Blue Penny Museum

{{Short description|Museum in Port Louis, Mauritius}} {{Infobox museum | name = Blue Penny Museum | logo = File:Blue Penny Museum (Port Louis, Mauritius) logo.png | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = File:Blue Penny Museum.JPG | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Museum building | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates =  | former_name =  | established =  | dissolved =  | location = Caudan Waterfront<br>Port Louis RFQX+J2C<br>Mauritius | type = | accreditation = | key_holdings = Blue Penny stamp | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | deputy_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = | historian = | owner = MCB Group | employees = | public_transit = | parking =  | website =  | network = | embedded =  }} 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.<ref name="stampsmauritius">{{Cite web |url=http://www.stampsmauritius.com/Museums.htm |title=Mauritius museums information. |access-date=2007-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413131505/http://www.stampsmauritius.com/Museums.htm |archive-date=2012-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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.<ref name="stampsmauritius"/> 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,<ref name="stampsmauritius"/> also houses the original statue of Paul and Virginia, created in 1881 by Prosper d'Épinay.<ref>[http://www.potomitan.info/galerie/epinay/index.php Prosper d’Epinay by Emmanuel Richon.]</ref>

thumb|160px|left|Blue Penny stamp == References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.bluepennymuseum.com Blue Penny Museum], ''Blue Penny Museum'' Website * [http://go.mauritius.online.fr/ Mauritius Stamps Album]

{{coord|-20.1609|57.4975|region:MU_type:landmark|format=dms|display=title}} {{Authority control}} Category:Museums established in 2001 Category:Museums in Mauritius Category:Philatelic museums Category:Philately of Mauritius Category:Buildings and structures in Port Louis Category:2001 establishments in Mauritius