National Postal Museum

Not to be confused with The British Postal Museum & Archive, formerly known as the National Postal Museum.
National Postal Museum
National Postal Museum in 2008
National Postal Museum is located in Central Washington, D.C.
National Postal Museum
Location of the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C.
National Postal Museum is located in the United States
National Postal Museum
National Postal Museum (the United States)
EstablishedJuly 30, 1993 (1993-07-30)
LocationPostal Square Building
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Coordinates38°53′53″N 77°00′30″W / 38.89806°N 77.00833°W / 38.89806; -77.00833
DirectorElliot Gruber[1]
Public transit access at Union Station
Amtrak/MARC/VRE at Washington Union Station
Websitepostalmuseum.si.edu Edit this at Wikidata

The National Postal Museum, located in Washington, D.C., is the primary postal museum of the United States. It covers large portions of the postal history of the United States and other countries. It was established through joint agreement between the United States Postal Service and the Smithsonian Institution and opened in 1993.[2]

  1. ^ "Meet our staff". National Postal Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  2. ^ "History of the Museum". postalmuseum.si.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-03.