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China Builds Museums, But Filling Them Is Another Story
Shanghai did something last fall that few other cities on the planet could have even considered. It opened two massive art museums right across the river from one another on the same day.
The grand openings put an exclamation point on China's staggering museum building boom. In recent years, about 100 museums have opened annually here, peaking at nearly 400 in 2011, according to the Chinese Society of Museums.
“ New York City and Paris are financial centers. They are also indisputably cultural centers of the world. Shanghai is now in that process but hasn't yet reached that level.