The Museum of Medical History in Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, located inside Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is the earliest special museum of medical history in China. It used to be the Medical History Museum of Chinese Medical Association, founded in 1938, and was affiliated to Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1959.

The museum covers an area of 344 square meters, 230 square meters of which is used for exhibition. It has collected 10,062 items of historical relics, of which the precious ones are the Bianshi (a stone acupuncture needle used in ancient times) left from in the Neolithic Age, the pottery sewage from the Qin Dynasty (qín cháo 秦朝) (221-206BC), the gilded bronze censer from the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), the pottery bone ash jar from the Jin Dynasty (jīn dài 金代) (265-460), the large pottery gourd for holding herbal medicine from the Ming Dynasty (míng cháo 明朝) (1368-1644), the bronze human figure for learning acupuncture from the Qing Dynasty (qīng cháo 清朝) (1644-1911) and various editions of ancient medical books, such as Zhenghe Bencao (Zhenghe Materia Medica), Bencao Gangmu (běn cǎo gāng mù 本草纲目) (Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen 1518-1593) and Chifengsui (a special book on qigong, a system of deep breathing exercises) from the Ming Dynasty.

The museum reflects briefly the main achievements of the Chinese medical development through the ages with the display of cultural relics and information materials of the medical history.

Opening Hours: 8：00 - 11：30，1：00 - 5：00
Tel: 021-54231350, 54231376
Address: Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicin