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'''Sandesh Museum of Communication''' is a museum in [[Bangalore]] and is dedicated to the [[postage stamps and postal history of India|postal history of India]] and different modes of communication. The museum opened its doors in 2019 and is located inside a 140-year-old [[post office]], preserved and refurbished as a museum.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-09 |title=A 200-year-old heritage building in Bengaluru houses museum showcasing India's postal history |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/a-200-year-old-heritage-building-in-bengaluru-houses-museum-showcasing-indias-postal-history-11414701.html |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Firstpost}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:Philatelic Museum, Bangalore, India.jpg|thumb|upright|Display at Philatelic Museum, Bangalore]]<br />
The structure previously housed a Government Museum in 1865, established by a Scottish surgeon [[Edward Balfour]]. The museum gives its name to 'Museum Road' the thoroughfare on which it is located. After its opening it was very popular. In coming years the museum was shifted to Kasturba Road. Over the years the building was used as the residence for a supervisor of a jail and a bank, before being part of the General Post Office.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |date=2019-10-16 |title=Bengaluru's Museum of Communication celebrates India's postal history through artefacts and interactive sessions |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bengalurus-museum-of-communication-celebrates-indias-postal-history-through-artefacts-and-interactive-sessions/articleshow/71503343.cms |access-date=2023-05-02 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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== Collection ==<br />
[[File:Stamp cancellation machine.jpg|thumb|upright|Stamp Canceling Machine from Morico, displayed at Museum of Communication, Bangalore]]<br />
There are six halls and the collection is divided into six segments.<br />
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First, the Sandesha section displays stamps from different periods mostly dedicated to different Indian festivals and literature, Hindustani and Carnatic Museum, and [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]]. The collection divided in three themes Birth of the Nation (1857–1947), [[Culture of India|Indian culture]], and Mysore Anche (1701–1889).<ref name="bindugopalrao">{{Cite web |last=Bindu |date=2020-03-22 |title=Postal Museum Bengaluru |url=http://www.bindugopalrao.com/postal-museum-bengaluru/ |access-date=2023-05-02 |website=Bindu Gopal Rao, Freelance Writer & Photographer |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Second, Samparka is dedicated to all the instruments involved in the process of communication, such as handle cradle machine, adding and listening machine, morse transmitter, mail bomb detector and petromax light.<ref name="bindugopalrao"/><br />
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The third, Samputa gallery tells the story of postal inspector who was in charge of the quality of the postal service, his annual reports were pasted in a book to be preserved and a report from 1889 is on display here along with old [[mail bag]]s and sorting cases of the postman, and archival images of floating post office on [[Dal Lake]].<ref name="bindugopalrao"/><br />
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The fourth gallery is called Samvahana which is the name of the VSAT satellite used for transferring [[money order]]s in mid 1900's and one of the antennas was extant at the Bangalore General Post Office a few years ago. The VSAT apparatus is displayed in this gallery.<ref name="bindugopalrao"/><br />
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A fifth gallery named as Sangathi displays notable objects such as restored post-office clocks, brass weights and rain coats and coloured bags used by [[postman]].<ref name="bindugopalrao"/><br />
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Sixth gallery Sangraha, exhibits the philatelic collection with one of the prominent on show is a [[Penny Black]], originally introduced in the United Kingdom in 1840. Apart from this the gallery has a philascope and Signascope for viewing different aspects of a stamp, like its [[watermark]], paper irregularities and [[Grill (philately)|grills]].<ref name="bindugopalrao"/><br />
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The gallery hosts a children's activity area with interactive quiz machines.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="bindugopalrao"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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