The Museum is situated in Caen, at 52 Rue St.Pierre. The house that hosts the Museum, as well as the neighbouring property at 54, are considered to be two of the finest examples extant of Mediaeval architecture in the area. The gable end of the house is of wooden construction and dates from the sixteenth century, having probably been built between 1510 and 1520. Only this façade is built of wood, and richly decorated with pre-Renaissance carvings. The remainder of the structure, including the spiral staircase, is built of stone.  Having survived the ravages of time and been utilised by practitioners of a variety of trades and crafts over the years, the house became the Museum of the Post and Techniques of Communication in 1986.  Of the six rooms housing exhibits, there are devoted to themes representing pre-industrial forms of communication whilst the remaining three deal with industrial technology culminating in electronic Telecommunications.