The Museum für Kommunikation (MfK) is a museum of the history of communication in

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, Germany. It opened on 31 January 1958 under the name ''Bundespostmuseum'' (National Postal Museum) and is on Frankfurt's Museumsufer (Museum Riverbank). The museum was owned by

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until 1994. The present building, a modern and transparent glass structure, opened in 1990 and was designed by architect

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. Following the opening of the new building, the museum acquired its present name, and it is now managed by the Museum Trust for Post and Telecommunications, which was established in 1995 during the federal postal reforms that followed re-unification. The museum has two sister institutions: the Museum of Communication, Nuremberg, Germany, and the .

Exhibition

The main exhibition of the museum is located on the underground level. It features a comprehensive history of the development and spread of various methods of communication throughout human history, including mail,

telegraph Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas ...

, telephone, radio, television and computer, as well as objects relating to these mediums. It had its beginnings with a collection established in Berlin by

Heinrich von Stephan Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm von Stephan (born Heinrich Stephan, January 7, 1831 – April 8, 1897) was a general post director for the German Empire who reorganized the German postal service. He was integral in the founding of the Universal Posta ...

(1831–97), which was expanded by Deutsche Bundespost from 1958. It now has displays ranging from the earliest

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tablets to the latest digital technology. An information center and the museum shop and café are located on the ground level. The first floor features a children's exhibition area, while temporary exhibits are found on the second floor.

Gallery

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Depot

* Sammlungsstandort

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, Philipp-Reis-Straße 4–8

References

External links

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YouTube video introduction to museum
in German {{DEFAULTSORT:Museum fur Kommunikation Frankfurt Museums in Frankfurt Telecommunications museums Telephone museums

Exhibition

Gallery

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