The Blue Penny Museum a museum dedicated to history and art of Mauritius, is situated at Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius. It opened in November 2001.[1]
The museum collection includes the 1847 Blue Penny and Red Penny stamps. The stamps were bought in 1993 for $2,000,000 by a consortium of Mauritian enterprises headed by The Mauritius Commercial Bank and brought back to Mauritius after almost 150 years.[1] For conservation, the originals are illuminated only temporarily. Most of the time only copies are to be seen.
The museum, founded by The Mauritius Commercial Bank,[1] also houses the original statue of Paul and Virginia, created in 1881 by Prosper d'Épinay.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mauritius museums information". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ^ Prosper d’Epinay by Emmanuel Richon.
External links
edit- Blue Penny Museum, Blue Penny Museum Website
- Mauritius Stamps Album
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