Postal museum

The National Postal Museum at Postal Square Building in Washington, D.C., United States
The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History at Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts, USA

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

Ethiopia

Kenya

Mauritius

The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius

Morocco

South Africa

Americas

Brazil

Canada

First Toronto Post Office in Toronto, Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba

Guatemala

Mexico

Peru

National Postal and Philatelic Museum at the Casa de Correos y Telegrafos in Lima, Peru

United States

Asia

Bangladesh

China

Shanghai Postal Museum at the General Post Office Building in Shanghai, China

India

Indonesia

Israel

Japan

Malaysia

The Malacca Stamp Museum in Malacca City, Malaysia

North Korea

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

The Postal Museum in Taipei, Taiwan

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Europe

Andorra

Museu Postal d'Andorra in Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Museum für Kommunikation in Hamburg, Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

The Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe in Trieste, Italy

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

The Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

Poland

Russia

A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

See also

References

  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.
  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".
  21. ↑ "The Museum of Philatelic History".
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