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National Postal Museum
Michael Osborne

Hours:

  • 10 to 5:30
    Closed December 25

Location:

  • 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
    Washington, DC

Phone/Website:

Metro:

Red Line
  • Union Station

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Shop at the National Postal Museum

The Postal Museum Store has a large selection of books, calendars, postcards and posters.

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Eat at the National Postal Museum

Although the Postal Museum does not have an on-site cafe, many Smithsonian museums do.

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Tips

Just off the atrium, view three early mail-carrying airplanes: a 1936 Stinson Reliant, a 1919 de Havilland DH-4B and a 1911 Wiseman-Cooke biplane.

Kids will enjoy the story of the postal mascot, Owney, the stray dog who was adopted by the Railway Mail Service and traveled by railway car thousands of miles across the United States. Postal employees fed and cared for the little pup all along the way.

Directions

From the Union Station Metro stop, take the escalator up to street level to the southwest corner of Union Station. Turn right and directly across 1st Street, NE, is the museum entrance. The museum’s information desk is located in the lobby to the right of the entrance.

Tours

For tour schedules, call 202-633-5535. Meet at the information desk, located near the first-floor escalator, for hour-long, drop-in tours offered most days at 11 and 1; all tours are subject to docent availability.

Highlights Tours

(walk-in; meet at info desk)

• Schedule varies; call 202-633-5535 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY)
• Also, a printed self-guided tour for children and adults is available in a bin at the bottom of the escalators.


Group Tours

(by appointment only, 3-week notice required; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-5535 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY))


Tours for Visitors with Hearing or Visual Impairments

(by appointment only, 3-week notice recommended; call Mon.-Fri., 9 AM-5 PM, except federal holidays: 202-633-5535 (voice) or 202-633-9849 (TTY))

Note: During times when staff are unavailable, callers may leave messages on the answering machine; the tour scheduler will return the calls.