Collect Shanghai

Author: Hang Kan
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The book "Collecting Shanghai" before your eyes is an attempt we have made regarding the concept of "elegant" and "popular." At the same time, it is also the third issue of the Shanghai History Museum's bulletin. This issue of the bulletin has two characteristics. The first characteristic is that it takes cultural relics as the main research subject; the second characteristic is that the authors are not limited to the researchers of the Shanghai History Museum. Only when the staff of a museum thoroughly understands its collections can they effectively carry out other work. Therefore, we have determined that this issue of the bulletin will focus on the study of cultural relics. Specifically, the research work of the Shanghai History Museum should, of course, revolve around "Shanghai," "history," and "museum." In this regard, we still need to conduct in-depth work rather than speak in general terms. The depth of scholarship is the foundation for ensuring the vitality of academic work. The Shanghai History Museum has over 20,000 old photographs from before 1949, tens of thousands of precious cultural relics of different materials, and a large amount of original documentary materials. Just to comprehensively and systematically organize and study these collections.