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FACTS
Open every day
(except December 25)10:00 am to 5:30 pm
Admission is always free!
Street Address:
National Postal Museum
2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
Tel: (202) 633-5555MAP
- Collections
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The national collection illustrates and invites research into United States philately and postal operations. It contains prestigious postal issues and specialized collections, archival postal documents and three-dimensional objects that trace the evolution of the postal services.
- Exhibits
The National Postal Museum is divided into galleries that explore America's postal history from colonial times to the present. Visitors learn how mail has been transported and the wondrous diversity of postage stamps.
- Research
- Museum Library
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- Maynard Sundman Lecture Series
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- Postal History Scholarship Awards
The Museum supports a wide variety of interdisciplinary research projects which address topics of importance such as current and future postal operations, as well as philatelic and postal history. Our efforts are a resource and point of reference for research and wider investigation by historians throughout the United States and the world.
Stamp collecting
The Museum celebrates the beauty and lore of stamps. A stamp is much more than the physical evidence that postage has been paid. Stamps can be miniature works of art, treasured keepsakes, and rare collectibles.
Stamp Collecting Highlights
Stamp Collecting Resources
Stamp collecting resources on the National Postal Museum's websites.
A Stamp for Every Country
Download the PDF and start a collection of almost 800 stamps—one from every country in the world that has produced stamps.
Famous Stamp Collectors
Learn why so many famous individuals have been avid stamp collectors.
Collecting Ancestral Homelands
Why should you collect stamps of your ancestral homeland?
