Consulate Tours
What’s your country’s Shanghai story?
For Consulates in Shanghai, we research the country’s history in Shanghai, incorporating the buildings, characters, and stories into a presentation and/or a walking tour.
Some recent walks and talks for Shanghai Consulates:
Norwegian Consulate General
For the 70th anniversary of Norwegian-Chinese relations, Historic Shanghai researched Norway’s 700 year long history with China, developing two presentations, an exhibition, and two walking tours.
Consulate General of Finland
For the visit of the President of Finland, Historic Shanghai researched and developed a presentation on Finnish history in Shanghai and a walking tour of for the First Lady.
Consulate General of Ireland
Over the years, we’ve done walks for several Ambassadors, Consuls General, and Irish Ministers, incorporating Irish history and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Old Shanghai.
U.S. Consulate General
We’ve toured several Ambassadors, Consuls-General, and Congressional Delegations, incorporating U.S. history in Shanghai.
Consulate General of the Netherlands
Tours for visiting dignitaries incorporating the history of the Netherlands in Shanghai, and tours for Consulate staff around the city.
Royal Danish Consulate General
Tours on the Danish presence in Shanghai and Shanghai tours, for Shanghai and China-wide diplomatic staff.
Other National Walks
Indians in Old Shanghai
A walk through the traces and places of Old Shanghai’s vibrant Indian community, from Parsi merchants to Nobel Laureate poets, Bombay billionaires, revolutionaries, and–of course–Sikh policemen.
The French in the French Concession
An exploration of Shanghai’s French pedigree: the historic schools; the courthouses and police stations; the villas, churches, and the prettily landscaped parks, and the spirited characters of Frenchtown.
Russians in Old Shanghai
A walk in and around the buildings and legacies of ‘Boulevard Moscou’ the stories of the Russians of Old Shanghai: artists, musicians, princesses, cabaret owners, down-at-the-heels refugees, and a host of talented architects.