Celebrate the arrival of spring at the National Postal Museum’s Garden Party! Activity stations spread throughout the museum are designed to encourage awareness of and appreciation for the natural beauty all around you. Learn the traditional language of flowers, design your own stamp and start a topical stamp collection, plant a mini garden to take […]

  Every year, we celebrate the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad (May 10, 1869) at the National Postal Museum. Finally there were train tracks connecting East and West, allowing the Post Office to quickly move mail by trains across the entire country. On Train Day, come and experience the Railway Post Office by checking […]

My Fellow Soldiers: Letters from World War I was created by the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum in collaboration with the Center for American War Letters at Chapman University. This special exhibition commemorates the centennial of America’s involvement in World War I and uncovers this rich history through compelling personal letters written by military service members […]

Celebrate Women’s History Month at the National Postal Museum! Learn about all the amazing roles women have played throughout the history of the Postal Service, right up through today!  Watch historic printing press demonstrations, play the “Dead Letter Office” game, and participate in a topical scavenger hunt.  Visitors can meet a real Postal Inspector and […]