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Day 7: Museum Day
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Day 7: Museum Day

January 12, 2007

Day 7: Museum Day

JACOB MALONE, Radio major, writes: Museum Day. In the morning we went to the Shanghai Museum of Art. This was all the traditional art of China. They had wonderful collections of bronzes, jades, currencies, painting, furniture, and ceramics. We ate lunch at a western Chinese restaurant, which was run by Muslims, so no pork. The food was surprisingly just like a Mediterranean restaurant--spicy and delicious. In the afternoon we went to MoCA, which is the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai. It was a beautiful building located in the center of the People's Park. It was exhibiting the 30 most influential Chinese artists in contemporary art. We went back to BizArt for an exhibition opening. Then we went as group to the oldest English-language bar in Shanghai. Faces was excellent; they also had a great Thai restaurant in the second floor.