Museums · London
The Postal Museum
The Postal Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Chancery Lane · 0.7 km
- Paid entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
The Postal Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2004. Address: WC1X 0DA. Coordinates: 51.5240°, -0.1126°.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Postal Museum (formerly the British Postal Museum & Archive) is a postal museum run by the Postal Heritage Trust. It began in 2004 as The British Postal Museum & Archive and opened in Central London as The Postal Museum on 28 July 2017.
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Background
History
The Public Records Act 1838 was the first step in organizing government archives, including the civil service department known then as ‘the Post Office’. This represents the beginnings of what is now The Royal Mail Archive. By 1896 a report concerning the maintenance of Post Office records had been produced and the first archivist was appointed. The Public Records Acts of 1958 and 1967 reinforced the need for the Post Office to keep, catalogue and make its archive records available. In 1966, the first National Postal Museum (NPM) was established, in part due to The Phillips Collection of Victorian philately being donated to the nation by Reginald M. Phillips. The museum was opened by the…
Architecture
The Postal Museum operates three sites: The museum at Phoenix Place, London near the Mount Pleasant sorting office in Clerkenwell, a museum store in Loughton, Essex and The Museum of the Post Office in the Community, located about the post office in Blists Hill Victorian Town, Shropshire.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5240, -0.1126
- District
- Camden
- Parish
- Camden, unparished area
- Postcode
- WC1X 0DA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Established
- 2004
- Nearest railway station
- Chancery Lane — 0.7 km
- Opening
- We-Su 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- postalmuseum.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q3520122 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Postal Museum, London (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Postal Museum (London) Air Mail Post Box.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Postal Museum?
- The Postal Museum is in London, United Kingdom (postcode WC1X 0DA), in the parish of Camden, unparished area.
- When was The Postal Museum built?
- Built or established in 2004.
- How do I get to The Postal Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Chancery Lane, about 0.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode WC1X 0DA.