DÉCOUVERTE DU MUSÉE | Le Musée et son histoire
Le Musée et son histoireL'idée de concevoir un Musée de la Poste en France est née dès la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, appuyée par les philatélistes. Elle ne s'est concrétisée qu'en 1946. Le Musée postal est en effet inauguré cette année-là dans l’ancien Hôtel de Choiseul-Praslin, une demeure datant du début du XVIIIe siècle, située au 4 rue Saint-Romain dans le 6e arrondissement de Paris. L’Adresse Musée de La Poste is a place of preservation and diffusion of the mail heritage centred on Writing, History and Culture. From Seven League Boots to the Aeoropostale’s heroes, by way of the panorama of 160 years of the French postage stamps, the Museum collections tell us a story, not only about a company but also about everyday life. The Museum keeps preserves and exposes on more than 1,000 square metres, the artistic, historical and philatelic and scientific heritage of La Poste, constituted by a wide and varied array of collector's items as first post’s roads maps, mailmen’s uniforms, artists' models, stamps, popular objects and finally a big collection of mail art. This Museum also wants to be the living witness of the company’s present and future: Room 9 recently created, is indeed dedicated to the current Post Office of today and tomorrow. The Museum is an administrative public institution created by the law of December 31st, 1942; the Museum is since January 2nd, 1995, a national Division of La Poste. The Museum manages the State and La Poste postal and philatelic collections. From 1947 to 1973, they were exibited in the old Choiseul-Praslin Hotel, Saint Romain Street in the 6th district of Paris. The present Museum was constructed in 1970 next to the Montparnasse Station. The building was designed by the architect André Chatelin and inaugurated in 1973. The decorative ornaments on the frontage were conceived by Robert Juvin. |



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DÉCOUVERTE DU MUSÉE | Le Musée et son histoire

