The Shanghai Fire Museum is located next to the Shanghai Fire Bureau on Zhongshan West Road. Here, you can see various old-style fire engines and models of firefighting equipment. You can also learn a wealth of fire prevention and escape knowledge, as well as understand the history of the development of Shanghai’s firefighting industry. Whether you are an ordinary citizen or a student, you can come here to popularize fire knowledge and broaden your horizons. The museum has a total of three floors, but the exhibition hall is not very large. The first floor displays models and real objects of fire engines and engineering vehicles, including the original wooden mechanical ladder truck from 1930 and the MerryWeather steam fire engine from 1908. The second floor mainly focuses on fire prevention, escape, and first aid knowledge, as well as more knowledge about combustion principles. The highlight of this floor is the citizen escape experience project, which allows participants to learn the correct way to escape from a fire scene through personal experience. Additionally, there are high-tech interactive multimedia exhibition items such as dynamic 4D cinema virtual fire scene reproduction and virtual fire science laboratories. The exhibits on the third floor are even richer. In addition to the history of Shanghai’s firefighting, there are many old firefighting equipment and old photos of Shanghai. You can see the relatively complete and historically significant wooden double-bar manual pump used for firefighting by the people in the late Qing Dynasty in the Shanghai area, as well as the fire hydrant made in 1881, which appeared on the streets of Shanghai two years earlier than the Yangshupu Water Factory in Shanghai. Note that the exhibition hall is closed for a rest from 11:30 to 13:30. Please arrange your time reasonably. The opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 09:30 to 11:30 and 14:00 to 16:30 all year round; closed all day on Monday all year round; open from 09:30 to 11:30 and 14:00 to 16:30 on New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and National Day. Admission stops at 11:00 in the morning and 16:00 in the afternoon. Warm reminder: Pets are not allowed in the exhibition hall. Food and beverages are not allowed in the exhibition hall. Smoking is strictly prohibited in the museum. Please do not make noise in the exhibition hall and visit civilizedly. Minors and the elderly or disabled persons with limited mobility must be accompanied by friends and family for the visit.
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