Shanghai Postal Museum — Attraction in Shanghai

Either you really have nothing to do or you're really into stamps. I fall into the former category. I personally have seen a ton of stuff in Shanghai and was really scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of museums. The English signage in this museum is pretty lacking but it's also free. It goes through history of mail in China in general then goes through Shanghai's...

Housed in the 1924 post office, the marble counters still bear grooves from millions of parcel strings. The stamp collection reveals how 1950s issues used vegetable-based inks that change color under UV light. The pneumatic tube system demonstration shows how 1930s Shanghai moved mail at 40km/h - faster than today's...

These is a great Historical area in the Shanghai district, with plenty of historical buildings, beautiful scenery, very old district, the so rounding streets you find old kinds of restaurants for all packets sizes, antique stores, cutlery’s, fine ceramics, metro near by, safe to walk around , so have your...