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There are museums for postal organisations and the worldwide postal system:[1]

Africa

Egypt

Ethiopia

Kenya

  • German Postal Museum, Lamu

Mauritius

  • National Postal Museum

Morocco

South Africa

Americas

Canada

Cuba

Guatemala

United States of America

Asia

China

Indonesia

Japan

Postal Museum Japan

Malaysia

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

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

Taiwan

Europe

Andorra

Cyprus

Czech Republic

  • Czech Post Museum[4]

Denmark

  • Danish Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen[5]
  • Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus[6]

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Liechtenstein

Postmuseum des Fürstentums Liechtenstein

Monaco

Musée des Timbres et des Monnaies de Monaco

Netherlands

  • Museum voor Communicatie
  • [5]

Russia

Sweden

United Kingdom

Middle East

Egypt

Israel

United Arab Emirates

Saudi Arabia

  • The Postal Museum, Riyadh[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Links". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2008-09-25. Links to: Non-profit Philatelic and Postal History Societies, Philatelic and History Museums, Philatelic and Postal History Archives and Libraries, Related Non–profit Links and Resources
  2. ^ Meyer, Zlati (Mar 20, 2011). "You haven't lived here until ... You snail-mail yourself to the Marshall postal museum". Detroit Free Press. p. 20. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  3. ^ "Philatelic Center and Postal Museum". Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Communication and Works, Cyprus Postal Services. Retrieved 2008-09-25. The Philatelic Centre and Postal Museum operating in Cyprus since 1981 [..] Museum is situated since 1999 at Laiki Yitonia in the old town of Lefkosia
  4. ^ "Česká pošta s.p. : The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-09-25. The Postal Museum invites you to come to see its exhibitions: The Postal Museum, Nove mlyny 2, 110 00 Praha 1 [..] The Postal Museum – Branch Office, 382 73 Vyssi Brod {{cite web}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 62 (help)
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ 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"
  7. ^ anpost.ie
  8. ^ "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
  9. ^ "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
  10. ^ "Oakham Treasures".
  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.