Shikumen Wulixiang Museum

The Shikumen Open House Museum is a museum in the Xintiandi area of Shanghai, China that presents a house in the traditional shikumen style. This is a small museum on the south side of the North Block of Xintiandi on Xingye Road that presents Shanghai life as it was around the 1920s and 30s in a shikumen-style "stone-gate" house.

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Type: Museum
Description: building in Shikumen Museum, China
Also known as: “Shanghai Shikumen Museum”, “shikumen bowuguan”, “Shikumen Museum”, and “Shikumen Open House Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include French Concession and Seat of the First Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

French Concession

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The French Concession is the area of Shanghai that the French government administered from 1849 until 1946. The tree-lined avenues and the many fine old houses in the area still retain an air of the "Paris of the East".

Seat of the First Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

Museum

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The Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is now preserved as a museum in Shanghai, China. It is located in Xintiandi, on 76 Xingye Road.

Shanghai Museum

Museum

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The Shanghai Museum is a public municipal museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. It is funded by the Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau. Shanghai Museum is situated 1 km north of Shikumen Wulixiang Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xintiandi and Huaihai Zhonglu.

Xintiandi

Quarter

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Xintiandi is an affluent car-free shopping, eating and entertainment district of Shanghai. Xintiandi now refers to the wider area centered around Madang Road which includes both pedestrian-only and motor traffic roads.