Opening hours:
Every day: 10 - 16
Wednesday: 10 - 17
Saturday, Sunday: 9:30 - 16
The museum is closed on Mondays.
Ticket prices:
Normal: 10 zł
Reduced fare: 8 zł
Group ticket (over 10 people): 5 zł
Family: 20 PLN (entitles to enter up to 2 adults + 5 children)
On Saturday, entry is free.
Last visitors are admitted to see the exhibitions half an hour before closing.
Children under the age of seven, museums’ employees listed in the National Register, members of ICOM and ICOMOS are entitled to enter for free, after showing relevant documents,
students from primary, secondary and upper secondary schools, university students and graduate students, pensioners, invalids and the disabled, together with their caretakers, teachers of primary, secondary and upper secondary schools and educators of childcare centres and educational centres, people who have got the ISIC card and the EURO 26 card are entitled for discount tickets after showing relevant documents.
The Post and Telecommunication Museum in Wroclaw is the only museum in Poland gathering and protecting historical monuments which form the evidence of the postal activities on the Polish lands, including the Polish Post Office founded by King Zygmunt August in 1558. The museum, established in 1921 in Warsaw, has been located in a historic building of the Main Post Office in Wroclaw since 1956.
The museum collections are stored in the following departments: the Postal, the Philatelic, the Telecommunication and the Archive. In the Library there are the Polish and the foreign literature in the field of philately, post and telecommunication, Polish and foreign magazines and technical catalogues, and also old prints and manuscripts.
Philatelic, historical and artistic profile exhibitions - presented in the country and abroad - have won awards and distinctions, including the Competition for the national Museum Event of the Year. The museum has its own publishings, which include catalogues of collections and exhibitions, guides and reference books, bibliographies, historical monographs and the museum annual.
The shows of stagecoaches and postman’s costumes are the attractions of many outdoor events taking place in different regions of Poland. Art competitions and quizzes are organized for school children.
The museum belongs to the International Association of Transport Museums (IATM).