Postal Museum

On Friday May 25th we went to the Postal Museum of Budapest. It was a beautiful museum, and they only get between one and twenty people per day. A fun fact about the Hungarian Post Office, is that it was the first country to use a delivery car instead of using a bike to transport mail. Also, while under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Dr. Emanuel Hermann suggested the idea of the postcard, which was the first postcard in the world. Hungary is also known for the invention of the lock, which is placed outside on the public mailbox's. Another fun fact is that the postal system became so popular that the mailmen would have to empty the mailbox's six to seven times a day because they would be so full! With all the inventions and technology that came from Hungary, we thought that this was a great place to go for our project on the History of Science and Technology.