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Opening times:
Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
Last Mail Rail ride at 16:00
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Updates, announcements and sneak peeks!

    • news
    • 15 November 2019

    Winter Greenery Post & Go stamps available at The Postal Museum

    Winter Greenery stamps available from Mail Rail Post & Go machine from 2 December.

    • news
    • 14 November 2019

    BBC Children in Need to broadcast live from The Postal Museum

    Pudsey is coming to The Postal Museum!

    • news
    • 23 October 2019

    The Postal Museum to open its second Post & Go machine

    Mail Rail Post & Go machine launches on Tuesday 29 October.

    • news
    • 30 September 2019

    The Postal Museum collaborates with leading academics to analyse health of postal workers in Victorian and Edwardian times

    • news
    • 30 September 2019

    The Postal Museum marks the opening of their new exhibition, The Great Train Robbery: Crime and The Post, with Post & Go stamps

    • news
    • 30 August 2019

    The Postal Museum marks the centenary of Airmail events with Post & Go stamps

    Post & Go stamps mark 100 years since several historic Airmail “firsts”.

    • news
    • 13 August 2019

    The Postal Museum features in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate UK Travelist

    The museum ranks in the top 500 unmissable experiences and hidden gems across the country.

  • Photograph of a curator moving the shelves of records in The Archive Repository at The Postal Museum.
    • news
    • 28 March 2019

    The Postal Museum’s Archive Achieves National Accreditation

    • news
    • 15 February 2019

    VIP Dining Experience in Mail Rail

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    • 05 February 2019

    Share the Love

    Let your Valentine’s cards and love letters be part of history. Donate them now!

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Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
Last Mail Rail ride at 16:00

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Archive

  • Telegram messenger, 1934

    POST 118/69
    A teaser image for Telegram messenger, 1934
  • Opening of Mount Pleasant, 1934

    POST 118/170
    A teaser image for Opening of Mount Pleasant, 1934
  • Travelling Post Office, 1881

    POST 118/792
    A teaser image for Travelling Post Office, 1881
  • Van at crossroads, 1934

    POST 118/1094
    A teaser image for Van at crossroads, 1934
  • Tibs the Great, 1954

    M3/0W
    A teaser image for Tibs the Great, 1954
  • Post Office Home Guard, 1941

    POST 56/83
    A teaser image for Post Office Home Guard, 1941
  • Stamp cancelling machine, 1948

    POST 118/1872
    A teaser image for Stamp cancelling machine, 1948
  • Ships Div’n, Mount Pleasant, 1945

    POST 118/1546
    A teaser image for Ships Div’n, Mount Pleasant, 1945
  • Fish Wharf Post Office, 1936

    POST 118/589
    A teaser image for Fish Wharf Post Office, 1936
  • Telegram messengers, 1934

    POST 118/70
    A teaser image for Telegram messengers, 1934
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The Postal Museum is the public identity of the Postal Heritage Trust | Charity No. 1102360 | Company No. 4896056

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