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The Florida Postal Museum is a
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
dedicated the preserving the history of postal items,
postal history Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems. The term is att ...
, and postal service.


History

The museum was founded in 1992 when Joe Guthrie, the Postmaster of
DeLand, Florida DeLand is a city in central Florida. It is the county seat of Volusia County. The city sits approximately north of the central business district of Orlando, and approximately west of the central business district of Daytona Beach. As of the 2020 ...
, permitted the establishment of a small (6 foot by 10 foot) postal museum inside the post office. It was recognized by the
U.S. Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U. ...
in 1996 as the DeLand Postal Museum. When the DeLand post office location was closed in June 1997, the museum moved to a historic building called the 1876 Heritage Inn. On February 25, 2000, its grand opening was held.


Organization

Initially, after the DeLand move, the museum was called The U.S. Postal Service Museum. The name of the museum was changed to Florida Postal Museum which allowed the organization to seek grants and other such donated funds. The Central Florida District of the postal service appointed Richard Feinauer as the Curator and Ms. Frank Saultz, the postmistress of
Orange City, Florida Orange City is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 10,599. It is a part of the Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area, which was home to 590,289 peop ...
, as the Contracting Officer in charge of the Museum.


Exhibits

Current space in the museum allows approximately only 750 items of postal equipment and postal history to be displayed from an inventory of over 1,250 items. Some of the items are shown on the organization's website.Florida Trivia


See also

* U.S. postal museums *
Postal history Postal history is the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems. The term is att ...
*
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 ...
*
Marshall, Michigan Marshall is a U.S. city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Calhoun County. The population was 7,088 at the 2010 census. Marshall is best known for its cross-section of 19th- and early 20th-century architecture. It has been referred to by t ...
—second largest postal museum in U.S.


References


External links


Official site
Philatelic museums in the United States History museums in Florida Museums in Volusia County, Florida Museums established in 1992 Orange City, Florida
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1992 establishments in Florida {{Florida-museum-stub