Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications

The Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications was founded in 1995 as part of the German postal reform . It runs a museum for communication in Berlin , Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg as well as the archive for philately in Bonn . The Museum for Communication Hamburg was closed on October 19, 2009.

The museums are aimed at a wide audience. In addition to attractive permanent and temporary exhibitions, its range also includes lectures, guided tours , films, workshops , children's workshops and museum parties .

The purpose of the foundation is to collect, develop and present the entire development of communications in the postal and telecommunications sectors .

The seat of the federal foundation under public law is Bonn. The board of trustees and the curator act as management bodies . The museum foundation is financially supported by Deutsche Post and Deutsche Telekom .

literature

• Christel Jörges: Telephones 1863 until today. From the collections of the Museums for Communication. Edition Braus, 2001.
• Anja Eichler and Hartwig Lüdtke (eds.): Art and communication. The art collection of the Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications . With contributions by Corinna Engel, Mayari Granados and Andreas Hahn. Edition Braus, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-9808448-4-0 .

See also

• Postal Museum
• Working group of independent cultural institutes

Web links

Commons : Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Museum Foundation Post and Telecommunications
• More information about the foundation and the museums and archives