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MAURITIUS POSTAL MUSEUM

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4.3/5
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Open - from 09h30 to 16h30 Opening hours

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Port Louis Waterfront, Place du Quai, Port Louis, Mauritius
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2024
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2024

Museum allowing to discover the great events which punctuated the history of the Mauritian postal services

Located in a Victorian-style building built between 1865 and 1868 and still used as a post office, this museum invites visitors to discover the major events that have marked the history of Mauritian postal services. In particular, it reveals the colonial government's desire in the second half of the 19th century to centralize all the country's postal services in order to improve local and international communications. Partially converted into a museum, the central post office provides a chronology of postal services in Mauritius from the establishment of the first delivery service in 1772 to the present day. The visit begins with the Dutch (1598-1710) and French (1715-1810) periods and describes the first mail deliveries by ship and "black factors". It then details the British period (1810-1968), marked by the very first stamp issue in a colony in 1847 and the introduction of the railway in the 1870s leading to a major development of postal services on the island. It ends with a history of the modern postal service. The various rooms house objects and machines related to the museum's theme: telephones, stamps, seals, postal bags... and a beautiful philatelic collection.

On site, a post office always active ensures a normal service (mail, registered parcels, Internet connection...) and a shop offers a selection of stamps, sheets and collection envelopes that can also be purchased online.

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Visited in february 2023
Ça vaut la peine de le visiter.
Vraiment très bien.
Visited in february 2023
For the 500MARupee entrance we expected to see a few stamps a be on our way, but was pleasantly surprised. There is a detailed, bilingual, exhibition telling the history of the postal service and how it developed, along with the railway and air services.additionally, a section is dedicated to the local romantic story of Paul et Virginie.
Visited in january 2023
Très intéressant. Histoire d'un pays, l'esclavage, la colonisation..,tout est expliqué. Le cadre est paisible...
A faire absolument. comptez 3 heures minimum.
Visited in january 2023
too much hot weather, but natural view awesome
Visited in december 2022
Great museum situation inside the post office. A 10 minute walk from Waterfront. Entrance fee application, not expensive consessions for seniors see pictures. Doesn't take too long to walk around. Interesting history about sending mail. Wasn't busy only me and hubby. Great visit if you want to get out of the sun and heat. Highly recommended

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