But Neil McConnon, lead curator of “Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style” said there had been no censorship of the show.
“We have encountered censorship before in some exhibitions, but not in this exhibition,” McConnon said.
Parts of Skyfall – partly shot in Shanghai – proved too sensitive for the Chinese authorities.
A scene showing prostitution in Macau was removed, as was a line in which Bond’s nemesis mentions being tortured by Chinese security agents.
Scenes where a hitman kills a Chinese security guard in a skyscraper in Shanghai was also cut.
The Shanghai exhibition, backed by a commercial company, is being staged at the privately-owned Minsheng Art Museum.
It is an expanded offering from previous shows in London and the Canadian city of Toronto, incorporating more material from Skyfall including the boat used by Daniel Craig as Bond to enter a Macau casino.
In a room dedicated to villains, the display also includes an outfit worn by Michelle Yeoh playing Chinese spy Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies – who as a cover story claimed to be a reporter for China’s official news agency, Xinhua.
Visitors can also see a model of Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, the bowler hat used as an airborne weapon by the character Oddjob in Goldfinger, and the orange bikini worn by actress Halle Berry in Die Another Day.