National Postal Museum Opens
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PrintThe National Postal Museum opens to the public July 30, 1993. The new museum houses and displays the national philatelic and postal history collection which is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world. The museum has five exhibit galleries, a Discovery Center, and a Library Research Center. The new museum is located in the old Washington, D.C., main Post Office building, a 1914 Beaux Art structure designed by architect Daniel Burnham.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 30, 1993
United States