Shanghai Astronomy Museum (a branch of Shanghai Science and Technology Museum), located by the Dishui Lake in Lingang New Area, Pudong New District, Shanghai, began construction on November 8, 2016, and officially opened on July 17, 2021. It is a science popularization infrastructure funded by the Shanghai municipal government, integrating education, research, collection, exhibition, and interactive functions, and is the largest astronomy museum in the world in terms of scale.

The museum features a main architectural complex known as the “Three Bodies”—consisting of the Oculus, Inverted Dome, and the IMAX Dome theater—along with auxiliary structures such as the Wangshu Observatory and the Xihe Solar Tower. It covers a site area of 58,000 square meters with a building area of 38,000 square meters. Centered on the theme of “Connecting Humans and the Universe,” the museum has three main exhibition areas: “Home,” “Universe,” and “Journey,” as well as three special exhibition zones: “Chinese Inquiry into the Heavens,” “Planet of Curiosity,” and “Voyage to Mars,” plus an educational activity area. The museum houses approximately 70 meteorite specimens and over 120 cultural relics and artifacts, and is equipped with four professional-grade astronomical observation and sky simulation instruments, totaling more than 300 exhibits.