“Behind the Badge,” a dynamic new exhibition opening June 27 at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum, will showcase the work of one of the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agencies. The ...

The Smithsonian’s NationalPostalMuseum is dedicated to the preservation, study and presentation of postal history and philately. (Note: Philately is the collection and study of postage stamps, ...

WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service has been in the headlines for months as we’ve all come to rely on mail more than ever during the pandemic. Of course, there’s no better place to learn ...

Four years ago, millions more voters in the U.S. became familiar with voting by mail. But a new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum opens Saturday as a reminder that earlier ...

At a Smithsonian museum just off the National Mall, PreK-8th grade students engage in free field trip experiences that focus on storytelling through design, problem solving, and object-based learning ...

Allen Kane had zero experience in museum administration when he became director of the National Postal Museum in 2002. He wasn’t a stamp collector, either. But Kane knew the U.S. Postal Service, ...

What do John Lennon, Ayn Rand and Franklin Delano Roosevelt have in common? They all were stamp collectors. And if that fact doesn’t convince you that stamp collecting is a relaxing, fun activity, an ...

Before there was home mail delivery, slaves often carried letters to and from U.S. post offices or directly to recipients themselves. Now the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum is recalling that ...

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