A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications

The A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications is a museum of science and technology founded in 1872. It is located in the historic centre of Saint Petersburg, Russia, near Saint Isaac's Square.[1][2]

A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications
The museum building
Location within Saint Petersburg
Established11 September 1872 (1872-09-11)
LocationSaint Petersburg, Russia
Coordinates59.932581°N 30.301967°E / 59.932581; 30.301967
Typepostal & telecommunications museum
Key holdingsRussian National Collection of Philately
Collections stamps, documents, devices
DirectorAlexander I. Burdin (as of 2015)
Websitewww.rustelecom-museum.ru

History

The museum was opened on 11 September 1872 as the Telegraph Museum. The head of the Telegraph Department of Russia Carl Luders proclaimed the foundation of this museum:[1]

…For the purpose of familiarisation of all the telegraph workers and other interested persons with all innovations and improvements in the field of telegraphy, it is proposed to organise a permanent museum in Saint Petersburg, based on objects presented at the Moscow Polytechnic Exhibition…

In 1884, the post office branch was added and the museum was transformed into the Postal and Telegraph Museum.[3]

In 1945, the museum was named after the Russian scientist and inventor Alexander Stepanovich Popov.[1]

By the late 1970s, the museum housed more than 4 million stamps, stamped envelopes, and postcards.[3]

Nowadays, the museum is a leading institution in its field in the Russian Federation. As such, it provides consulting supervision for other telecommunications museums.[1]

Collections

The museum archives and collections include over 8 million items including:[1]

Address

The museum is situated at the address: 7 Pochtamtskaya Street, Saint Petersburg, 190000, Russia.[1]

See also

References

  1. "About museum". About. Saint Petersburg, Russia: The A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications. Archived from the original on 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  2. "December, 22 in history". RT projects: Russiapedia: On this day: Russia in a click. Moscow: RT.com; Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, Channel “RT TV”. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  3. Владинец Н. И. [Vladinets, N. I.] (1977). "Филателия" [Philately]. In Прохоров, А. М. (ed.). Большая советская энциклопедия: в 30 т. (1970–1979) [The Great Soviet Encyclopedia] (in Russian). 27 (Ульяновск – Франкфорт) (3rd ed.). М. [Moscow]: Советская энциклопедия [Soviet Encyclopedia]. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
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