National Postal Museum

See how American history & culture are commemorated on postage stamps.

The Smithsonian National Postal Museum App is your mobile window on the museum. You'll learn about our vast collection of stamps and other artifacts, and the fascinating history they commemorate, through a growing collection of mobile exhibits.

The National Postal Museum houses one of the largest and most significant philatelic and postal history collections in the world and one of the world’s most comprehensive library resources on philately and postal history. The museum’s many exhibition galleries present America’s postal history from Colonial times to the present, while its collections contain prestigious U.S. and international postal issues and specialized collections, archival postal documents and 3-D objects.

This app allows you to share in our collections anytime; anywhere.