The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating its 250th anniversary this weekend, and you won't have to check your mailbox for the invite. The agency's semiquincentennial will be marked by an event at the ...

But a new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum opens Saturday as a reminder that earlier generations of voters used the postal service to cast absentee ballots decades before the ...

The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum will host the 21st Maynard Sundman Lecture Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 4 p.m. ET at the museum and also online on Zoom. Admission is free, but registration is ...

For over two and a half centuries — through rain, snow and gloom of night — the U.S. Postal Service has been delivering. Turning 250 years old this week, the Postal Service is older than America ...

This summer, Shannon Chamberlain, Tosca DiBella, and Jenna Lipman were interns for the Curatorial Department of the National Postal Museum. They have spent two months carrying out research projects ...

To celebrate Valentine's Day in a unique way, head over to the Postal Museum on February 14, 2026! The event will feature ...

The United States Postal Service and volunteers have responded to North Pole holiday correspondence over the past century The 183-year-old envelope is a rare example of two early forms of prepaid ...

Amid financial problems and workforce reductions, the U.S. Postal Service is celebrating 250 years of history. Amid financial problems and workforce reductions, the U.S. Postal Service is celebrating ...