Shanghai Postal Museum

Tickets: free
Open hours: 9am to 4pm on Wednesday-Thursday, Saturday-Sunday

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One of the rare free museums in Shanghai, the original Shanghai Postal Museum well explains the history of the postal service in China. With a beautiful baroque rooftop, there is a sculpted garden with a Romanesque clock tower on the rooftop of the Postal Museum. It owns one of the city's best low-level views. Visitors can look west towards Lujiazui and east towards the Pudong skyline on the roof deck.  

Don't miss the yellowed letters with postmarks from former foreign concessions. 

Address: No. 250, North Suzhou Road.

Shanghai Museum of Public Security

Tickets: 8 RMB
Open hours: 11am to 4pm from Monday to Sunday

There are 8000 exhibits in the museum. This excellent museum concentrates on the evolution of Shanghai's various police departments since Mid-19th century. The best exhibits are on the third floor. The "Criminal Investigation" section has graphic photographs of brutal murder scenes. And there's an excellent display of police weapons ranging from antique knives and knuckle-dusters to a more sophisticated arsenal of machine guns and handguns.

Wandering in the hall, visitors will meet Patrol staff from India, England or China. Of course, they are just wax statues. Exhibits are extremely rich in the museum.
Don't miss the private pistol which Sun Yat-sen worn at one time.

Address: Floor 2-4, No. 518, South Ruijin Road.

Shanghai Brush & Ink Museum

Tickets: free
Open hours: 9:30am to 5:30pm

The museum presents the history of manufacturing ink, it tells a story about how ink was introduced into Shanghai. A variety of ink stones and brushes are on display in showcase. The scrolls on the wall show visitors the beauty of Chinese calligraphy.

"I love this place, it's the first museum about brush and ink." A New Yorker said when she traveled in Shanghai. "The museum expresses the deep reverence for calligraphy, it also indicate that calligraphy writing is a form of art, we should show our respect to this art." 

Don't miss the English Interpretation beside every exhibit. It will tell you the stories behind the artworks.

Address: 2nd Floor, No. 429, Middle Fujian Road.

Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum

Tickets: 50 RMB (adult)
Open hours: 9am to 5pm

The museum is located at the former site of Ohel Moshe Synagogue. The Ohel Moshe Synagogue is one of the only two synagogues in Shanghai built by Russian Jews in 1927. 

The duplication of the Judaism architectural drawing is shown on the second floor. A database of the Jewish refugees are available here, visitors can search the Jewish once living in Shanghai.

The most wonderful parts of the museum are the outer exhibition hall. It tells the story about how the Jewish refugees gathered here for religious rites during the Second World War. 

Don't miss a love story between a Jewish man and his Chinese lover. Unfortunately, his girl left him at the end of the story.

Address: No. 62, Changyang Road.