Postal museum

The National Postal Museum at Postal Square Building in Washington, D.C., United States
The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, US

A postal museum is a museum dedicated to the display of objects relating to the postal service. A subcategory of postal museums are philatelic museums, which focus on philately and postage stamps.

List of postal and philatelic museums

Africa

Egypt

  • The Post Museum[1]

Ethiopia

  • Ethiopian National Postal Museum[2]

Kenya

  • German Post Office Museum [1][3]

Mauritius

The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius

Morocco

  • Postal Museum[4]

South Africa

  • South African Post Office Museum[5]

Americas

Brazil

  • Museu Tempostal [it]
  • Philatelic and Numismatic Brazilian Museum

Canada

First Toronto Post Office in Toronto, Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba

  • Cuban Postal Museum[6]

Curaçao

  • Postal Museum Curaçao

Guatemala

  • Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum[7]

Mexico

  • Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico[8]

Peru

National Postal and Philatelic Museum at the Casa de Correos y Telegrafos in Lima, Peru

United States

Asia

Bangladesh

Bhutan

China

Shanghai Postal Museum at the General Post Office Building in Shanghai, China

Hong Kong

  • The Postal Gallery

India

Indonesia

  • Indonesian Stamp Museum[15]

Israel

Japan

  • Communications Museum of Japan – Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • Postal Museum Japan[16]
  • Philatelic Culture Museum (Arima, Kobe)[17]
  • Philatelic Museum (Mejiro, Tokyo)[18]

Malaysia

The Malacca Stamp Museum in Malacca City, Malaysia

North Korea

Pakistan

  • Pakistan Postal Museum – Karachi
  • Siddiqui Philatelic Museum, 22-J-Z Madina Town, Faisalabad[citation needed]

Saudi Arabia

  • The Postal Museum, Riyadh[19]

Singapore

South Korea

  • Damyang Stamp Museum[20]
  • Postal Museum, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do[21]
  • Korea Postage Stamp Museum [ko], Jung-gu, Seoul

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

The Postal Museum in Taipei, Taiwan

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

  • Emirates Postal Museum[23]

Uzbekistan

Europe

Andorra

Museu Postal d'Andorra in Andorra
  • Museu Postal d'Andorra [ca]

Austria

  • Historisches Postamt Küb [de]

Belgium

  • Postal Museum of Belgium

Croatia

  • Croatian Postal and Telecommunications Service Museum, Jurisiceva 13, HR–10 001 Zagreb, Croatia[24]

Cyprus

Czech Republic

  • The Postal Museum[25]

Denmark

Estonia

  • ENM Postal Museum – [2], Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu, Estonia

Finland

  • Postimuseo [fi]

France

Germany

Museum für Kommunikation in Hamburg, Germany

Greece

Hungary

  • Postal Museum of Hungary

Ireland

Italy

The Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe in Trieste, Italy
  • Museo internazionale dell'immagine postale [it]
  • Museo storico della comunicazione [it]
  • Museum of Tasso family and Postal History, Camerata Cornello (Bergamo)[28]
  • Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe [it]

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

  • PostMusée [de]

Malta

The Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

  • Museum voor Communicatie [nl]

Poland

  • Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu [pl]

Russia

A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications in Saint Petersburg, Russia

San Marino

  • Museo del Francobollo e della Moneta[31]

Slovenia

Spain

  • Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Spain
  • La Virreina Centro de la Imagen

Sweden

  • Postmuseum [sv]

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

  • Lviv Postal Museum
  • Post Station in Nizhyn

United Kingdom

See also

References

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  2. ^ "National Postal Museum". Ethiopian Museums Support Association. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Lamu-German Post Office Historic Background". National Museums of Kenya. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Postal Museum – Philately and Communication". morocco.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Museum". South African Post Office. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Cuban Postal Museum: unique in Latin America". webhavana.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Museo postal y filatelico". November 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12.
  8. ^ "MUFI" (in Spanish). Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca. 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. ^ "About". The Museum of Postal History, Inc. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Post Office and US Postal Museum". Marshallmich.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Bhutan Postal Museum Entry Fees". Bhutan Department of Tourism. 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  12. ^ "中国邮政邮票博物馆". May 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26.
  13. ^ "Postal Museum". mysore.ind.in. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  14. ^ "A 200-year-old heritage building in Bengaluru houses museum showcasing India's postal history". Firstpost. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  15. ^ "Indonesian Stamp Museum". July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
  16. ^ "About Postal Museum Japan". Postal Museum Japan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Arima Philatelic Museum / Kobe, Kita-ku Arima-cho - 有馬切手文化博物館". www.kitte-museum-arima.jp.
  18. ^ "English". 切手の博物館.
  19. ^ "Postal Museum". AsiaRooms. TUI Travel PLC. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2008-09-25. The Postal Museum is one [of] the most famous museums that one can find in the city of Riyadh. [..] The museum and its exhibits are maintained by the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephones.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ "전남박물관미술관협회". www.jnmuseum.or.kr. Archived from the original on 2019-01-02.
  21. ^ "우정박물관 메인페이지 > 우정박물관". November 17, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
  22. ^ "Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum". thailandtourismdirectory.go.th (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  23. ^ "دار الطوابع". Emirates Postal Museum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
  24. ^ "HPT muzej - Početna stranica". February 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22.
  25. ^ "The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008.
  26. ^ "Post & Tele Museum - the museum". ptt-museum.dk. Retrieved 2010-10-11. The Post & Tele Museum is Denmark's national museum of post and telecommunications. The museum is a foundation set up in 1996 by TDC A/S and Post Danmark A/S and was previously called Dansk Post og Telegrafmuseum (The Danish Post and Telegraph Museum)
  27. ^ Nørby, Toke. "The Postal Museum in Århus, Denmark". Retrieved 2008-09-25. in Kannikegade 16, st. th., DK-8000 Århus C [..] This old post office belongs to "De Post- og Telegrafhistoriske Samlinger i Aarhus"
  28. ^ "Descrizione". www.museodeitasso.com.
  29. ^ "MaltaPost launches the Malta Postal Museum". MaltaPost. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
  30. ^ "Maltapost launches the Malta Postal Museum". Times of Malta. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
  31. ^ "Musei di stato".
  32. ^ "Colne Valley Postal History Museum". privately owned Postal History Museum in the heart of East Anglia [..] The museum houses the second-largest private collection of Post Boxes in the UK [..] there is no general public access other than by prior arrangement
  33. ^ "The Museum Site". Isle of Wight Postal Museum/A&K Reeder. Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-09-25. probably the largest private collection of post boxes and postal equipment in the United Kingdom [..] The Museum is situated near Newport
  34. ^ "Oakham Treasures". www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk.
  35. ^ "Museum". www.rpsl.org.uk.

External links

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