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.

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

List of postal and philatelic museums
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Africa

Egypt
  • The Post Museum[1]

Ethiopia
  • Ethiopian National Postal Museum[2]

Kenya
  • German Post Office Museum[3]

Mauritius
The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius

Morocco
  • Postal Museum[4]

South Africa
  • South African Post Office Museum[5]

Americas

Brazil
  • Museu Tempostal
  • Philatelic and Numismatic Brazilian Museum

Canada
First Toronto Post Office in Toronto, Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba
  • Cuban Postal Museum[6]

Curaçao
  • Postal Museum Curaçao

Guatemala

Mexico

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

United States

Asia

Bangladesh
  • Philatelic Museum

Bhutan
  • Bhutan Postal Museum[9].

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

India

Indonesia

Israel

Japan
  • Communications Museum of Japan – Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
  • Postal Museum Japan[11]
  • Philatelic Culture Museum (Arima, Kobe) [12]
  • Philatelic Museum (Mejiro, Tokyo) [13]

Malaysia
The Malacca Stamp Museum in Malacca City, Malaysia
  • Malacca Stamp Museum

North Korea

Pakistan
  • Pakistan Postal Museum – Karachi
  • Siddiqui Philatelic Museum, 22-J-Z Madina Town, Faisalabad

Saudi Arabia
  • The Postal Museum, Riyadh[14]

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan
The Postal Museum in Taipei, Taiwan

Thailand

United Arab Emirates
  • Emirates Postal Museum[16]

Uzbekistan

Europe

Andorra
Museu Postal d'Andorra in Andorra
  • Museu Postal d'Andorra

Austria
  • Historisches Postamt Küb

Belgium
  • Postal Museum of Belgium

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic
  • The Postal Museum[17]

Denmark

Estonia
  • ENM Postal Museum – , Rüütli 15, 51007 Tartu, Estonia

Finland
  • Postimuseo

France

Germany
Museum für Kommunikation in Hamburg, Germany

Greece

Hungary
  • Postal Museum of Hungary

Ireland

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

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg
  • PostMusée

Malta
The Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta

Monaco

Netherlands
  • Museum voor Communicatie

Poland
  • Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu

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

Slovenia

Spain
  • Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Spain
  • La Virreina Centro de la Imagen

Sweden
  • Postmuseum

Switzerland
  • Museum für Kommunikation Bern

Turkey

Ukraine
  • Lviv Postal Museum
  • Post Station in Nizhyn

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. Tourism Council of Bhutan, Bhutan Postal Museum https://www.bhutan.travel/experiences/bhutan-postal-museum. The museum has also its own page on Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/Bhutan-Postal-Museum-345046809276969/?ref=br_rs
  10. "Postal Museum". mysore.ind.in. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  11. "About Postal Museum Japan". Postal Museum Japan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
  12. http://www.kitte-museum-arima.jp/english/index.html
  13. https://kitte-museum.jp/english/
  14. "Postal Museum". AsiaRooms. TUI Travel PLC. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. 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.
  15. "Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum". thailandtourismdirectory.go.th (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  16. "دار الطوابع". Emirates Postal Museum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
  17. "The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008.
  18. "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)
  19. 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"
  20. "MaltaPost launches the Malta Postal Museum". MaltaPost. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
  21. "Maltapost launches the Malta Postal Museum". Times of Malta. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
  22. "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
  23. "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
  24. "Oakham Treasures".
  25. "The Museum of Philatelic History".
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