Postal museum
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Postal_Square_Building.jpg/300px-Postal_Square_Building.jpg)
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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
[edit]Egypt
[edit]Ethiopia
[edit]Kenya
[edit]Mauritius
[edit]Morocco
[edit]South Africa
[edit]Americas
[edit]Brazil
[edit]Canada
[edit]Costa Rica
[edit]Cuba
[edit]Curaçao
[edit]Guatemala
[edit]Mexico
[edit]- Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico[8]
Peru
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United States
[edit]- 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[9]
- US Postal Museum[10]
Asia
[edit]Bangladesh
[edit]Bhutan
[edit]China
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Hong Kong
[edit]- The Postal Gallery
India
[edit]- National Philatelic Museum
- Postal Museum (Kolkata)
- Postal Museum (Mysore)[13]
- Sandesh Museum of Communication, Bangalore[14]
Indonesia
[edit]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
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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 , Jung-gu, Seoul
Sri Lanka
[edit]Taiwan
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Thailand
[edit]- Sam Sen Nai Philatelic Museum, Phaya Thai District, Bangkok, Thailand
- Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand[22]
United Arab Emirates
[edit]Uzbekistan
[edit]Europe
[edit]Andorra
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Austria
[edit]Belgium
[edit]Croatia
[edit]- Croatian Postal and Telecommunications Service Museum, Jurisiceva 13, HR–10 001 Zagreb, Croatia[24]
Cyprus
[edit]Czech Republic
[edit]Denmark
[edit]- Danish Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen[26]
- Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus[27]
Estonia
[edit]- ENM Postal Museum – [2], Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu, Estonia
Finland
[edit]France
[edit]Germany
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- Iserlohner Museum für Handwerk und Postgeschichte
- Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
- Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
- Museum für Kommunikation Hamburg
- Museum of Communication, Nuremberg, Germany
- Philatelic Archive in Bonn
- Postmuseum Rheinhessen
Greece
[edit]Hungary
[edit]Ireland
[edit]- An Post Museum (closed)
Italy
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- Museo internazionale dell'immagine postale
- Museo storico della comunicazione
- Museum of Tasso family and Postal History, Camerata Cornello (Bergamo)[28]
- Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe
Liechtenstein
[edit]Luxembourg
[edit]Malta
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Monaco
[edit]Netherlands
[edit]Poland
[edit]Russia
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San Marino
[edit]Slovenia
[edit]Spain
[edit]Sweden
[edit]Switzerland
[edit]Turkey
[edit]Ukraine
[edit]- Lviv Postal Museum
- Post Station in Nizhyn
United Kingdom
[edit]- Bath Postal Museum
- British Library Philatelic Collections
- Colne Valley Postal Museum[32]
- Isle of Wight Postal Museum[33]
- Oakham Treasures, Gordano, Avon[34] housing the former collection held at Inkpen Postal Museum
- The Museum of Philatelic History[35] at The Royal Philatelic Society London
- The Postal Museum, London
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Museo postal y filatelico". November 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12.
- ^ "MUFI" (in Spanish). Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca. 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bhutan Postal Museum Entry Fees". Bhutan Department of Tourism. 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "中国邮政邮票博物馆". May 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26.
- ^ "Postal Museum". mysore.ind.in. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
- ^ "A 200-year-old heritage building in Bengaluru houses museum showcasing India's postal history". Firstpost. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ^ "Indonesian Stamp Museum". July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
- ^ "About Postal Museum Japan". Postal Museum Japan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Arima Philatelic Museum / Kobe, Kita-ku Arima-cho - 有馬切手文化博物館". www.kitte-museum-arima.jp.
- ^ "English". 切手の博物館.
- ^ "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.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "전남박물관미술관협회". www.jnmuseum.or.kr. Archived from the original on 2019-01-02.
- ^ "우정박물관 메인페이지 > 우정박물관". November 17, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum". thailandtourismdirectory.go.th (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ^ "دار الطوابع". Emirates Postal Museum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
- ^ "HPT muzej - Početna stranica". February 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22.
- ^ "The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008.
- ^ "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)
- ^ 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"
- ^ "Descrizione". www.museodeitasso.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Musei di stato".
- ^ "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. 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
- ^ "Oakham Treasures". www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk.
- ^ "Museum". www.rpsl.org.uk.
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