Postal museum explained

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

Egypt

• The Post Museum^[1]

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian National Postal Museum^[2]

Kenya

• German Post Office Museum https://museums.or.ke/lamu-museum/^[3]

Mauritius

• Blue Penny Museum
• Mauritius Postal Museum

Morocco

• Postal Museum^[4]

South Africa

• South African Post Office Museum^[5]

Americas

Brazil

• • Philatelic and Numismatic Brazilian Museum

Canada

• Canadian Postal Museum (closed)
• First Toronto Post Office

Costa Rica

• Museo Filatélico de Costa Rica

Cuba

• Cuban Postal Museum^[6]

Curaçao

• Postal Museum Curaçao

Guatemala

• Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum^[7]

Mexico

• Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico^[8]

Peru

• National Postal and Philatelic Museum

United States

• 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

Bangladesh

• Philatelic Museum

Bhutan

• Bhutan Postal Museum.^[11]

China

• China National Postal and Stamp Museum^[12]
• Shanghai Postal Museum

Hong Kong

• The Postal Gallery

India

• National Philatelic Museum
• Postal Museum (Kolkata)
• Postal Museum (Mysore)^[13]
• Sandesh Museum of Communication, Bangalore^[14]

Indonesia

• Indonesian Stamp Museum^[15]

Israel

• Alexander Museum of Postal History and Philately

Japan

• 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

• Malacca Stamp Museum

North Korea

• Korea Stamp Museum

Pakistan

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

Saudi Arabia

• The Postal Museum, Riyadh^[19]

Singapore

• Singapore Philatelic Museum

South Korea

• Damyang Stamp Museum^[20]
• Postal Museum, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do^[21]
• , Jung-gu, Seoul

Sri Lanka

• Postal museum

Taiwan

• Chunghwa Postal Museum

Thailand

• Sam Sen Nai Philatelic Museum, Phaya Thai District, Bangkok, Thailand
• Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand^[22]

United Arab Emirates

• Emirates Postal Museum^[23]

Uzbekistan

• The Museum of Communication History in Uzbekistan

Europe

Belgium

• Postal Museum of Belgium

Croatia

• Croatian Postal and Telecommunications Service Museum, Jurisiceva 13, HR–10 001 Zagreb, Croatia^[24]

Cyprus

• Cyprus Postal Museum

Czech Republic

• The Postal Museum^[25]

Denmark

• Danish Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen^[26]
• Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus^[27]

Estonia

• ENM Postal Museum – https://www.erm.ee/en/museum, Muuseumi tee 2, 60532 Tartu, Estonia

France

• Musée de La Poste

Germany

• • • Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt
• Museum für Kommunikation Hamburg
• Museum of Communication, Nuremberg, Germany
• Philatelic Archive in Bonn

Greece

• Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece

Hungary

• Postal Museum of Hungary

Ireland

• An Post Museum (closed)

Italy

• • • Museum of Tasso family and Postal History, Camerata Cornello (Bergamo)^[28]

Liechtenstein

• Postal Museum

Malta

• Malta Postal Museum^{[29] [30]}

Monaco

• Museum of Stamps and Coins

Russia

• A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

San Marino

• Museo del Francobollo e della Moneta^[31]

Slovenia

• Museum of Post and Telecommunications

Spain

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

Switzerland

• Museum of Communication Bern

Turkey

• Istanbul Postal Museum
• PTT Postage Stamp Museum

Ukraine

• Lviv Postal Museum
• Post Station in Nizhyn

United Kingdom

• 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

• Mail

External links

• International Postal Museum – Online
• Museum of Philately – Online
• Postal Museum (London)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Postal Museum. State Information Services. https://web.archive.org/web/20151113173739/http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticles.aspx?ArtID=1261#.V4pDT_l961t. 13 November 2015.
2. Web site: National Postal Museum. Ethiopian Museums Support Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20160625125248/http://ethiomuseums.org/National%20Postal%20Museum.html. 25 June 2016.
3. Web site: Lamu-German Post Office Historic Background. National Museums of Kenya. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624142945/http://www.museums.or.ke/content/view/53/24/. 24 June 2016.
4. Web site: Postal Museum – Philately and Communication. morocco.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315131738/http://www.morocco.com/museums/postal/. 15 March 2016.
5. Web site: Museum. South African Post Office. 16 July 2016.
6. Web site: Cuban Postal Museum: unique in Latin America. webhavana.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416023854/http://www.webhavana.com/en/cuban_postal_museum.html. 16 April 2016.
7. Web site: Museo postal y filatelico. November 12, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111112113230/http://www.museoscentroamericanos.net/guatemala_museos/museos_privados/filatelico.html. 2011-11-12.
8. Web site: MUFI . es . Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca . 2019 . 23 January 2023 .
9. Web site: About. The Museum of Postal History, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624050219/http://postalhistorymuseum.org/about/. 24 June 2016.
10. Web site: Post Office and US Postal Museum. Marshallmich.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160716151851/http://www.marshallmich.com/history/PostalMuseum.shtml. 16 July 2016.
11. Web site: Bhutan Postal Museum Entry Fees . Bhutan Department of Tourism . 2023 . 23 January 2023 .
12. Web site: 中国邮政邮票博物馆. May 26, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080526090057/http://www.cyzypm.com/index.htm. 2008-05-26.
13. Web site: Postal Museum . mysore.ind.in . 5 February 2018.
14. News: 2022-10-09 . A 200-year-old heritage building in Bengaluru houses museum showcasing India's postal history . 2023-05-02 . Firstpost.
15. Web site: Indonesian Stamp Museum. July 21, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721121141/http://filateli.wasantara.net.id/NewTemp/Museum.htm. 2011-07-21.
16. Web site: About Postal Museum Japan. Postal Museum Japan. https://web.archive.org/web/20160208033024/http://www.postalmuseum.jp/english/about.html. 8 February 2016.
17. Web site: Arima Philatelic Museum / Kobe, Kita-ku Arima-cho - 有馬切手文化博物館. www.kitte-museum-arima.jp.
18. Web site: English. 切手の博物館.
19. Web site: Postal Museum. 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.. 2008-09-25. AsiaRooms. TUI Travel PLC. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313082108/http://www.asiarooms.com/en/travel-guide/saudi-arabia/riyadh/riyadh-museums/postal-museum.html. 2012-03-13. usurped.
20. Web site: 전남박물관미술관협회 . www.jnmuseum.or.kr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190102210952/http://www.jnmuseum.or.kr/default/11/menu03.php?topmenu=11 . 2019-01-02.
21. Web site: 우정박물관 메인페이지 > 우정박물관. November 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032058/http://www.postmuseum.go.kr/. 2015-11-17.
22. Web site: Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum. thailandtourismdirectory.go.th. th. 2019-05-29.
23. Web site: دار الطوابع. Emirates Postal Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20160716140426/http://www.emiratespostalmuseum.com/. 16 July 2016. ar.
24. Web site: HPT muzej - Početna stranica. February 22, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080222230642/http://www.mdc.hr/ht/eng/index.html. 2008-02-22.
25. Web site: The Postal Museum. Česká pošta. https://web.archive.org/web/20080731213347/http://www.cpost.cz/jetspeed/portal/media-type/html/language/en/country/null/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_pane/P-1015d17310f-109d1. 31 July 2008.
26. Web site: Post & Tele Museum - the museum. . 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). 2010-10-11.
27. Web site: The Postal Museum in Århus, Denmark. Toke. Nørby. 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".
28. Web site: Descrizione. www.museodeitasso.com.
29. News: MaltaPost launches the Malta Postal Museum. MaltaPost. 17 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160621110015/http://www.maltapost.com/pdf.aspx?f=51948. 21 June 2016.
30. News: Maltapost launches the Malta Postal Museum. Times of Malta. 19 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160621102257/http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20160619/local/maltapost-launches-the-malta-postal-museum.616080. 21 June 2016.
31. Web site: Musei di stato .
32. Web site: 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.
33. Web site: The Museum Site. 2008-09-25. Isle of Wight Postal Museum/A&K Reeder. probably the largest private collection of post boxes and postal equipment in the United Kingdom [..] The Museum is situated near Newport. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080708183124/http://www.postalmuseum.co.uk/the_museum_site.html. 2008-07-08.
34. Web site: Oakham Treasures. www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk.
35. Web site: Museum. www.rpsl.org.uk.