- Location: Maihaugvegen 1, 2609 Lillehammer, Norge
- Phone: +47 61 28 89 00
- Website: maihaugen.no/en/Postal-museum
- E-mail: post@lillehammermuseum.no
In a small, unpretentious-looking wooden task on the outskirts of the Norwegian Lillehammer is the Post Museum. If you find yourself in this city, be sure to include in your plan to travel around the city to visit this amazing place.
How did the Post Museum?
Previously, he was in Oslo , but in 2003 was moved with all the exhibits in Lillehammer. The post of Norway was born 360 years ago, and in this harsh mountainous country its delivery was a real feat. After the construction of the railway, it was easier to transport letters and parcels, because a special mail car was attached to the train, in which stamps and envelopes and envelopes were stitched on the way.
What's interesting in the museum?
The head of the postal service himself conducts excursions for those who wish, which there is quite a lot. The walls are decorated with paintings and engravings, telling about the difficult way of the formation of the Norwegian postal service and its development to this day. The local exhibits are means of communication, from the most primitive to modern, computerized. There is also a collection of post stamps. Philatelists will be delighted with the collection of stamps collected in the museum, because it is the richest in the whole country.
How to get to the museum?
Everyone can enter the Museum of Mail, because it is located in the central part of the town. Here there are old wooden buildings, and the red-brown mail building stands out against their backdrop with a bright spot.
The Mail Museum occupies a part of the territory of the Ethnographic Museum in the open air. The fastest route here from the center is via Bankgata and Maihaugvegen (3 min by car) or by public transport via Anders Sandvigs gate and Maihaugvegen (13 min.).