A five-hour wait in Shanghai to see two million years of human history
Exhibition, curated from the British Museum’s vast collections, is free of charge and quickly reaches capacity every day
People in Shanghai have been queuing for four of five hours a day to view a travelling exhibition that recounts two million years of human history through 100 objects.
The exhibition, which opened at the Shanghai Museum on Thursday, feature antiques curated from the British Museum’s collection of more than eight million objects.
A History of the World in 100 objects is open to the public free of charge and will last until October.
Due to the overwhelming public response, the Shanghai Museum has had to cap the daily number of visitors to 8,000. Over the past few days, the museum has issued public notices at noon that the daily quota had been filled.