The Bank Museum is an outstanding historical building in the fifth batch in Shanghai and also the former site of the Shanghai Lawyers Association. The museum has four floors in total, presenting the financial development in different periods respectively. It is interspersed with forms of expression such as projections and related clips, simulating and restoring the initial landform and prosperity of the Bund in the old financial area of Shanghai. The first floor mainly exhibits bank-related artworks. The exhibitions on the second, third, and fourth floors are from the perspectives of the rise and development of foreign-funded and Chinese-funded financial institutions, the national financial system, and the new China’s financial system. The history hall, currency hall, and exhibition hall in the museum have collected up to tens of thousands of various collections. Among them, there are very historical valuable bank passbooks, account books, drafts, and bank checks of various periods. It also treasures relatively precious Yuanbao banknotes from the Chu State during the Warring States Period. In addition, the museum also provides scenes such as ‘money houses in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China’ and ‘exchanging silver dollars’ for tourists to experience. Tourists in the museum will also feel the sensory experience brought by modern technological means. For example, modern equipment such as light control and sound control helps the museum more vividly show the great changes in China’s finance over decades.
Opening hours: Open from 09:30 to 16:30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout the year; closed all day on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays throughout the year; closed all day on National Day.Shanghai Bank Museum
The Bank Museum is an outstanding historical building in the fifth batch in Shanghai and also the fo[...]
