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There are many interesting museums in Shanghai, one of which is the Shanghai Postal Museum in the old building of the former main post office erected in 1922. The fascinating exposition will tell visitors about the history of the postal message in China since ancient times (1400), when postal lights and drums used to communicate, and to this day.

The building of the main post office is decorated in classical style with ornaments in the form of Corinthian columns, with a magnificent front door located under the base of the tower with a clock of the style ba OKKO with sculptures of Eros, Hermes and Aphrodite. At 8 thousand square meters. The museum is home to documents and items related to the history of the development of telegraphic and postal business, postal facilities, machinery, equipment and mail activity.

This is the first and best such museum in China, where you can get acquainted with the models of the first post offices, post stations, machines, first personal computers
The Shanghai Postal Museum, the owner of a rich collection, was officially opened on January 1, 2006, although it began to host guests since 2003

This is the first and best such museum in China, where you can see the poppy Tami's first post offices, postal stations, printing presses, the first personal computer. You can see the first postmen how they looked and their costumes, their modification over the centuries. The Postal History Museum presents a number of very interesting exhibits: old wagons, cars and wagons, models of modern sorting machines.

Considering the collection of valuable copies of stamps and postcards, one can trace the modification of China's printed material and see the major events and artists and politicians who were in the center of attention in different historical periods of time. A demo will illustrate the story of the birth of a black penny. There is also an exhibition stand with the first set of "big dragon" stamps issued in China. And next to it is a stand with the first marks of various countries of the world.

The figure of Zhu Xuefan, the first Chinese Minister of Communications, is installed in the museum lobby. In the exhibition halls of the origin and evolution of the postal message are drums, bones and shells of turtles with notes describing the process of reporting on the order in the army and the situation at the front with the help of beating the drums. The multimedia exhibition stand shows the transmission of messages using the alarm light of an alarm, which lights up in the event of an emergency situation in the coastal defense.

A little further there is a memorial to the emperor Guangxi, who allowed the opening of the first national mail on March 20, 1896 (the day of the founding of the post of China).

There is also an exhibit of the model of the building of the main post office of Shanghai, built in 1924 (scale 1: 100).

In another scientific and technical and Internet zone, one can see firsthand the huge scheme of Shanghai postal offices, created with the help of photovoltaic technologies. City mail quickly developed. In 1911, there were thirty post offices, and in 2003 there were already 584 offices. At the beginning of the formation of the People's Republic of China, Shanghai was the center of the country's postal network, and in 1914 China was added to the Universal Postal Union. A visit to the Shanghai Postal Museum will leave its mark on the souls and minds of those who visited it.

How to get here

Museum address: 250 North Suzhou Road, Hongkou District.

Opening times

The museum is open for visits on Wednesday, Thursday , Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 to 17:00. On national holidays the museum is closed.

Ticket price

Admission is free.