Off-the-Beaten-Path Museum - Check in at the Pudong New Branch of Shanghai Municipal Archives

Reading thousands of books is like traveling thousands of miles. The best way to understand a country, a city's history is to visit a museum, as each collection tells a story and carries a piece of history. 🌟 Highlights: The Shanghai Municipal Archives has a collection of over 4.6 million volumes (pieces) of archives, preserving the complete memory of the city of Shanghai and constituting a vivid resource for patriotic education. The permanent exhibition at the Pudong New Branch is 'Urban Memory Time Treasures - Exhibition of Precious Archives from the Shanghai Municipal Archives.' The exhibition selects nearly a thousand precious documents, audio-visual materials, and artifacts from the archives of the Shanghai Municipal Archives and the historical materials collected in recent years. It presents the major events of Shanghai's urban changes since 1843 through pages of old manuscripts, old photographs, and video footage, highlighting Shanghai's distinctive red culture as the birthplace and starting point of the Communist Party of China, and providing a lively classroom for the public to learn about the Party's history and the 'Four Histories' education. ❤ Recommended Reason: A strong sense of historical depth hits you as soon as you enter. This place is a cultural landmark for inheriting historical culture and continuing the red lineage. Up close, you can feel the rich connotation and profound heritage of archival culture, from Shanghai's opening to foreign trade in 1843 breaking the policy of seclusion, to the patriotic spirit of the Shanghai people bravely resisting foreign aggressors during the war, from the muddy flats of Pudong's development to the towering skyscrapers, from the hosting of the Shanghai World Expo to the establishment of the Lujiazui Financial Trade Zone. Savor the essence of Shanghai culture and deeply understand the city spirit of Shanghai, which is 'inclusive, striving for excellence, open and wise, grand and modest.' The exhibits in the museum not only preserve many precious paper manuscripts but also present the development trajectory of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai in digital form. 📍 Detailed Address: The Pudong New Branch is located at No. 636 Baiyang Road, Pudong New District. 🧳 Preparation Before Visiting: The museum is open to the public, and visitors need to make a reservation. For online reservations, you can follow the official WeChat account of the Shanghai Municipal Archives Bureau (Museum) 'Archives Chunqiu' and click on the 'New Branch Reservation' section in the menu at the bottom of the homepage.