Work is well underway to develop the WorldSkills Museum inside an early 20th century warehouse on the bank of the Huangpu River. The interior refurbishment of the WorldSkills Museum will begin later this month, authorities in Shanghai said.

The museum, will be a legacy of the 46th WorldSkills Competition due to take place on the Chinese mainland for the first time next year. Shanghai is the host city.

The Wing On Warehouse, also known as Yong’an Warehouse, is at 1578 Yangshupu Road in Yangpu District. The heritage building which once stored textiles and cotton retains some original features. 

The museum will tell the story of how skills and skilled workers are the foundations of progress, past, present and future.

The gathering of historic and contemporary objects also continues, with more than 1,600 assets collected in China, according to the museum preparation office. Among them are items donated by the Chinese Antarctic expedition team who returned to Shanghai with the Xuelong 2 icebreaker after completing the country’s 37th, and the ship’s first, independent Antarctic expedition. 

One asset is a suit that can withstand temperatures as low as minus 30 Celsius degrees. The other is a bottle of deep-sea water collected by the expedition team on March 21 during a scientific mission. 

The WorldSkills Museum will have six main exhibition areas where visitors can study the exhibits and enjoy interactive events and installations featuring augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, and other technologies.

The museum is collecting objects and stories from all over the world which will contribute to the understanding of societies, people, events and activities related to WorldSkills and skills.

Items that show the work of WorldSkills International including  medals, pins, photographs, videos, documents, equipment and tools are wanted.
Anyone with items, stories, or other relevant information can email the museum at nuria.portland@worldskills.org.