Museum of Communication Berlin

The Museum of Communication Berlin was founded in 1872 as the first postal museum in the world. At the suggestion of the former master postmaster Heinrich von Stephan, between 1893 and 1898, a splendid, representative building was erected on Leipziger Strasse / corner of Mauerstrasse, where the museum was henceforth located. Since its opening, the house has undergone a varied history: during the Second World War, the house was closed and badly damaged in the last two years of the war by bombing. In 1958, the museum was reopened as a postal museum of the GDR in makeshift rooms. West Berlin founded the "Berlin Post and Telecommunication Museum" at the Urania in 1966. After various stages of reconstruction of the East Berlin Museum and a careful renovation of the museum building according to modern monument preservation aspects, the house was finally reopened on March 17, 2000 as the Museum of Communication Berlin

1 Museum of Communication The Museum of Communication Berlin was founded in 1872 as the first postal museum in the world. At the suggestion of the former master postmaster Heinrich von Stephan, between 1893 and 1898, a splendid, representative building was erected on Leipziger Strasse / corner of Mauerstrasse, where the museum was henceforth located.	2 Museum of Communication Since its opening, the house has undergone a varied history: during the Second World War, the house was closed and badly damaged in the last two years of the war by bombing. In 1958, the museum was reopened as a postal museum of the GDR in makeshift rooms. West Berlin founded the "Berlin Post and Telecommunication Museum" at the Urania in 1966.	3 Museum of Communication After various stages of reconstruction of the East Berlin Museum and a careful renovation of the museum building according to modern monument preservation aspects, the house was finally reopened on March 17, 2000 as the Museum of Communication Berlin	4 Museum of Communication
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