Ep. 43: Marcus Orsi & Devlan Kruck: Exploring the Museum of Philately
In this bonus mini episode, Marcus Orsi and Devlan Kruck give us an inside look at the Museum of Philately, its purpose, its goals, and their plans for the Museum's future.
Museum of Philately Launches Hunt For New Collections March 2021:
The Museum of Philately is a digital platform, available free online and on AppStores, bringing to life important philatelic collections, their collectors and world rarities. This is an exciting opportunity for collectors to display their exhibits for the philatelic community to enjoy, including present and future generations of philatelists. It is a unique way to showcase a collection in its entirety, and to update pages instantly, so that the entire assembly is presented as the collector conceived it at any time. The Museum’s curators review and select key collections before highlighting them online; it is only important collections which are then displayed. These standout exhibits might have won at least a FIP gold medal or, in case of not having ever been exhibited, include unique material, or recognised rarities.
Collectors and philatelic enthusiasts can visit the Museum for free. It is a wonderful space to see these amazing collections and learn about top flight philatelists and their exhibits. Each collection has a description, collector's biography, and high-resolution images presented in exhibition format on individual pages, which are all written up, and can be ‘enlarged’ and ‘zoomed’ into for more detailed analysis.
Marcus Orsi, leading the Museum of Philately team comments:
‘As a collector I noticed that many wonderful collections are never displayed, and even some exhibitors only rarely show their material. The Museum really opens the doors to these collectors, allowing a wider philatelic audience to enjoy the collections and increase the awareness of the hobby. The David Feldman team created the Museum of Philately and we continue to grow the concept. Over the next few months we will be developing the Museum further and showing at Virtual Stampex. Lookout for our clinics, classes, exhibiting support, how to start collecting guides and more.”
Submitting your collection for consideration and inclusion within the Museum is free, you just need to be able to tick at least one of the boxes below:
Have you ever exhibited?
Have you got outstanding rarities within your collection?
Has your collection been awarded at least an FIP Gold Medal?
If so, then head to museumofphilately.com and send scans and example pages, together with information regarding your collection.