National Postal Museum

2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington DC, District of Columbia

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Colorful and engaging collection of airmail planes, mail trucks, stagecoaches, and other postal vehicles along with rare stamps, letters, Owney the Postal Dog, and a Pony Express exhibit. Open daily 10 am - 5:30 pm except ... more on Washington.org

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I think for kids, this would be a fun and informative museum. more on TripAdvisor

I think this museum would be a great place to take small children. more on Yahoo! Travel

It was such a neat building. more on igougo

--There were four terminals to send free postcards; two were out of order, and the one we used could not process our 5-digit zip code (after correctly showing state and city) and simply locked up. more on Yahoo! Travel

The exhibit displays the original artwork that the United States Postal Service has more on igougo

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I expected to The National Postal Museum to be a place about stamps, which I'm not particularly interested in. It was actually very interesting. I had no idea how closely the postal system was tied to the history and development ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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A Great Museum in the D.C. area. We went here when we were near the Union Station. It outlines and shows how important the U.S. Postal Service ... more on TripAdvisor

There is quite a bit of stuff to see, but unless you are really interested in the history of mail, it is dispensible. The exhibits are good and there is quite a bit to learn about ... more on TripAdvisor

This was my kids' favorite museum in Washington. They loved the interactive exhibits and I loved learning the history of mail delivery. ... more on TripAdvisor

This museum is best appreciated by stamp collectors and kids. We were neither, but we still enjoyed it. The museum goes to great lengths to give a history of how the postal system moves the mail. I th ... more on TripAdvisor

We stumbled upon this museum after exhausting the Smithsonian options. Coming from a world of expensive museums it is hard for me to believe a free museum can be well done but this one was! Small and ... more on TripAdvisor

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This is a temporary exhibit at the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. It is on display until June 2, 2008. The exhibit displays ... more on igougo

The Postal History Museum is located across the street from Union Station, the nearest metro stop, which operates on the Red Line. ... more on igougo

I am about to insult this museum, but I have a few caveats. First, if you're taking children to D.C., this is an okay museum – it’s ... more on igougo

Not exactly planned. Shawn and I were walking around the National Mall and decided to go over there. It was such a neat building. ... more on igougo

My heart skipped a beat when I took the letter bearing foreign stamps from my mailbox. Who could be writing to me from Russia? Before ... more on igougo