Current exhibitions
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The BPMA has year-long exhibitions on display in the small display area in our Search Room at The Royal Mail Archive. We also have a thriving programme of touring and external exhibitions. All of our exhibitions are available as online exhibitions and in addition we have a number of exhibitions that are solely online.
You can find out more about what exhibitions we have available as touring exhibitions in Exhibitions available to other venues.
Archive Search Room
Gentleman on Stamps
BPMA Search Room from 7 May 2009
David Gentleman has designed 103 issued stamps for Royal Mail since 1962. This exhibition features the artwork for many of these and some designs which have never been seen in public before. It focuses on the revolutionary "Gentleman Album" of 1966, which had so much influence on British stamp design.
Further Information
Gentleman on Stamps online exhibition
Gentleman on Stamps on our blog
The David Gentleman Album (8594KB)
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David Gentleman Design by Brian Webb and Peyton Skipworth with a foreword by Alan Bennett
Press Coverage
The Daily Telegraph: Frankly MonarchistOut and About
Last Post: Remembering the First World War
Staffordshire Regiment Museum, 1 April 2009 until 31 July 2009
This new temporary exhibition, jointly organised by the BPMA and the Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms, will display artefacts, posters and images from both the Imperial War Museum’s and the BPMA’s collections. It celebrates the the vital role the Post Office played during the First World War (1914-1918).
Future Dates
Please see Upcoming Exhibitions.
Learning
BPMA Last Post: Remembering the First World War education packs for primary and secondary school teachers are available to download.
Further Information
Last Post: Remembering the First World War on our blog
Last Post: Remembering the First World War online exhibition
Last Post: Remembering the First World War on Flickr
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Moving the Mail: Horses to Horsepower
Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton, 31 January 2009 until 27 September 2009.
Grampian Transport Museum, April until October 2009
An exhibition exploring the history of road transport and the Post Office.
Future Dates
Please see Upcoming Exhibitions.
Further Information
Moving the Mail: Horses to Horsepower on our blog
Moving the Mail: Horses to Horsepower online exhibition
Moving the Mail: Horses to Horsepower on Flickr
Shop Product
Moving The Mail... By Road book
The Travelling Post Office
Crewe Heritage Centre, Easter weekend until 27 September 2009
Discover the fascinating history of the Travelling Post Office (TPO) through this exhibition, which includes the BPMA's renovated TPO carriage.
Further Information
The Travelling Post Office on our blog
The Travelling Post Office online exhibition
