Postai és Távközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány Évkönyve, 2001

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• Restoration and renovation of the exhibit hall of the Postal Museum (electric wiring, and wall coverings needed replacement, and chandeliers, wood panelling, and metal fixtures had to be restored) required constant supervision and a great deal of organisation because of the large amount of specialist labour, which was to the detriment of day-to-day operations.

• Construction of a display garage at Diósd was completed on May 17th, as planned. Its inauguration was a high point of May-Time Telecom celebrations.

• Expansion of the Stamp Museum, renovation of the Telecom Exhibition Centre, and preparation of the designs for a new building at Balatonszemes has all been planned for the year but were not accomplished.

Collections-Related Work

There were significant increases in our collections during the year. The Stamp Museum received valuable gifts. The studies in the anniversary yearbook report on work with the

various collections.

Stamp Museum Acquisitions:

Collection of Hungarian Stamps

80,819 items

Collection of Foreign Stamps

18,115 items

Miscellaneous Collections

10,502 items

Stamp Graphics, Sketches

1 item

Library

116 items

Postal Museum Acquisitions:

Artefact Collection

2,989 items

Document Collection

635 items

Library

897 items

Scientific Operations

In addition to designing the placement of new permanent exhibits and writing studies for the anniversary yearbook, several data collection projects were organised to support bids for grants needed for publications (CD-ROM on telephone history, portraits of 20th century engineers). Valuable studies were written in the Stamp Museum for the year’s outstanding philatelic events and exhibits.

Exhibitions

• From Noisemaking Wood to the WorldWideWeb, permanent exhibition (opened on May 17* at the Museum of Telephony).

• Saint Stephen on Stamps, temporary exhibit for Stamp Day (opened on May 22nd).

• 1,000 Years of Hungary as a Nation, Reflected in Telecommunications, one-year itinerant exhibition (opened on August 16th).

• Well-Known Philatelist Ancestors, temporary exhibition (opened on August 18th at the Hungarian Society for Philately Salon).

• Commemorations of International Stamp Exhibitions Held in Budapest, Hunphilex 2000, temporary exhibition (opened on August 18th).

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