National Postal Museum

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Smithsonian museum history museum postal museum

The National Postal Museum is a Smithsonian museum in Washington, D.C., dedicated to the history of the United States postal service and philately.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
National Stamp Salon 1
World of Stamps 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Smithsonian museum ⓘ
history museum ⓘ
postal museum ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dedicatedTo history of the United States Postal Service ⓘ
philately ⓘ
exhibits evolution of postal technology ⓘ
history of mail delivery in the United States ⓘ
international postal history ⓘ
rare and famous stamps ⓘ
focusesOn mail transportation ⓘ
postal history ⓘ
stamp collecting ⓘ
hasCollection mail processing equipment ⓘ
mail transport vehicles ⓘ
philatelic literature ⓘ
postage stamps ⓘ
postal artifacts ⓘ
postal stationery ⓘ
postal uniforms ⓘ
hasEducationalProgram philatelic education programs ⓘ
public lectures on postal history ⓘ
school group tours ⓘ
hasNotableCollection Inverted Jenny stamp block ⓘ
National Philatelic Collection ⓘ
Presidential Issue stamps ⓘ
rare U.S. airmail stamps ⓘ
hasPermanentExhibition America’s Mailing Industry ⓘ
Binding the Nation ⓘ
Mail Call ⓘ
National Postal Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Stamp Salon

Systems at Work ⓘ
National Postal Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: World of Stamps
hasVisitorOrientation public museum ⓘ
hasWebsite https://postalmuseum.si.edu ⓘ
inception 1993 ⓘ
locatedIn District of Columbia ⓘ
United States Capitol Complex ⓘ
surface form: United States Capitol complex

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Old Post Office Pavilion ⓘ
surface form: City Post Office Building

former Washington City Post Office ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Union Station (Washington Metro) ⓘ
surface form: Union Station (Washington, D.C.)
opened July 30, 1993 ⓘ
operatedBy Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
ownedBy Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
partOf Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
surface form: Smithsonian Institution museum system
streetAddress 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE ⓘ
subjectOf Smithsonian Institution publications ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Smithsonian Institution → hasPart → National Postal Museum ⓘ
National Postal Museum → hasPermanentExhibition → National Postal Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: World of Stamps
National Postal Museum → hasPermanentExhibition → National Postal Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Stamp Salon
Washington Metro at Union Station → near → National Postal Museum ⓘ