The British Postal Museum
Freeling House, Phoenix Place, WC1X 0DL
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About The British Postal Museum
The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) want to preserve Britain's postal heritage and care for the visual, written as well as physical records of over 400 years of postal development. The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is an independent charity but at the same time, it is strongly linked with Royal Mail Group. The BPMA operates two sites: The Royal Mail Archive (at Mount Pleasant sorting office) in Clerkenwell, London; and a Museum Store in Loughton, Essex. The former National Postal Museum was opened by the Queen in 1969 and contained a collection of postal equipment, uniforms, vehicles and much more. Eventually however, the building became too small for the whole collection so in 1998 the original NPM site was closed. The Heritage unit of the Post Office (Royal Mail Group) managed the collections, the archive and so on, but decided to transfer the work to an independent charitable trust. The 'Postal Heritage Trust' came into being in April 2004, and was branded as The British Postal Museum & Archive. Since 2004, the BPMA has been providing a programme of events, exhibitions, education and web resources. The former National Postal Museum collections are currently housed in a Museum Store in Essex. Although that store is open to the public on selected dates throughout the year, the BPMA admits it is not an actual museum; therefore, there are plans to relocate to Swindon.
The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) want to preserve Britain's postal heritage and care for the visual, written as well as physical records of over 400 years of postal development. The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is an independent charity but at the same time, it is strongly linked with Royal Mail Group. The BPMA operates two sites: The Royal Mail Archive (at Mount Pleasant sorting office) in Clerkenwell, London; and a Museum Store in Loughton, Essex. The former National Postal Museum was opened by the Queen in 1969 and contained a collection of postal equipment, uniforms, vehicles and much more. Eventually however, the building became too small for the whole collection so in 1998 the original NPM site was closed. The Heritage unit of the Post Office (Royal Mail Group) managed the collections, the archive and so on, but decided to transfer the work to an independent charitable trust. The 'Postal Heritage Trust' came into being in April 2004, and was branded as The British Postal Museum & Archive. Since 2004, the BPMA has been providing a programme of events, exhibitions, education and web resources. The former National Postal Museum collections are currently housed in a Museum Store in Essex. Although that store is open to the public on selected dates throughout the year, the BPMA admits it is not an actual museum; therefore, there are plans to relocate to Swindon.
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www.postalheritage.org.uk
www.postalheritage.org.uk
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