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Sandesha Museum

The Students of grade 8 visited Sandesha Museum of Communication/Bangalore Postal Museum on 17th June 2023 to understand India's rich history of postal and communication. A postal museum is a museum dedicated to the display of objects relating to the postal service.

The students got the opportunity to see various collections of rare postal stamps and fascinating tools.

Many exhibits included telegraph, Morse transmitter, a hand cradle phone, stamps depicting the freedom movement of India which was worth admiring.

The aptly named Sandesh Museum of Communication depicts the evolution of postage and communication mediums in India.

Maintained by the Department of Post, Karnataka Circle, Sandesh hosts artefacts including those from the British era, collected from post offices across India.

Among the most treasured items is a letter written by Subhas Chandra Bose.

The exhibits also show the perils of postage. A mail bomb detector kept here was used to detect explosive materials being sent via mail.