This museum is located in the former Shanghai Race Club at 325 Nanjing Xi Lu. The race track is now Renmin Gongyuan (People's Park) and the Renmin Dad Dao (People's Square). It is immediately noticeable for its trademark clock tower. The bui1ding is marked with the insignia SRC, standing for Shanghai Race Club¡ªthe main staircase is decorated with iron railings in the shape of horse's heads. In the front stairwell all the third floor there is a European war monument devoted to the people of Shanghai who died in World War I, probably the only monument of its type still remaining. The one which stood on the Waitan was destroyed. It is possible to go up on the roof for an excel1ent view of the city.
