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Heritage Electric Theatre to turn Museum

November 27 , 2018 1986 days 797 0
  • The Heritage Electric Theatre, on the Anna Road Head Post Office campus, is soon going to turn into a Museum exclusively for Philately, Stamp collection.
  • It will be the first of its kind launched by the India Post which runs similar museums at New Delhi and Agra.
  • It will have replicas of some of the oldest stamps and special covers in the country.
  • The Electric Theatre, established in 1913, was the first theatre to screen silent films in Mount Road.
  • At present, the theatre hosts a permanent philatelic exhibition with different themes every month.

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