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Opening times:
Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
Last Mail Rail ride at 16:00
Closed Wednesday 10 June
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Updates, announcements and sneak peeks!

    • news
    • 02 June 2026

    Mail Rail Gets Accessible, Immersive Upgrade Ahead of Centenary Celebrations

  • A cardboard postbox and wheel on a craft table.
    • news
    • 22 April 2026

    Environmental Sustainability: 2025 in Action

  • A child looking into a postbox in the exhibition space.
    • news
    • 02 March 2026

    Islington pupils lift the lid on The Jolly Postman sound installation at The Postal Museum

  • Screenshot of the digital portal homepage.
    • news
    • 21 January 2026

    The Postal Museum’s New Digital Collections Portal

    • news
    • 19 January 2026

    The Postal Museum and Faber-Castell celebrate 40 years of The Jolly Postman with family fairytale crafts

    • news
    • 07 November 2025

    The Postal Museum to sell limited edition David Gentleman prints of Mail Rail tunnels

  • Members of the project seated at a roundtable discussion.
    • news
    • 18 September 2025

    The Postal Museum partners with Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry on Legacy Project

    • news
    • 09 September 2025

    The Postal Museum has been nominated for a Museum Association Museums Change Lives award

    • news
    • 30 July 2025

    The Postal Museum partners with University educators to explore how our archive can enliven legal education

  • A woman posting a letter into a pillar box, in an unidentified London street.
    • news
    • 21 July 2025

    The Postal Museum launch social media campaign to encourage postcard sending this Summer

    We've partnered with Postcrossing to encourage members of the public to find the joy in sending postcards once more.

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Last Mail Rail ride at 16:00
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Archive

  • Fish Wharf Post Office, 1936

    POST 118/589
    A teaser image for Fish Wharf Post Office, 1936
  • Van at crossroads, 1934

    POST 118/1094
    A teaser image for Van at crossroads, 1934
  • Tibs the Great, 1954

    M3/0W
    A teaser image for Tibs the Great, 1954
  • Ships Div’n, Mount Pleasant, 1945

    POST 118/1546
    A teaser image for Ships Div’n, Mount Pleasant, 1945
  • Post Office Home Guard, 1941

    POST 56/83
    A teaser image for Post Office Home Guard, 1941
  • Travelling Post Office, 1881

    POST 118/792
    A teaser image for Travelling Post Office, 1881
  • Telegram messenger, 1934

    POST 118/69
    A teaser image for Telegram messenger, 1934
  • Opening of Mount Pleasant, 1934

    POST 118/170
    A teaser image for Opening of Mount Pleasant, 1934
  • Stamp cancelling machine, 1948

    POST 118/1872
    A teaser image for Stamp cancelling machine, 1948
  • Telegram messengers, 1934

    POST 118/70
    A teaser image for Telegram messengers, 1934
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