The great museums in the Shinan district of Qingdao city – located in East China's Shandong province – are mostly to be found in the Qingdao Western Old Town, which is lobbying to be included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. It is widely viewed they will play a significant part in any successful bid.

Qingdao Post & Telecommunications Museum

The museum's premise, built more than a hundred years ago in 1901, is located at No 5 Anhui Road, Shinan district. The building was previously the location of the Jiao'ao German Empire Post Office. Jiao'ao is Qingdao's ancient name. [Photo/WeChat account: qdweishinan]

Visitors are able to visit all three levels of the building. On the first floor is a reception hall and souvenir shops. The second floor is the main exhibition hall, which displays 1,000 historical exhibits and more than 2,000 pictures. The top floor, dubbed "tower 1901", is home to the only wooden tower that is more than a century old in the city.