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, USA

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^[3]

Mauritius

The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius

• Blue Penny Museum
• Mauritius Postal Museum

Morocco

• Postal Museum^[4]

South Africa

• South African Post Office Museum^[5]

Americas

Brazil

• Museu Tempostal
• Philatelic and Numismatic Brazilian Museum

Canada

First Toronto Post Office in Toronto, Canada

• Canadian Postal Museum (closed)
• First Toronto Post Office

Costa Rica

• Museo Filatélico de Costa Rica

Cuba

• Cuban Postal Museum^[6]

Guatemala

• Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum

Mexico

• Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico

Peru

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

• National Postal and Philatelic Museum

United States

• Florida Postal Museum
• Franklin Post Office
• Garnier Post Office Museum
• Leon Myers Stamp Center
• National Philatelic Museum (closed)
• National Postal Museum
• Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
• The Museum of Postal History^[7]
• US Postal Museum^[8]

Asia

Bangladesh

• Philatelic Museum

China

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

• China National Postal and Stamp Museum
• Shanghai Postal Museum

India

• National Philatelic Museum
• Postal Museum (Mysore)^[9]

Indonesia

• Indonesian Stamp Museum

Israel

• Alexander Museum of Postal History and Philately

Japan

• Communications Museum of Japan – Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Postal Museum Japan^[10]

Malaysia

The Malacca Stamp Museum in Malacca City, Malaysia

• Malacca Stamp Museum

North Korea

• Korean Stamp Museum

Pakistan

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

Saudi Arabia

• The Postal Museum, Riyadh^[11]

Singapore

• Singapore Philatelic Museum

South Korea

• Postal Museum of Korea, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do
• Postal Memorial, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Sri Lanka

• Postal museum

Taiwan

The Chunghwa Postal Museum in Taipei, Taiwan

• Chunghwa Postal Museum

Thailand

• Thai Philatelic Museum

United Arab Emirates

• Emirates Postal Museum^[12]

Uzbekistan

• The Museum of Communication History in Uzbekistan

Europe

Andorra

Museu Postal d'Andorra in Andorra

• Museu Postal d'Andorra

Austria

• Historisches Postamt Küb

Belgium

• Postal Museum of Belgium

Croatia

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

Cyprus

• Cyprus Postal Museum

Czech Republic

• The Postal Museum^[13]

Denmark

• Danish Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen^[14]
• Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus^[15]

Estonia

• ENM Postal Museum – , Rüütli 15, 51007 Tartu, Estonia

Finland

• Postimuseo

France

• Musée de La Poste

Germany

Museum für Kommunikation in Hamburg, Germany

• Iserlohner Museum für Handwerk und Postgeschichte
• Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
• Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
• Museum für Kommunikation Hamburg
• Museum für Kommunikation Nuremberg
• Philatelic Archive in Bonn
• Postmuseum Rheinhessen

Greece

• Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece

Hungary

• Postal Museum of Hungary

Ireland

• An Post Museum (closed)

Italy

The Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe in Trieste, Italy

• Museo internazionale dell'immagine postale
• Museo storico della comunicazione
• Museum of Tasso family and Postal History, Camerata Cornello (Bergamo)
• Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe

Liechtenstein

• Postal Museum of the Principality of Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

• PostMusée

Malta

The Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta

• Malta Postal Museum^[16][17]

Monaco

• Museum of Stamps and Coins

Netherlands

• Museum voor Communicatie

Poland

• Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu

Russia

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

• A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

Slovenia

• Museum of Post and Telecommunications

Spain

• Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Spain

Sweden

• Postmuseum

Switzerland

• Museum für Kommunikation Bern

Turkey

• Istanbul Postal Museum

United Kingdom

• Bath Postal Museum
• Colne Valley Postal Museum^[18]
• Isle of Wight Postal Museum^[19]
• Oakham Treasures, Gordano, Avon ^[20] housing the former collection held at Inkpen Postal Museum
• The Postal Museum

See also

• Mail

References

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. "About". The Museum of Postal History, Inc. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
8. "Post Office and US Postal Museum". Marshallmich.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
9. "Postal Museum". mysore.ind.in. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015.
10. "About Postal Museum Japan". Postal Museum Japan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
11. "Postal Museum". AsiaRooms. TUI Travel PLC. Retrieved 2008-09-25. The Postal Museum is one 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.
12. "دار الطوابع". Emirates Postal Museum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
13. "The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008.
14. "Post & Tele Museum - the museum:". 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)
15. 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"
16. "MaltaPost launches the Malta Postal Museum". MaltaPost. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
17. "Maltapost launches the Malta Postal Museum". Times of Malta. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
18. "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
19. "The Museum Site". Isle of Wight Postal Museum/A&K Reeder. 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
20. "Oakham Treasures".

External links

• International Postal Museum – Online
• Museum of Philately – Online