Smithsonian National Postal Museum

4.7 (3,640)museum

A museum charting American mail delivery through vintage aircraft, vast stamp galleries, and letters carried into space.

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Exhibits trace mail delivery from the era of the Pony Express into the detailed inner workings of the postal network. Displays examine how the everyday delivery system operates, balanced by historical artifacts that reach back to a 14th-century letter about the price of silk.


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