Musée de La Poste
The Musée de La Poste is the museum of the French postal operator La Poste. It specialises in the postal history and philately of France. Opened in 1946, the museum has been located on two sites in Paris.Photo: Vdegroot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Musee de La Poste”
- Address: 34 Boulevard de Vaugirard
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gare Montparnasse and Montparnasse Tower.
Gare Montparnasse
Railway station
Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gare Montparnasse, officially Paris Montparnasse and formerly Gare de l'Ouest, is one of the seven large Paris railway termini, and is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements. Gare Montparnasse is situated 210 metres southeast of Musée de La Poste.
Montparnasse Tower
Photo: Thbz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre office skyscraper in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits. Montparnasse Tower is situated 360 metres east of Musée de La Poste.
Musée Bourdelle
Museum
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Musée Bourdelle is an art museum located at 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, France, located in the old studio of French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle. Musée Bourdelle is situated 230 metres northeast of Musée de La Poste.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Montparnasse and 14th arrondissement.
Montparnasse
Suburb
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Montparnasse is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.
14th arrondissement
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Although largely residential, the 14th arrondissement is best known for its northeastern quartier Montparnasse, for the Paris Catacombs and the Parc Montsouris.
6th arrondissement
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As with Paris itself, the 6th Arrondissement is hard to write about without using superlatives. There's a bit of everything here, from the busy sidewalks of Paris' main art Gallery scene to the expansive green spaces and under-tree cafés of the Jardin…
Musée de La Poste
- Categories: postal museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.84146° or 48° 50′ 29″ northLongitude
2.31722° or 2° 19′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8FW4R8R8+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 993828548OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q2445818
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Musée de La Poste” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف البريد الفرنسي”
- Chinese: “法國郵政博物館”
- Czech: “L’Adresse Musée de La Poste”
- Czech: “Musée de La Poste”
- Dutch: “Musée de la Poste”
- French: “L’Adresse - Musée de La Poste”
- French: “musée de La Poste”
- French: “Musée de la Poste”
- French: “Musée postal de France”
- French: “Musée postal”
- French: “Musée Postal”
- Hungarian: “Musée de La Poste”
- Indonesian: “Musée de La Poste”
- Indonesian: “Museum Pos”
- Japanese: “ポステ美術館”
- Japanese: “郵便博物館”
- Korean: “우편박물관”
- Russian: “Музей почты”
- Turkish: “Musée de La Poste”
- Ukrainian: “Музей пошти”
- Vietnamese: “Musée de la Poste”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bureau de Poste de Paris Bienvenue and Basic-Fit.
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