Shanghai Postal Museum

Shanghai has many interesting museums, one of which is the Shanghai Postal Museum in the old building of the former main post office, built in 1922. The fascinating exhibition tells visitors about the history of postal communication in China from ancient times (1400), when postal lights and drums were used for communication, to the present day. The main post office building is decorated in a classical style with decorations in the form of Corinthian columns, with a magnificent front door located under the base of a Baroque clock tower with sculptures of Eros, Hermes and Aphrodite. The museum houses 8,000 square meters of documents and objects related to the history of the development of telegraphy and postal business, postal facilities, machinery, equipment and activities of the post office. This is the first and best museum of its kind in China, where you can get acquainted with the models of the first communication offices, postal stations, printing presses, and the first personal computers. You can see the first postmen, how they looked and their costumes, their modification over the centuries. The Postal History Museum presents many very interesting exhibits: antique carts, cars and wagons, models of modern sorting machines. And the main feature is that admission is free!!! #travel#familytravel#citydaytours#china