Current Exhibitions

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Behind the Badge

Learn how the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the law enforcement arm of the Postal Service, helps protect you and discover tips to guard against scams and fraud.

June 27, 2014 – Indefinitely

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National Stamp Salon

Browse tens of thousands of stamps, mail, medals, dies, and other artifacts from the National Philatelic Collection.

September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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World of Stamps

See stamps that have shaped history and honored people and places around the world.

September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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Connect with U.S. Stamps

Explore your own connection with stamps, create your own stamp design, and learn how stamps are produced.

September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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Stamps Around the Globe

Browse stamps from every country that has ever produced stamps—including countries that no longer exist!

September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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Gems of American Philately

Examine a 1918 Inverted Jenny and 12 other philatelic gems that are rarely on view.

September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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Mail Marks History

Trace the journeys of three historic letters by analyzing different kinds of mail markings.

September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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Systems at Work

Learn how mail travels from sender to recipient and how the process has changed over the last 200 years!

December 14, 2011 – Permanent

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Mail Call

This exhibition addresses the emotional importance of mail to troops and their families during wartime and the logistics of delivering mail to troops.

November 10, 2011 – Permanent

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Airmail in America

This exhibition examines the critical role the postal system played in the creation of America's commercial aviation industry.

February 22, 2006 – Permanent

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Customers and Communities

This gallery focuses on the modern changes in mail service introduced at the turn of the 20th century.

July 30, 1993 – Permanent

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Moving the Mail

Faced with the challenge of moving the mail quickly, the postal service looked to trains, automobiles, airplanes, and buses to deliver the mail.

July 30, 1993 – Permanent

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Binding the Nation

This gallery provides an overview of mail service in America from colonial times through the 19th century.

July 30, 1993 – Permanent

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