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The Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation runs museums and an archive built around a collection of over 11 million objects on communication and media history. Its statutory mandate covers the development of message transmission and related banking, freight and passenger transport in the postal and telecommunications sector, extending to contemporary and future forms of communication. The collection is organised in 20 collection areas and sub-areas, and a selection is presented in exhibitions and in an online object database.

Its collections trace back to the Reichspostmuseum, founded in 1872. After German reunification the holdings of the Bundespostmuseum and the Postmuseum der DDR were brought back together. The foundation also conducts provenance research into objects whose origins may be linked to colonialism or the Nazi era. Its museum work includes education and outreach programmes, exhibition-related events and visitor services.

Museums for communication are located in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg, and the Archiv für Philatelie is in Bonn. Collection sites are in Berlin-Tempelhof and Heusenstamm. The foundation is currently recruiting for a two-year scientific traineeship at the Frankfurt museum starting 1 February 2027, and for an assistant role in its education, events and visitor services team.

Product: Museums for communication in Berlin, Frankfurt and Nuremberg, an archive for philately in Bonn, and an online object database of its collection.