Postal museum

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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, US

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[edit]

Africa[edit]

Egypt[edit]

Ethiopia[edit]

Kenya[edit]

Mauritius[edit]

The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius

Morocco[edit]

South Africa[edit]

Americas[edit]

Brazil[edit]

Canada[edit]

First Toronto Post Office in Toronto, Canada

Costa Rica[edit]

Cuba[edit]

Curaçao[edit]

Guatemala[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Peru[edit]

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

United States[edit]

Asia[edit]

Bangladesh[edit]

Bhutan[edit]

China[edit]

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

Hong Kong[edit]

  • The Postal Gallery

India[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

Israel[edit]

Japan[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

The Malacca Stamp Museum in Malacca City, Malaysia

North Korea[edit]

Pakistan[edit]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

  • The Postal Museum, Riyadh[19]

Singapore[edit]

South Korea[edit]

Sri Lanka[edit]

Taiwan[edit]

The Postal Museum in Taipei, Taiwan

Thailand[edit]

United Arab Emirates[edit]

Uzbekistan[edit]

Europe[edit]

Andorra[edit]

Museu Postal d'Andorra in Andorra

Austria[edit]

Belgium[edit]

Croatia[edit]

Cyprus[edit]

Czech Republic[edit]

Denmark[edit]

Estonia[edit]

Finland[edit]

France[edit]

Germany[edit]

Museum für Kommunikation in Hamburg, Germany

Greece[edit]

Hungary[edit]

Ireland[edit]

Italy[edit]

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

Liechtenstein[edit]

Luxembourg[edit]

Malta[edit]

The Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta

Monaco[edit]

Netherlands[edit]

Poland[edit]

Russia[edit]

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

San Marino[edit]

Slovenia[edit]

Spain[edit]

Sweden[edit]

Switzerland[edit]

Turkey[edit]

Ukraine[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  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. ^ "Museo postal y filatelico". November 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12.
  8. ^ "MUFI" (in Spanish). Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca. 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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  10. ^ "Post Office and US Postal Museum". Marshallmich.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Bhutan Postal Museum Entry Fees". Bhutan Department of Tourism. 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  12. ^ "中国邮政邮票博物馆". May 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26.
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  15. ^ "Indonesian Stamp Museum". July 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
  16. ^ "About Postal Museum Japan". Postal Museum Japan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Arima Philatelic Museum / Kobe, Kita-ku Arima-cho - 有馬切手文化博物館". www.kitte-museum-arima.jp.
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  19. ^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ "전남박물관미술관협회". www.jnmuseum.or.kr. Archived from the original on 2019-01-02.
  21. ^ "우정박물관 메인페이지 > 우정박물관". November 17, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17.
  22. ^ "Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum". thailandtourismdirectory.go.th (in Thai). Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  23. ^ "دار الطوابع". Emirates Postal Museum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
  24. ^ "HPT muzej - Početna stranica". February 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22.
  25. ^ "The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008.
  26. ^ "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)
  27. ^ 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"
  28. ^ "Descrizione". www.museodeitasso.com.
  29. ^ "MaltaPost launches the Malta Postal Museum". MaltaPost. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
  30. ^ "Maltapost launches the Malta Postal Museum". Times of Malta. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
  31. ^ "Musei di stato".
  32. ^ "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. ^ "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
  34. ^ "Oakham Treasures". www.oakhamtreasures.co.uk.
  35. ^ "Museum". www.rpsl.org.uk.

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