A postal museum is a

museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...

dedicated to the display of objects relating to the

postal service The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal sy ...

. A subcategory of postal museums are philatelic museums, which focus on

philately Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possibl ...

and

postage stamps A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the ...

List of postal and philatelic museums

Africa

Morocco

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. List of postal and philatelic museums Afric ...

South Africa

* South African Post Office Museum

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

Curaçao

* Postal Museum Curaçao

Guatemala

* Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum

Mexico

* Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico

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 The National Postal Museum, located in Washington, D.C., is the primary postal museum of the United States. It covers large portions of the postal history of the United States and other countries. It was established through joint agreement be ...

* Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History * The Museum of Postal History * US Postal Museum

Asia

Bangladesh

* Philatelic Museum

Bhutan

Bhutan Postal Museum The Bhutan Postal Museum was opened on 7 November 2015 at the Bhutan Postal Corporation , General Post Office building in the capital city Thimphu. The postal museum captures the story of the evolution of communication, transportation and postal ...

China

* China National Postal and Stamp Museum * Shanghai Postal Museum

Hong Kong

* The Postal Gallery

India

* National Philatelic Museum * Postal Museum (Kolkata) * Postal Museum (Mysore) * Sandesh Museum of Communication,

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Indonesia

* Indonesian Stamp Museum

Israel

* Alexander Museum of Postal History and Philately

Japan

* Communications Museum of Japan – Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo * Postal Museum Japan * Philatelic Culture Museum ( Arima, Kobe) * Philatelic Museum ( Mejiro, Tokyo)

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

Singapore

* Singapore Philatelic Museum

South Korea

* Damyang Stamp Museum * Postal Museum, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do * , Jung-gu, Seoul

Sri Lanka

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. List of postal and philatelic museums Afric ...

Taiwan

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* Chunghwa Postal Museum

Thailand

* Sam Sen Nai Philatelic Museum, Phaya Thai District,

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* Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum,

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United Arab Emirates

* Emirates Postal Museum

Uzbekistan

* The Museum of Communication History in Uzbekistan

Europe

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

* Postal Museum of Belgium

Croatia

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

Cyprus

* Cyprus Postal Museum

Czech Republic

Prague Postal Museum The Prague Postal Museum (), Prague, Czech Republic, was established in 1918 by the Czechoslovak Ministry of the Post and Telegraph. The ministry was in charge of the museum until the end of 1992. With the Velvet Revolution, fall of Communism in C ...

Denmark

*Danish Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen *Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus

Estonia

* ENM Postal Museum �

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Finland

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 (

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Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

* Malta Postal Museum

Monaco

* Museum of Stamps and Coins

Netherlands

Poland

Russia

* A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

San Marino

* Museo del Francobollo e della Moneta

Slovenia

* Museum of Post and Telecommunications

Spain

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

Sweden

Switzerland

* Museum of Communication Bern

Turkey

* Istanbul Postal Museum * PTT Postage Stamp Museum

Ukraine

* Lviv Postal Museum * Post Station in

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United Kingdom

* Bath Postal Museum *

British Library Philatelic Collections The British Library Philatelic Collections is the national Philately, philatelic collection of the United Kingdom with over 8 million items from around the world. It was established in 1891 as part of the British Museum Library, later to b ...

*Colne Valley Postal Museum *Isle of Wight Postal Museum *Oakham Treasures, Gordano, Avon housing the former collection held at Inkpen Postal Museum *The Museum of Philatelic History at The Royal Philatelic Society London * The Postal Museum, London

References

External links

International Postal Museum – OnlineMuseum of Philately – OnlinePostal Museum (London)
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Museum A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...