COVID-19 and the Post

Take part in our project to document the COVID-19 crisis, by submitting items you’ve received via post during the pandemic.

We aim to build an expansive view of this significant moment in history by collecting physical objects and personal accounts which reflect the complex and shifting relationship people have with the post, including the very real impact on postal and delivery workers.

You can submit suggestions of items covering the period from March 2020 onward, that you would like to donate to the museum, around these areas:

• Letters and Envelopes: We are interested in collecting letters and envelopes, whatever the content, as well as any mail art that you may have created or received
• Greetings and Postcards: reflecting how the post has enabled us to mark special occasions, without seeing each other in person.
• Parcels and Packaging: Across the country businesses used the post to continued trading during the height of the pandemic. We are interested in the parcels and packaging companies used and what the contents of parcels meant to you.

If you have an object or story you think would fit in our collection that you’d like us to consider, find out more about the process below.

Do you have an object you would like to donate?

If you have something you would like to donate to us, please get in touch. Our Collections team will be in touch and will explain the process of donating an object or story, as well as our policies for contemporary collecting.