Service updates

The Postal Museum to receive 3 year funding from Arts Council England

We are delighted that we have been offered 3 years of funding by Arts Council England, as a National Portfolio Organisation.

The Postal Museum announces their final Post & Go updates of 2022

The Postal Museum will join the National Museum of the Royal Navy in their remembrance Post & Go issue.

The Postal Museum has been awarded Accreditation

We’re pleased to share that we have been awarded Accreditation from Arts Council England.

Displaying Queen Elizabeth II’s First Stamps

On Wednesday 28 September, The Postal Museum opens a display commemorating Queen Elizabeth II through stamp design.

We’ve won a Remarkable Venue Award

Our Condolences to the Royal Family

Displaying Freddie Mercury’s Childhood Stamp Album

See the album in a new display marking Pride 50.

Post & Go stamps to mark the Platinum Jubilee

The Postal Museum is set to release a new overprint on its Post & Go machines to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.

Post & Go stamps to mark the opening of Sorting Britain: The Power of Postcodes

Introducing a new “Sorting Britain” overprint and a range of products, including Post & Go First Day Covers and Presentation Packs.

The Postal Museum shortlisted for London Tourism Awards 2022

We're delighted to have been shortlisted for the Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award in the London Tourism Awards 2022.

Post & Go February and March Update

New Book: ‘Just Large Enough’ by Douglas Muir

The Postal Museum to release a new book ‘Just Large Enough’ by Douglas Muir as a guide to the Museum’s Philatelic Collections.

London 2022 International Stamp Exhibition

The Postal Museum to attend London 2022 International Stamp Exhibition displaying original wood engravings by artist David Gentleman for the first time.

19th century Post Office workers records go live on the Addressing Health website

Discover unique insights into health and working lives in the 19th and early 20th century thanks to a new data tool available online.

The Postal Museum wins Best Accessible Museum

The Postal Museum has won the Best Accessible Museum award in the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award 2021, it was announced on Monday 11 October 2021.

The Postal Museum to attend Autumn Stampex 2021

The philatelic event of the year, Stampex 2021, is back in London with The Postal Museum as one of the exhibitors.

Mail Rail gets on board ‘Love Your Railway’ nationwide campaign

The Postal Museum shortlisted for the Family Friendly Museum Awards

We’ve been shortlisted in the category of Best Accessible Museum in the 2021 Family Friendly Museum Awards from Kids in Museums.

The Postal Museum reopens

After 156 days of being closed we are delighted to announce we are open.

The Postal Museum announces the reopening of its Post & Go machines with new commemorative overprints

Transcribing the health histories of Victorian postal workers

Kids of 2020 Letter Writing Project   

The Postal Museum partners with Author P.G. Bell and National Literacy Trust to launch children's letter writing project

Funding received from Art Fund

The Postal Museum is delighted to have been awarded £30,000 from Art Fund for an inclusive reopening.

Find GPO War Heroes on Ancestry

The Postal Museum partners with Ancestry to share the histories of the GPO War Heroes.

The Postal Museum announces the reopening of its Post & Go machines

Post & Go machines are back!

Culture Recovery Fund

The Postal Museum is thrilled to share that we have been awarded £860,000 from the Culture Recovery Fund, administered by Arts Council England.

The Postal Museum to reopen on 29 October

After 255 days of closure, we’re reopening our doors in October.

The Postal Museum to attend Virtual Stampex 2020

We're opening our virtual booth at the world’s first virtual International Stamp show.

We’ve Updated Our Privacy Policy    

Changes to our Privacy Policy for NHS Test and Trace

New National Lottery Funding Secured

The Postal Museum has received National Lottery support to help address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Launching COVID-19 and the Post

Public call out for letters, cards, parcels and packaging from Lockdown launched.

Stamp Collector partners with The Postal Museum to host ‘Summer of Stamps’ virtual festival

Online festival to celebrate the world of stamp collecting is set to open on 9 July 2020.

Searching for family histories of GPO War Heroes

Spring update for The Postal Museum’s Post & Go

Post & Go stamps with Airmail 1919 overprint will be replaced by the Union Flag design on 3 March.

Winter Greenery Post & Go stamps available at The Postal Museum

Winter Greenery stamps available from Mail Rail Post & Go machine from 2 December.

BBC Children in Need to broadcast live from The Postal Museum

Pudsey is coming to The Postal Museum!

The Postal Museum to open its second Post & Go machine

Mail Rail Post & Go machine launches on Tuesday 29 October.

The Postal Museum collaborates with leading academics to analyse health of postal workers in Victorian and Edwardian times

The Postal Museum marks the opening of their new exhibition, The Great Train Robbery: Crime and The Post, with Post & Go stamps

The Postal Museum marks the centenary of Airmail events with Post & Go stamps

Post & Go stamps mark 100 years since several historic Airmail “firsts”.

The Postal Museum features in Lonely Planet’s Ultimate UK Travelist

The museum ranks in the top 500 unmissable experiences and hidden gems across the country.

The Postal Museum’s Archive Achieves National Accreditation

VIP Dining Experience in Mail Rail

Share the Love

Let your Valentine’s cards and love letters be part of history. Donate them now!

Post & Go stamps marking National Postal Museum 50th anniversary

Post & Go overprints to mark 50th anniversary of The Queen opening the National Postal Museum available at The Postal Museum.

Post & Go November Update from The Postal Museum

The Royal Mail Post & Go stamps featuring the poppy will no longer be available at The Postal Museum's Post & Go machine from Thursday 29 November.

Winter Greenery Post & Go stamps available at The Postal Museum

The Royal Mail Post & Go stamps featuring Winter Greenery designs will be available from its Post & Go machine from 8 November 2018, not 12 November as reported elsewhere.

Former Mail Rail employees wanted

Help us create a record of the people who worked on The Post Office Railway so they and their stories will never be forgotten.

Our first anniversary

The Postal Museum celebrates a hugely successful first year

Mail by Bike and 50th Anniversary ‘F’ Type Letter Box Stamps coming to The Postal Museum

The Postal Museum Turned Mount Pleasant into Giant Cinema Screen

The Postal Museum marked Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist with short film projected onto famous London landmark.

Giant Mural Commissioned by The Postal Museum

We celebrate the prestigious Museum of the Year accolade with a giant mural on the wall by a Clerkenwell artist.

The Postal Museum Machin Commemorative Post & Go issue to be replaced

Museum of the Year Cat-bassador Wanted

Love mice, hats and naps? Become the Museum of the Year Cat-bassador!

The Museums + Heritage Awards 2018

In our first year of opening, The Postal Museum has been shortlisted for two Museums + Heritage Awards.

‘Red Wheel’ Plaque Unveiled at Mail Rail

Shortlisted to win Museum of the Year award 2018

Opening soon: Voices from the Deep

Game of Thrones comes to The Postal Museum Post & Go

Tickets now on sale

Tickets going on sale!

Visiting with kids? We’ve got it Sorted!

A Royal Visit

The Postal Museum’s Opening Date Announced

We’re Opening July 2017

Susan Raikes Joins Board of Trustees

New walls and old friends

Auction stations

Sneak peek: Mail Rail footage

Playing with trains

All taking shape

The Loco and the Mule

Laying the foundations

Breaking ground in Mail Rail