PATRONAGE OF THE MINISTRY OF POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS OVER THE MUSEUM OF POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN WARSAW IN 1921–1939

• Authors: Suma, Tomasz

Abstracts

EN

In 1921, at the instigation and with the contribution of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs, a post museum was founded in Warsaw. It was until 1950 that the Ministry continued to serve as the Museum’s sponsor supporting it. The establishment of the Museum under the auspices of the Ministry, being an organ of the central state administration, provided the institution with numerous benefits and essentially enabled its activity. The initiative was actually priceless; had it not been for the post department support, it would have been most likely impossible to establish the Museum in the first years following the end of WW I and Poland regaining independence. Throughout the 1920s and 30s, the Ministry organized social actions of collecting historical objects for the Museum, providing it with financing and factual backup, legal guidance, care for proper museum space, for the selection of appropriate museological staff, and last but not least, for the promotion of the Museum and its collections; at the same time, the Ministry made frequent donations to its subordinate institution. The activity of the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs, as well as the personal commitment of its ministers to the establishment, and later to the maintaining of the Museum on the cultural map of Poland’s capital, significantly contributed to the effective operation of the only Museum of Post and Telecommunications in Poland.

Keywords

EN

Museum of Post and Telecommunications; Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs; patronage; mail; collection; donation; museum history

• Publisher: Krajowy Ośrodek Badań i Dokumentacji Zabytków
• Journal: Muzealnictwo
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 61
• Pages: 2-9

Dates

published

2020-02-17

Contributors

author

Suma, Tomasz

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.8479