Editor's Note:
Shanghai History Museum officially opened to public on Monday. As a comprehensive museum focusing on local history, it presents the 6,000-year history of the area of 6,000 square kilometers administrated by Shanghai. The museum is located at No.325 Nanjing Xi Road. The outstanding modern building with a history of more than 80 years, used to be Shanghai Race Club, the Shanghai Museum, the Shanghai Library, and the Shanghai Art Museum. (Photos: Yang Hui/GT)
A grandfather visits the Shanghai History Museum with his grandson on March 26, 2018. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
The picture shows the gate of the Shanghai History Museum on March 26, 2018. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
Visitors line up to enter the museum on March 26, 2018. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
The skull of one of the Shanghai's earliest inhabitants is on display at the Shanghai History Museum on March 26, 2018. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
A signboard of Mobil Gasoline, which entered Shanghai before 1949, is on display in the Shanghai History Museum on March 26, 2018. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
Lignumvitae for paving Nanjing Road is on display on March 26, 2018. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
People view and interact with early bank safety boxes at the Shanghai History Museum on March 26, 2018. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
Visitors take photos of the most precious treasure of the museum, a wood carving sedan chair carried by eight people dated back to Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
The earliest rickshaw (huangbaoche) in Shanghai is on display at the Shanghai History Museum on March 26, 2018. Photo: Yang Hui/GT 
The picture shows a costume belonging to Zhou Xinfang, a Peking Opera master, on display at the Shanghai History Museum. Photo: Yang Hui/GT
