Art and history museum
Blue Penny Museum
Port-Louis · Port Louis
from MUR 325 per person
AI-generated imageThe Blue Penny Museum is an art and history museum wholly devoted to Mauritius, set on Le Caudan Waterfront, by the harbour of Port Louis. The visit moves through themed rooms: the age of discovery and navigation, the island builders and colonial history, Port Louis in the 18th and 19th centuries through old maps and images, then the postal adventure and the engraving of stamps. One room belongs to Paul and Virginie, the novel by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre forever tied to the island, with a classical sculpture of the two lovers.
At a glance
- Opening hours
- Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 4pm
- Closed
- Sundays and public holidays
- Telephone
- +230 210 9204
- info@bluepennymuseum.mu
- Setting
- On Le Caudan Waterfront
What sets it apart
The Post Office stamps are the centrepiece of the collection. To protect them from ageing, they are lit for only ten minutes an hour, at quarter past each opening hour: the whole visit is best planned around that moment.
Highlights
- The Post Office stamps, on view for ten minutes at quarter past each hour
- The Paul and Virginie room and its sculpture
- Old maps and views of Port Louis
- The story of the post and of stamp engraving in Mauritius
Good to know
- Arrive a few minutes before quarter past the hour to see the stamps lit.
- Photography is allowed in the museum, except in the stamp room.
- No food or drink inside.
Getting there
On Le Caudan Waterfront, on the harbour front of Port Louis.
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