Luxembourg Post and Telecommunications Museum
 Post office counter from 1912 in the museum |
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Post and communication museum
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The Luxembourg Post and Telecommunications Museum (“PostMusée”) is located in Luxembourg (city) . It shows the history of the post office and telecommunications in Luxembourg .
opening hours
The PostMusée, run by Post Luxembourg , is located in the basement of the historic “Accinauto building” opposite the main train station . The entrance leads through the "Téléboutique". It can be visited regularly free of charge. After prior registration, a free tour is offered for groups of five to 25 people. There are also special programs for school classes.
Exhibits
The collection exhibits can be roughly divided into three areas.
- Telecommunications / Telecommunications: Here old telephones and other rare communication devices can be viewed . Furthermore, a functioning Morse code machine , manual and electromechanical telephone exchanges as well as the reconstruction of a telecommunications construction site are shown.
- Postal system: On display are a stagecoach from 1880, an original post office counter from 1912 and a post office . In addition, all Luxembourg postage stamps and old printing plates issued since 1852 can be seen. A collection of uniforms and objects from the postal service round off the area.
- Post banking : The beginnings of Postchèque are also presented using old objects and devices .
Telecommunication construction site
Stagecoach: Bahnhof– Ulflingen
Mediation
Web links
Commons : Musée des Postes et Télécommunications - collection of images, videos and audio files
- http://www.postgroup.lu/de/le-groupe/culture (German)
- http://www.visitluxembourg.com/de/ansicht/museum/postal-museum-luxembourg (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of Accinauto SA on industrie.lu