Hírközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány, Évkönyv, 2008

Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló angol nyelven

mechanical impacts, in other words, against damaging environmental influences? And how can we save damaged artefacts, to restore them for posterity? These are some of the questions answered by the author, a professional art restorer, who describes her efforts to salvage the most at-risk collections in the postal museum.

József Hajdú: The Post Office Palace of Buda

On March 31, 2008 the Hungarian Postal Service moved out of the building located at Krisztina Ring 6-8, also known as the Post Office Palace of Buda after 82 years of working with its premises, having sold the building. This building was home to the first automated telephone switchboard, which operated there until 1996. It also housed the Budapest No. 114 post office, soon to move out. This facility served the neighbourhood from the very beginnings of the postal service until today. It also housed the Stamp Museum from its foundation in 1930 until 1940, and the postal museum from 1955, when it was reorganized following World War II, until it moved to separate quarters in 1972. The building itself, constructed in 1926, is imposing and plays a significant role in shaping the panorama of that part of the city. However, it is best known as the headquarters for the Hungarian Postal Service itself. The postal service has leased space at Budapest District 13, Dunavirág Street 2-6, effectively ending the postal history of the building, which rises over the transportation hub at Budapest’s Moscow Square. The author has used the occasion to focus on the story of the building from its very beginnings. He has relied on a wealth of source materials within the Postal Museum.

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