmental DisplaysEnvironmental Displays
Environmental Displays
FishFish
Fish
More fishMore fish
More fish
Inside MuseumInside Museum
Inside Museum
One of the side wings
looking across Century Avelooking across Century Ave
looking across Century Ave
from 3rd floor I think
Tetraxon BalancerTetraxon Balancer
Tetraxon Balancer
With Jim in it! These are used to train astronauts
Oil Field displayOil Field display
Oil Field display
Volcano EruptionVolcano Eruption
Volcano Eruption
Simulated with light and sound
CaveCave
Cave
Swinging bridge was fun, but it sure didn't have the nice cool temperature that caves have!
Outside of museum Outside of museum
Outside of museum
looking at entrance to underground market/Century Ave
Dome with reflectionsDome with reflections
Dome with reflections
Outside of MuseumOutside of Museum
Outside of Museum
You saw how big the dome was inside, so looking at here here, you can see how big the whole museum was!



9th June 2010

armin
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different exhibition
different exhibition areas on themes such as intelligence, innovation and future are located beneath a long expanse of roof space that ascends in spiral shape, i thing this type of design was meant to represents the city's dynamic development.

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