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.
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List of postal and philatelic museums
editAfrica
editEgypt
editEthiopia
editKenya
editMauritius
editMorocco
editSouth Africa
editAmericas
editBrazil
editCanada
editCosta Rica
editCuba
editCuraçao
editGuatemala
editMexico
edit- Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico[8]
Peru
editUnited 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
editBangladesh
editBhutan
editChina
editHong Kong
edit- The Postal Gallery
India
edit- National Philatelic Museum
- Postal Museum (Kolkata)
- Postal Museum (Mysore)[13]
- Sandesh Museum of Communication, Bangalore[14]
Indonesia
editIsrael
editJapan
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
editNorth Korea
editPakistan
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
editSouth Korea
edit- Damyang Stamp Museum[20]
- Postal Museum, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do[21]
- Korea Postage Stamp Museum , Jung-gu, Seoul
Sri Lanka
editTaiwan
editThailand
edit- Sam Sen Nai Philatelic Museum, Phaya Thai District, Bangkok, Thailand
- Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand[22]
United Arab Emirates
editUzbekistan
editEurope
editAndorra
editAustria
editBelgium
editCroatia
edit- Croatian Postal and Telecommunications Service Museum, Jurisiceva 13, HR–10 001 Zagreb, Croatia[24]
Cyprus
editCzech Republic
editDenmark
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
editFrance
editGermany
edit- 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
editHungary
editIreland
edit- An Post Museum (closed)
Italy
edit- 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
editLuxembourg
editMalta
editMonaco
editNetherlands
editPoland
editRussia
editSan Marino
editSlovenia
editSpain
editSweden
editSwitzerland
editTurkey
editUkraine
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
editReferences
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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