Propaganda Poster Art Centre, Propaganda art museum in French Concession, Shanghai, China
The Propaganda Poster Art Centre is a museum in Shanghai's French Concession dedicated to political posters from China's Maoist era. The collection contains over 6,000 original artworks, printed materials, and historical documents spanning this period.
The center was founded in 1995 when collector Yang Pei Ming began gathering discarded political posters during China's shift toward a market economy. What might have been destroyed instead became the foundation of this collection documenting that transformative period.
The posters served as a visual language that conveyed government messages and shaped how people viewed their daily surroundings. You see how art and politics were intertwined in everyday life through these images displayed on walls and in public spaces.
The museum is located in Building B of the President Mansion on Huashan Road and operates daily. English translations accompany the exhibits, making it easier for visitors to understand the messages on each poster.
The gallery occupies an underground space accessed through an apartment complex, creating an unexpected setting for the visit. Some posters are one-of-a-kind pieces from the Cultural Revolution that exist nowhere else.
GPS coordinates: 31.21374,121.43877
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