Blue Penny Museum

Must see if you are in Port Louis. Small but very nice museum about history of Mauritius. There is also the famous stamps Blue Penny and Red Penny. These stamps are lit for 10 minutes every hour. Very interesting things about post history. Highly recommend if you are in Mauricius.

History of Mauritius and their famous stamps. Blue and Red Penny. You can see the originals which were bought back to Mauritius in 1993, but only few minutes every hour (the light turns on), not to destroy the stamps. It is only about "Post Office" versus "Post Paid" :-)

Very beautiful location with a lot of history showcased. Lots of art and history about Mauritius 🇲🇺 Definitely learnt a lot about Mauritius and it’s history. The arts works are very impress and you will really appreciate it if you are into art 🖼️ There’s also postage stamps on display with loads of information about the Mauritius postal system. Lots of fantastic sculptures to admire as well. You aren’t allowed to take photos so please be aware of this. It’s open from Monday to Saturday and closed on Sundays/public holidays. Try to plan your visit for the early part of the day. Entrance is about Rs245 as a tourist.

Great museum to visit even if you are not a stamps guy. Beside the world famous blue and red Mauritius stamp you can visit a nice exhibition on the history of Mauritius. Keep in mind, that the blue Mauritius stamp is only visible for 5 minutes per hour because of conservative reasons. At our visit it was from xx:20 pm to xx:25 pm

Review: Visit one of the last stamps of the Blue penny and seed penny. What makes it so special? The misprint in 1847 includes Post Office on the stamps and was soon changed to Post Paid. For conservation, the originals are illuminated only temporarily. So make sure to inquire about the time, when the stamps are illuminated. Parking: non-free parking slot of the waterfront shopping mall

Take the time to go around at least twice as you'll miss things worth seeing on the first circuit. The Malcolm de Chazal exhibition was worth seeing if you like that sort of thing and included in the entrance fee. Not really my taste.

Very little museum about the history of Mauritius and the famous postmarks. These did not impress me, but could be interesting for philatelists.

Super happy to see the stamps that were a synonymous with the rarest things. I didn't know what I was doing, but was having a blast as a young kid collecting hundreds of stamps. Also, great to learn more about Mauritian history. Foreigners pay almost 6x Mauritian prices