We Collect

The Postal Museum regularly develops its collections. If you have items to donate, we would love to hear from you.

If you hold materials you think may be of interest to the collections, please get in touch using the form at the end of this page. If we are interested, we will probably ask you to send images of the items. If we accept your offer, then we will ask you to complete a simple form to officially donate the items to us.

We will not generally accept items that are sent or brought in without prior agreement and reserve the right to dispose of unsolicited items of this kind.

For more information about what and how we collect please read our museum Collections Development Policy and Archive Collections Development Policy .

Hanukkah card depicting a blue background with six window scenes in pale blue, violet and yellow colours. Each window shows candles and sweets. Message on the front reads: 'To the whole family - Happy Hanukkah'. — 'To the whole family - Happy Hanukkah' Card, American Greetings Cleveland and Carlton Cards. (OB1995.671/3)

First edition of 'Ulysses' (1922) by James Joyce, sent by David Byrne, 21 Duke Street, Dublin, to Jacob Schwartz, Bookseller, 20 Bloomsbury Street, London.

A letter and face mask donate to The Postal Museum during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Something to donate?

If you have something you would like to donate to us, please get in touch with us using our contact form. Our Collections team will be in touch and will explain the process of donating an object or story.