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Upcoming Walks
Each month, our walks take us throughout this incredible city, exploring the history as told in the architecture, in the stories of the people who lived here before us. Join us!
Private Tours
Historic Shanghai’s private tours take you into the incredible world of Old Shanghai: the history, the architecture, the stories, the characters. You pick the date, your group, and the tour – or ask us to customize one.
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Memberships
Founded in 1998, Historic Shanghai is the city’s oldest heritage society. Join our wonderful community of members, and explore the multi-layered history of this remarkable city in walks, talks, books, films, and more.
Book Club
“Shanghai is too complicated to be understood with the naked eye. It needs to be read.” And that’s what we do at the Historic Shanghai Book Club: read the multi-layered story of this city and her people, from different perspectives, genres, and periods of history.
Substack
Historic Shanghai’s history focused city walks tell the stories of Old Shanghai using the city’s incredible heritage architecture. Our Substack does the same thing, in written form. If you’re a reader, if you want more, if you don’t live in Shanghai but want to feel like you do …our Substack is for you.
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About Historic Shanghai
Historic Shanghai was founded in 1998 by Tess Johnston, Patrick Cranley and Tina Kanagaratnam with the goal of preserving Shanghai’s unique history by raising awareness and appreciation of the city’s remarkable built heritage and social and cultural history.
Contact Us
Researching old Shanghai and/or your family history in Shanghai?
Tell us what you’re working on, and if we have material in our collection that can help, we’ll be happy to share, or to point you to an expert in the field.
Contact us at: info@historic-shanghai.com