Postal Museum
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There are museums for postal organisations and the worldwide postal system:
Egypt
- The Post Museum, CairoCairoCairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
United States of America
- Smithsonian National Postal MuseumNational Postal MuseumThe National Postal Museum, located opposite Union Station in Washington, D.C., USA, was established through joint agreement between the United States Postal Service and the Smithsonian Institution and opened in 1993. The museum is located across the street from Union Station, in the building that...
- US Postal Museum, Marshall, MichiganMarshall, MichiganMarshall is a city located in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 7,459. It is the county seat of Calhoun County...
-- second largest postal museum in U.S. - The Delphos Museum of Postal History, originally at 127 N Main St, Delphos, OhioDelphos, OhioDelphos is a city in Allen and Van Wert Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It had a population of 6,944 at the 2000 census.The Allen County portion of Delphos is part of the Lima Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Van Wert County portion is part of the Van Wert Micropolitan Statistical...
- Florida Postal MuseumFlorida Postal MuseumThe Florida Postal Museum is a museum dedicated the preserving the history of postal items, postal history, and postal service.-History:The museum was founded in 1992 when Joe Guthrie, the Postmaster of DeLand, Florida, permitted the establishment of a small postal museum inside the post office....
China
- China National Postal and Stamp Museum
- Shanghai Postal MuseumGeneral Post Office Building, ShanghaiThe General Post Office Building is a landmark four story building located at the north end of the Sichuan Road Bridge, Shanghai, China on the banks of the Suzhou Creek.-History:...
South Korea
- Postal Museum of Korea, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do
- Postal Memorial, Jongno-gu, Seoul
Pakistan
- Siddiqui Philatelic Museum, 22-J-Z Madina Town, Faisalabad
Taiwan
United Kingdom
- Bath Postal MuseumBath Postal MuseumThe Bath Postal Museum is in Bath, Somerset, England.The museum was founded in 1979 by Audrey and Harold Swindells in the basement of their house. In 1984, it moved to a home in Broad Street. This was the site of Bath's main Post Office from 1822 to 1854 and the building in which the first recorded...
- The British Postal Museum & ArchiveThe British Postal Museum & ArchiveThe British Postal Museum & Archive is the leading resource for all aspects of the history of the British postal system. It operates three sites: The Royal Mail Archive at Mount Pleasant sorting office in Clerkenwell, London, a Museum Store in Loughton, Essex and The Museum of the Post Office in...
- Colne Valley Postal Museum
- Inkpen Post Box Museum
- Isle of Wight Postal Museum