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Quirky museums tell the capital's history

By louise Watt Associated Press | China Daily | Updated: 2016-04-09 07:26

Founders see them as helping preserve cultural legacy

Stuffed into a tiny room off an alleyway are items that Wang Jinming readily admits were put out with the garbage: Paper string, a needle holder, a metal pancake maker built for thrusting into a fire.

"These objects all look quite old and shabby," he says. "But they record real history."

Quirky museums tell the capital's history

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