Professional paper
SIXTY YEARS OF THE CROATIAN MUSEUM OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTT/HPT/HT MUSEUM IN ZAGREB)
Dunja Majnarić Radošević
; Zagreb
Abstract
In 2013, sixty years had passed since the Zagreb papers
informed the public that the PTT Museum had started
working, the sixteenth museum in the city of Zagreb (Borba,
November 12, 1953). Since its foundation in 1953, the Museum
has been located in the first post and telegraph palace in
Croatia (built in 1904). It keeps numerous items from the
history of posts, telecommunications and philately and is the
only museum of its kind in Croatia. It was opened to the public
in 1997. The objects exhibited in the permanent display of
the Museum briefly indicate the history of the long-distance
transmission of news in Croatia, ever since the Roman period.
From the foundation of the PTT Museum, its task was to
study the history and state of affairs of the postal and
telecommunications activity, particularly in Croatia. Today,
when there are 14 telecoms operators in Croatia, it is normal
that the HT Museum, which works within Croatian Telecom,
should collect, process and present only the materials
and documents of the corporation that owns it. It is hardly
commensurable with laws of the market that the HT Museum
should study the work of the large number of competitive
firms. Will the history of telecommunications in Croatia today
continued to be studied one-sidedly?
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174241
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Publication date:
3.2.2015.
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