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About National Postal Museum

The National Postal Museum, located in Washington, D.C., is the primary postal museum in 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.

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Postal museum
Founded
1993
Annual visitors
357K
in 2015
Director
Elliot Gruber

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Photos of National Postal Museum

  1. National Postal Museum, Washington01WashingtonPhoto by Kmf164, taken on February 18, 2006. · CC BY 2.5
  2. Alphabetilately Exhibition02Alphabetilately ExhibitionCliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA · CC BY 2.0
  3. Mailbomb03Mailbombdbking · CC BY 2.0
  4. Mail sled by Matthew Bisanz04Mail sled by Matthew BisanzMBisanz · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Horace Maynard quote at Nat. Postal Service IMG05Horace Maynard quote at Nat. Postal ServiceBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. Photo of National Postal Museum06Photo of National Postal MuseumRalf Roletschek (talk) - Infos über Fahrräder auf fahrradmonteur.de Wikis in der Ausbildung · CC BY-SA 3.0

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