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]
The Post Museum[1] |
Ethiopia[edit]
Ethiopian National Postal Museum[2] |
Kenya[edit]
German Post Office Museum[3] |
Mauritius[edit]
Blue Penny Museum | |
Mauritius Postal Museum |
Morocco[edit]
Postal Museum[4] |
South Africa[edit]
South African Post Office Museum[5] |
Americas[edit]
Brazil[edit]
Museu Tempostal | |
Philatelic and Numismatic Brazilian Museum |
Canada[edit]
Canadian Postal Museum (closed) | |
First Toronto Post Office |
Costa Rica[edit]
Museo Filatélico de Costa Rica |
Cuba[edit]
Cuban Postal Museum[6] |
Guatemala[edit]
Guatemalan Postal & Philatelic Museum |
Mexico[edit]
Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca – Mexico |
Peru[edit]
National Postal and Philatelic Museum |
United States[edit]
Asia[edit]
Bangladesh[edit]
Philatelic Museum |
Bhutan[edit]
Bhutan Postal Museum[9]. |
China[edit]
China National Postal and Stamp Museum | |
Shanghai Postal Museum |
India[edit]
National Philatelic Museum | |
Postal Museum (Mysore)[10] |
Indonesia[edit]
Indonesian Stamp Museum |
Israel[edit]
Alexander Museum of Postal History and Philately |
Japan[edit]
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[edit]
Malacca Stamp Museum |
North Korea[edit]
Korean Stamp Museum |
Pakistan[edit]
Pakistan Postal Museum – Karachi | |
Siddiqui Philatelic Museum, 22-J-Z Madina Town, Faisalabad[citation needed] |
Saudi Arabia[edit]
The Postal Museum, Riyadh[14] |
Singapore[edit]
Singapore Philatelic Museum |
South Korea[edit]
Postal Museum of Korea, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do | |
Postal Memorial, Jongno-gu, Seoul |
Sri Lanka[edit]
Postal museum |
Taiwan[edit]
Chunghwa Postal Museum |
Thailand[edit]
Sam Sen Nai Philatelic Museum, Phaya Thai District, Bangkok, Thailand | |
Chiang Mai Philatelic Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand[15] |
United Arab Emirates[edit]
Emirates Postal Museum[16] |
Uzbekistan[edit]
The Museum of Communication History in Uzbekistan |
Europe[edit]
Andorra[edit]
Museu Postal d'Andorra |
Austria[edit]
Historisches Postamt Küb |
Belgium[edit]
Postal Museum of Belgium |
Croatia[edit]
Croatian Postal and Telecommunications Service Museum, Jurisiceva 13, HR–10 001 Zagreb, Croatia |
Cyprus[edit]
Cyprus Postal Museum |
Czech Republic[edit]
The Postal Museum[17] |
Denmark[edit]
Danish Post & Tele Museum, Copenhagen[18] | |
Post and Telegraph History Museum, Århus[19] |
Estonia[edit]
ENM Postal Museum – [1], Rüütli 15, 51007 Tartu, Estonia |
Finland[edit]
Postimuseo |
France[edit]
Musée de La Poste |
Germany[edit]
Greece[edit]
Postal & Philatelic Museum of Greece |
Hungary[edit]
Postal Museum of Hungary |
Ireland[edit]
An Post Museum (closed) |
Italy[edit]
Museo internazionale dell'immagine postale | |
Museo storico della comunicazione | |
Museum of Tasso family and Postal History, Camerata Cornello (Bergamo) | |
Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Central Europe |
Liechtenstein[edit]
Postal Museum |
Luxembourg[edit]
PostMusée |
Malta[edit]
Malta Postal Museum[20][21] |
Monaco[edit]
Museum of Stamps and Coins |
Netherlands[edit]
Museum voor Communicatie |
Poland[edit]
Muzeum Poczty i Telekomunikacji we Wrocławiu |
Russia[edit]
A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications |
Slovenia[edit]
Museum of Post and Telecommunications |
Spain[edit]
Postal and Telegraphic Museum of Spain | |
La Virreina Centro de la Imagen |
Sweden[edit]
Postmuseum |
Switzerland[edit]
Museum für Kommunikation Bern |
Turkey[edit]
Istanbul Postal Museum | |
PTT Postage Stamp Museum |
United Kingdom[edit]
Bath Postal Museum | |
British Library Philatelic Collections | |
Colne Valley Postal Museum[22] | |
Isle of Wight Postal Museum[23] | |
Oakham Treasures, Gordano, Avon [24] housing the former collection held at Inkpen Postal Museum | |
The Museum of Philatelic History [25] at The Royal Philatelic Society London | |
The Postal Museum |