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

Africa

Mauritius

Morocco

Postal Museum^[4]

South Africa

South African Post Office Museum^[5]

Americas

Brazil

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

United States

Asia

Bangladesh

Philatelic Museum

China

India

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

Malacca Stamp Museum

North Korea

Korean Stamp Museum [de]

Pakistan

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

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

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 [ca]

Austria

Historisches Postamt Küb [de]

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 – [1], Rüütli 15, 51007 Tartu, Estonia

Finland

Postimuseo [fi]

France

Musée de La Poste

Germany

Greece

Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece

Hungary

Postal Museum of Hungary

Ireland

An Post Museum (closed)

Italy

Liechtenstein

Postal Museum of the Principality of Liechtenstein [de]

Luxembourg

PostMusée [de]

Malta

Malta Postal Museum^[16]^[17]

Monaco

Museum of Stamps and Coins

Netherlands

Museum voor Communicatie [nl]

Poland

Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu [pl]

Russia

A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

Slovenia

Museum of Post and Telecommunications

Spain

Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Spain

Sweden

Postmuseum [sv]

Switzerland

Museum für Kommunikation Bern [de]

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

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".

External links

[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.

[tom2016-06-19-17] "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".

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