Yesterday I went to the National Postal Museum in DC.
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the postal museum is located in DC next to Union Station
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admission to the museum is free and they’re open 365 (except Christmas!) this is what you see when you first walk in |
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lovely display of mailboxes |
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the back drop of the Education Center, when you can use computers to simulate mail travel
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Outside the Alphabetilately exhibit |
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there is a small exhibit/shadow box for each letter of the alphabet |
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large exhibit about USA’s military mail |
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mail pouch! |
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they certainly are.. |
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combining my two current obsessions: textiles and mail! |
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super cool, right? |
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mini post office experience |
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part of a cute game where you threw the packages into the appropriate bin based on the address as part of the Systems At Work exhibit |
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they had a table where you could write your opinions on snail mail and there were some cute ones |
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the one I left spoke of my 365 project and asked for letters |
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all the slots were labeled and I found one for Baltimore, MD! |
In other news I’ve still been sending and receiving mail.
Have you ever been to the Postal Museum? What’s your favorite part of mail history?