A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications
The museum building
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| Established | 11 September 1872 |
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| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Coordinates | 59°55′57″N 30°18′07″E / 59.932581°N 30.301967°ECoordinates: 59°55′57″N 30°18′07″E / 59.932581°N 30.301967°E |
| Type | postal & telecommunications museum |
| Key holdings | Russian National Collection of Philately |
| Collections |
 stamps, documents, devices |
| Director | Lyudmila N. Bakayutova (as of 2005) |
| Website | www |
The A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications was founded in 1872 and is one of the oldest museums of science and technology in the world. It is located in the historic centre of Saint Petersburg, Russia, near Saint Isaac's Square.
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:
In 1884, the post office branch was added and the museum was transformed into the Postal and Telegraph Museum.
Thus the creation of the museum collections was set up. In 1945, the museum was named after the Russian scientist and inventor Alexander Stepanovich Popov, who first in the world used radio signals to transmit a message over distance that started an epoch of radio communication.
By the late 1970s, the museum housed more than 4 million stamps, stamped envelopes, and postcards.
Nowadays, the museum is a leading institution in its field in the Russian Federation. As such, it provides consulting supervision for other telecommunications museums.
The museum archives and collections include over 8 million items including:
The museum is situated at the address: 7 Pochtamtskaya Street, Saint Petersburg, 190000, Russia.
View of the museum
at Pochtamtskaya Street
Main museum entrance
1960 USSR stamp celebrating Radio Day and showing the museum building
1972 USSR stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of the museum
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