The National Philatelic Museum is a cultural institution who's mission is to inform and educate through stamps, letters and any other postal items.
      The word "philately" apeared in 1864 and is a combination of the greek words "philos" and "atelia" the result having the rough translation "love for tax free things".
      The Museum is located inside National History Museum building, a neo classic arhitectural conception by arh. Al. Săvulescu.Untill 1970 the Central Office of the Romanian Post was located here. The building was renovated and turned into The National History Museum. Although the idea of a Postal Museum is an old one, only in 1906 the first step was made in that direction. During the General Exhibition of 1906, arh. Grigore Cherchez introduced the public to old postal items and stamps, organised as the first museum located inside on old inn. Unfortunatelly the museum had a short life. 2004 is the year of birth for The National Philatelic Museum, an objective achieved by hard work put up by al those enthuziasts by postal and philately history.
      The Museum is organised in a space of, three rooms of apr. 600 square meters where visitors can admire a piece of Romanian Post history.