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Postal museum

Summary

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.

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

List of postal and philatelic museums edit

Africa edit

Egypt edit

  • The Post Museum[1]

Ethiopia edit

  • Ethiopian National Postal Museum[2]

Kenya edit

  • German Post Office Museum [1][3]

Mauritius edit

 
The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius

Morocco edit

  • Postal Museum[4]

South Africa edit

  • South African Post Office Museum[5]

Americas edit

Brazil edit

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

Canada edit

 
First Toronto Post Office in Toronto, Canada

Costa Rica edit

Cuba edit

  • Cuban Postal Museum[6]

Curaçao edit

  • Postal Museum Curaçao

Guatemala edit

  • Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum[7]

Mexico edit

  • Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico[8]

Peru edit

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

United States edit

Asia edit

Bangladesh edit

Bhutan edit

China edit

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

Hong Kong edit

  • The Postal Gallery

India edit

Indonesia edit

  • Indonesian Stamp Museum[15]

Israel edit

Japan edit

  • 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 edit

 
The Malacca Stamp Museum in Malacca City, Malaysia

North Korea edit

Pakistan edit

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

Saudi Arabia edit

  • The Postal Museum, Riyadh[19]

Singapore edit

South Korea edit

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

Sri Lanka edit

Taiwan edit

 
The Postal Museum in Taipei, Taiwan

Thailand edit

United Arab Emirates edit

  • Emirates Postal Museum[23]

Uzbekistan edit

Europe edit

Andorra edit

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

Austria edit

  • Historisches Postamt Küb [de]

Belgium edit

  • Postal Museum of Belgium

Croatia edit

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

Cyprus edit

Czech Republic edit

  • The Postal Museum[25]

Denmark edit

Estonia edit

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

Finland edit

  • Postimuseo [fi]

France edit

Germany edit

 
Museum für Kommunikation in Hamburg, Germany

Greece edit

Hungary edit

  • Postal Museum of Hungary

Ireland edit

Italy edit

 
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 edit

Luxembourg edit

  • PostMusée [de]

Malta edit

 
The Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta

Monaco edit

Netherlands edit

  • Museum voor Communicatie [nl]

Poland edit

  • Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu [pl]

Russia edit

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

San Marino edit

  • Museo del Francobollo e della Moneta[31]

Slovenia edit

Spain edit

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

Sweden edit

  • Postmuseum [sv]

Switzerland edit

Turkey edit

Ukraine edit

  • Lviv Postal Museum
  • Post Station in Nizhyn

United Kingdom edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Postal Museum". State Information Services. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015.
  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 edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Postal museums.
  • International Postal Museum – Online
  • Museum of Philately – Online
  • Postal Museum (London)

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