Postal museum
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
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Africa
Egypt
- The Post Museum[1]
Ethiopia
- Ethiopian National Postal Museum[2]
Kenya
- German Post Office Museum[3]
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
Costa Rica
Cuba
- Cuban Postal Museum[6]
Guatemala
Mexico
- Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico
Peru
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
China
India
- National Philatelic Museum
- Postal Museum (Mysore)[9]
Indonesia
Israel
Japan
- Communications Museum of Japan – Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Postal Museum Japan[10]
Malaysia
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
South Korea
- Postal Museum of Korea, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do
- Postal Memorial, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
- Emirates Postal Museum[12]
Uzbekistan
Europe
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
Czech Republic
- The Postal Museum[13]
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
- Postimuseo
France
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
Hungary
- Postal Museum of Hungary
Ireland
- An Post Museum (closed)
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
Monaco
Netherlands
- Museum voor Communicatie
Poland
- Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu
Russia
Slovenia
Spain
- Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Spain
Sweden
- Postmuseum
Switzerland
- Museum für Kommunikation Bern
Turkey
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
References
- ↑ "The Postal Museum". State Information Services. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "National Postal Museum". Ethiopian Museums Support Association. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016.
- ↑ "Lamu-German Post Office Historic Background". National Museums of Kenya. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
- ↑ "Postal Museum – Philately and Communication". morocco.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
- ↑ "Museum". South African Post Office. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Cuban Postal Museum: unique in Latin America". webhavana.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
- ↑ "About". The Museum of Postal History, Inc. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
- ↑ "Post Office and US Postal Museum". Marshallmich.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Postal Museum". mysore.ind.in. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015.
- ↑ "About Postal Museum Japan". Postal Museum Japan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "دار الطوابع". Emirates Postal Museum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008.
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ "MaltaPost launches the Malta Postal Museum". MaltaPost. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "Maltapost launches the Malta Postal Museum". Times of Malta. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Oakham Treasures".
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