The Postal Museum (german: Postmuseum) is a
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
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Vaduz
Vaduz ( or , High Alemannic pronunciation: [])Hans Stricker, Toni Banzer, Herbert Hilbe: ''Liechtensteiner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Fürstentums Liechtenstein.'' Band 2: ''Die Namen der Gemeinden Triesenberg, Vaduz, Schaan.'' Hrsg. ...
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Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...
. It is a branch museum of
Liechtenstein National Museum
The Liechtenstein National Museum (german: Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum) is a museum in Vaduz, the capital city of Liechtenstein.
History
The museum building dated back to 1438. It used to house the princely tavern, custom house and the sea ...
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History
The museum was founded in 1930 and opened in 1936.
Afterwards, the museum had been relocated several times until it sits at its current building at English Building Art Space.
Exhibitions
The museum exhibits postage stamps issued by Liechtenstein since 1912 and also the history of postal service of the country.
See also
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Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein (English: ''Liechtenstein Museum of Fine Arts'') is the state museum of modern and contemporary art in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. The building by the Swiss architects Meinrad Morger, Heinrich Degelo and Christian Kerez ...
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1936 establishments in Liechtenstein
Museums established in 1936
Museums in Vaduz
Postal museums
Philatelic museums
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