上海博物館新館建筑總面積38000平方米，由地下兩層、地上5層構成，建筑高度29．5米。這座壯觀的新館將方體基座和巨型圓頂及4個拱形出挑結合起來，象征著傳統文 化與時代精神的完美融合。從高處俯瞰，上海博物館的玻璃圓頂猶如一面碩大的漢代銅鏡。 從遠處眺望，新館建筑猶如一尊青銅古鼎，默默承載著 5 000 年歷史和文明的重荷。 上海博物館南面大門的兩側，聳立著 8 尊漢白玉雕塑。這是從 300 多件漢、唐雕塑文物 中遴選出 8 件作品加以仿制放大，每件高近 3 米，重約 20 噸，極具莊嚴雄渾之氣。傳統文 化與現代風格的完美結合，在室內裝飾上也得以充分體現。

The new site of the Shanghai Museum has a construction space of 38,000 square meters with two floors underground and five floors above the ground with a height of 29.5 meters. This grand new building, structured with a square base and a circular top with four arch-shaped handles erected on it, symbolizes the perfect fusion of China's traditional culture and the spirit of modern times. When viewed from above, the circular top with a glass dome in the center looks like a huge bronze mirror of the Han Dynasty. When viewed at a distance, the whole building resembles an ancient bronze ding tripod, shouldering in silence the heavy weight of the five-thousand-year Chinese history and civilization. The southern entrance of the Shanghai Museum is flanked by eight dignified mighty animals in white-marble sculpture, each with a height of close to three meters and a weight of about twenty tons. These eight sculptures were modeled and magnified after the prototypes carefully selected from over 300 stone and bronze sculpture relics of the Han, Northern and Southern, Sui and Tang Dynasties collected in the museum. The museum's perfect combination of traditional culture and modern architectural style is also fully captured by the interior decoration of the museum.