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.

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  1 List of postal and philatelic museums
  
  
  
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    1.1 Africa
    
    
    
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      1.1.1 Egypt
      
    
    
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      1.1.2 Ethiopia
      
    
    
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      1.1.3 Kenya
      
    
    
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      1.1.4 Mauritius
      
    
    
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      1.1.5 Morocco
      
    
    
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      1.1.6 South Africa
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    1.2 Americas
    
    
    
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      1.2.1 Brazil
      
    
    
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      1.2.2 Canada
      
    
    
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      1.2.3 Costa Rica
      
    
    
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      1.2.4 Cuba
      
    
    
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      1.2.5 Guatemala
      
    
    
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      1.2.6 Mexico
      
    
    
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      1.2.7 Peru
      
    
    
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      1.2.8 United States
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    1.3 Asia
    
    
    
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      1.3.1 Bangladesh
      
    
    
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      1.3.2 Bhutan
      
    
    
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      1.3.3 China
      
    
    
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      1.3.4 India
      
    
    
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      1.3.5 Indonesia
      
    
    
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      1.3.6 Israel
      
    
    
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      1.3.7 Japan
      
    
    
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      1.3.8 Malaysia
      
    
    
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      1.3.9 North Korea
      
    
    
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      1.3.10 Pakistan
      
    
    
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      1.3.11 Saudi Arabia
      
    
    
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      1.3.12 Singapore
      
    
    
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      1.3.13 South Korea
      
    
    
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      1.3.14 Sri Lanka
      
    
    
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      1.3.15 Taiwan
      
    
    
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      1.3.16 Thailand
      
    
    
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      1.3.17 United Arab Emirates
      
    
    
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      1.3.18 Uzbekistan
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    1.4 Europe
    
    
    
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      1.4.1 Andorra
      
    
    
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      1.4.2 Austria
      
    
    
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      1.4.3 Belgium
      
    
    
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      1.4.4 Croatia
      
    
    
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      1.4.5 Cyprus
      
    
    
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      1.4.6 Czech Republic
      
    
    
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      1.4.7 Denmark
      
    
    
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      1.4.8 Estonia
      
    
    
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      1.4.9 Finland
      
    
    
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      1.4.10 France
      
    
    
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      1.4.11 Germany
      
    
    
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      1.4.12 Greece
      
    
    
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      1.4.13 Hungary
      
    
    
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      1.4.14 Ireland
      
    
    
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      1.4.15 Italy
      
    
    
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      1.4.16 Liechtenstein
      
    
    
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      1.4.17 Luxembourg
      
    
    
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      1.4.18 Malta
      
    
    
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      1.4.19 Monaco
      
    
    
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      1.4.20 Netherlands
      
    
    
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      1.4.21 Poland
      
    
    
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      1.4.22 Russia
      
    
    
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      1.4.23 Slovenia
      
    
    
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      1.4.24 Spain
      
    
    
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      1.4.25 Sweden
      
    
    
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      1.4.26 Switzerland
      
    
    
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      1.4.27 Turkey
      
    
    
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      1.4.28 United Kingdom
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 See also
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

List of postal and philatelic museums

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Africa

Egypt

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  The Post Museum^[1]
  

Ethiopia

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  Ethiopian National Postal Museum^[2]
  

Kenya

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  German Post Office Museum^[3]
  

Mauritius

The Blue Penny Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius

• Blue Penny Museum


• 
  Mauritius Postal Museum [de]
  

Morocco

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  Postal Museum^[4]
  

South Africa

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  South African Post Office Museum^[5]
  

Americas

Brazil

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  Museu Tempostal [it]
  


• Philatelic and Numismatic Brazilian Museum

Canada

First Toronto Post Office in Toronto, Canada

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  Canadian Postal Museum (closed)


• First Toronto Post Office

Costa Rica

• Museo Filatélico de Costa Rica

Cuba

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  Cuban Postal Museum^[6]
  

Guatemala

• Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum

Mexico

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  Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico

Peru

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

• National Postal and Philatelic Museum

United States

• Florida Postal Museum


• Franklin Post Office


• Garnier Post Office Museum


• Leon Myers Stamp Center


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  National Philatelic Museum (closed)


• National Postal Museum


• Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History


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  The Museum of Postal History^[7]
  


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  US Postal Museum^[8]
  

Asia

Bangladesh

• Philatelic Museum

Bhutan

• Bhutan Postal Museum^[9].

China

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

• China National Postal and Stamp Museum


• Shanghai Postal Museum

India

• National Philatelic Museum


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  Postal Museum (Mysore)^[10]
  

Indonesia

• Indonesian Stamp Museum

Israel

• Alexander Museum of Postal History and Philately

Japan

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  Communications Museum of Japan – Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo


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  Postal Museum Japan^[11]
  

Malaysia

The Malacca Stamp Museum in Malacca City, Malaysia

• Malacca Stamp Museum

North Korea

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  Korean Stamp Museum [de]
  

Pakistan

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  Pakistan Postal Museum – Karachi


• Siddiqui Philatelic Museum, 22-J-Z Madina Town, Faisalabad^{[citation needed]}
  

Saudi Arabia

• The Postal Museum, Riyadh^[12]
  

Singapore

• Singapore Philatelic Museum

South Korea

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  Postal Museum of Korea, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do


• Postal Memorial, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Sri Lanka

• Postal museum

Taiwan

The Postal Museum in Taipei, Taiwan

• Postal Museum

Thailand

• Thai Philatelic Museum

United Arab Emirates

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  Emirates Postal Museum^[13]
  

Uzbekistan

• The Museum of Communication History in Uzbekistan

Europe

Andorra

Museu Postal d'Andorra in Andorra

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  Museu Postal d'Andorra [ca]
  

Austria

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  Historisches Postamt Küb [de]
  

Belgium

• Postal Museum of Belgium

Croatia

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  Croatian Postal and Telecommunications Service Museum, Jurisiceva 13, HR–10 001 Zagreb, Croatia

Cyprus

• Cyprus Postal Museum

Czech Republic

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  The Postal Museum^[14]
  

Denmark

• Danish Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen^[15]
  


• Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus^[16]
  

Estonia

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  ENM Postal Museum – [1], Rüütli 15, 51007 Tartu, Estonia

Finland

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  Postimuseo [fi]
  

France

• Musée de La Poste

Germany

Museum für Kommunikation in Hamburg, Germany

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  Iserlohner Museum für Handwerk und Postgeschichte [de]
  


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  Museum für Kommunikation Berlin [de]
  


• Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt


• Museum für Kommunikation Hamburg


• Museum of Communication, Nuremberg, Germany


• Philatelic Archive in Bonn


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  Postmuseum Rheinhessen [de]
  

Greece

• Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece

Hungary

• Postal Museum of Hungary

Ireland

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  An Post Museum (closed)

Italy

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

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  Museo internazionale dell'immagine postale [it]
  


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  Museo storico della comunicazione [it]
  


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  Museum of Tasso family and Postal History, Camerata Cornello (Bergamo)


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  Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe [it]
  

Liechtenstein

• Postal Museum

Luxembourg

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  PostMusée [de]
  

Malta

The Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta

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  Malta Postal Museum^[17][18]
  

Monaco

• Museum of Stamps and Coins

Netherlands

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  Museum voor Communicatie [nl]
  

Poland

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  Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu [pl]
  

Russia

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

• A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

Slovenia

• Museum of Post and Telecommunications

Spain

• Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Spain

Sweden

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  Postmuseum [sv]
  

Switzerland

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  Museum für Kommunikation Bern [de]
  

Turkey

• Istanbul Postal Museum


• PTT Postage Stamp Museum

United Kingdom

• Bath Postal Museum


• British Library Philatelic Collections


• Colne Valley Postal Museum^[19]
  


• Isle of Wight Postal Museum^[20]
  


• Oakham Treasures, Gordano, Avon ^[21] housing the former collection held at Inkpen Postal Museum


• The Museum of Philatelic History ^[22] at The Royal Philatelic Society London


• The Postal Museum

See also

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References

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   ^ "Museum". South African Post Office. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
   


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   ^ "Cuban Postal Museum: unique in Latin America". webhavana.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
   


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   ^ "About". The Museum of Postal History, Inc. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
   


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   ^ 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
   


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    ^ "Postal Museum". mysore.ind.in. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
    


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    ^ "About Postal Museum Japan". Postal Museum Japan. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016.
    


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    ^ "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.
    


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    ^ "دار الطوابع". Emirates Postal Museum (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2016.
    


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    ^ "The Postal Museum". Česká pošta. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008.
    


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    ^ "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)
    


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    ^ 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"
    


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    ^ "MaltaPost launches the Malta Postal Museum". MaltaPost. 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
    


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    ^ "Maltapost launches the Malta Postal Museum". Times of Malta. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 21 June 2016.
    


19. 
    ^ "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
    


20. 
    ^ "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
    


21. 
    ^ "Oakham Treasures".
    


22. 
    ^ "The Museum of Philatelic History".
    

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