The National Philatelic Museum (NPM) at Dak Bhawan,

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, India, is operated by the Department of Post. The facility. which is housed on the ground floor of a building, underwent a redevelopment in 2011. It now hosts an amphitheater for presentations and discussions, a library and an area where artists can be seen at work, as well as displays of

postage stamp A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail). Then the stamp is affixed to the f ...

s and related items. The museum has displayed a number of frames featuring exhibits of post-independence-era stamps. The museum organises

philatelic Philately (; ) is the study of postage stamps and postal history. It also refers to the collection and appreciation of stamps and other philatelic products. While closely associated with stamp collecting and the study of postage, it is possibl ...

workshops on a regular basis with the students of different schools. The museum also has a souvenir shop which offers a variety of philatelic products like stamps, year packs, stamp albums, picture postcards, pictorial cancellation of National Philatelic Museum, and gift items.

History

The museum was designed by Anand Burdhan of the School of Heritage Research and Management at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi, who is also president of the Museum Association of India. It is situated on

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(Parliament Street) near

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, and is opened from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. all days of the week for the visitors without any fee. The museum also figures on the list of HOHO Bus as one of the prominent stops.

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History

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