Philatelic Museum

The Philatelic Museum of Oaxaca is the only mail art museum in Latin America. It was opened here in 1998.

The museum is located in an old colonial building.

It contains not only a huge collection of postage stamps, but also other things related to the postal service. So, in the museum building there are more than two hundred thousand different articles on this topic. In the museum you can learn about the history of the postal service in Latin America and look at the first postage stamps.

The Philatelic Museum has several halls, a library and a special repository, where the most valuable exhibits are located. So, here are stored postage stamps, the time of origin of which refers to the beginning of the nineteenth century.

In addition to the permanent exhibition, temporary exhibitions are also held in the museum. On them, local artists present their images of modern stamps.

In the museum, everyone can buy small collections of stamps, icons or postcards.