The Musée de la Poste, to delve into the history of French post office boxes in Paris

The Musée de la Poste is the temple dedicated to thehistory of the French Post Office: from the evolution of our letterboxes to that of our stamps, via registered mail, parcel forms and other special letters... The museum sums up six centuries of postal history, from its creation in 1477. Discover this unusual, fun and interesting museum for all ages!

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In this unusual museum in Paris, you'll discover a wide range of objects, including letterboxes and stamps, as well as the first telephones and banking products such as the Livret A passbook savings account: yes, all generations are represented here, and (grown-up) children can't fail to be fascinated by the transformation of society, which runs over 1,000 m² for the permanent exhibits.

Among the unusual exhibits to be found at the Musée de la Poste are post office scales dating back to 1900, stamp dispensers, a postal order dated October 14, 1902, a model of a post office wagon, a minitel, an itinerant telephone, as well as stamp presses!

The museum holds 450,000 items of great patrimonial interest, including 370,000 items from the archives of French postage stamp production since 1849, when the first French postage stamp was issued, as well as a large collection of contemporary art, developed by the corporate foundation since the 1990s, which now includes 5,000 works.

In addition to the collection, of which the museum is only a part, La Poste also offers permanent exhibitions, conferences and workshops, with an attractive program for young visitors.

The Musée de la Poste is closed on Tuesdays and open every other day of the week, from 11am to 6pm. Admission is €9 per person ( full price), €5 ( reduced price) and free for under-26s. Note that the guided tour of the permanent collections, offered every other Saturday, is included in the museum admission ticket. The Musée de la Poste is also free every first Sunday of the month!

To get to the Musée de la Poste, you can take metro lines 4, 6, 12 and 13 (Montparnasse exit), lines 10 and 13 (Duroc exit) or line 12 (Falguière exit). Numerous bus lines (28, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96) also serve the museum.

Carnets de timbres dans l'air du temps, the original exhibition at the Musée de la Poste - our photos
The Musée de la Poste invites you to explore its world, with a new exhibition designed for philatelists... But not only! From January 31, 2024 to October 13, 2025, visit the Carnets de timbres dans l'air du temps exhibition. [Read more]