Current Exhibitions

9 de abril de 2022 - 5 de enero de 2025
Desde cartas de aficionados y equipos de béisbol de la oficina postal hasta el mundo del coleccionismo de recuerdos y estampillas del béisbol, la exposición Béisbol: el Jonrón de los EE.UU. explora nuestro pasatiempo nacional desde un punto de vista único, como es el de la lente postal.

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Soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen anxiously awaiting mail delivery is a familiar scene from movies, newsreels, and documentary photographs. Mail call is the moment when the frontline and home front connect. This exhibition tells the history of military mail from the American Revolution to 2010: How does this mail reach its destination? What roles does it play? Why does it influence morale? The exhibition explores the great lengths taken to set up and operate postal services under extraordinary circumstances. It also features letters that reveal the expressions, emotions, and events of the time. On the battlefront and at home, mail provides a vital communication link between military service personnel, their communities, and their loved ones.

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In 1845, postal officials tried a new approach to expand the nation’s mail service—Star Routes.

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This gallery provides an overview of mail service in America from colonial times through the 19th century, stressing the importance of written communication in the young nation.

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The Railway Mail Service revolutionized the way mail was processed by sorting mail aboard moving trains. The National Postal Museum re-created a railway mail train in its Atrium. The interior fixtures is from a de-commissioned mail car. The exterior portion of the Railway Post Office train was created by Smithsonian artisans.

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