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Museums at Night

Museums at Night

A special event at our Museum Store to mark Museums at Night.

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Calthorpe House

Calthorpe House

Find out about our plans for a new London home for our collections.

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Last Post: Remembering the First World War

Last Post: Remembering the First World War

The stories of postal workers at war and on the Home Front.

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Post & Go machine

Post & Go machine

A Royal Mail Hytech Post & Go machine is available in the foyer of the Royal Mail Archive.

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Designs on Delivery

Designs on Delivery

An exhibition of postal posters at Swindon's Great Western Hospital.

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London Walking Tours

London Walking Tours

See 350 years of London's postal history.

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Diamond Jubilee

Diamond Jubilee

A display marking the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Timeline of Key Dates

Timeline of Key Dates

Navigate through centuries of postal heritage.

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Illness and Absence in the Victorian Post Office

Illness and Absence in the Victorian Post Office

24 Apr 2013

Oliver Carter-Wakefield, a research student at Kings College London, gave a talk at The...

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Stocktake closure of Search Room (and possible noise)

Stocktake closure of Search Room (and possible noise)

18 April 2013

The Search Room will be closed to the public from 13-24 May (inclusive) for our annual...

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B/W Greetings Cards

B/W Greetings Cards

From original publicity photographs showing the postal service at work

These greetings cards features images of the GPO in the 1930s, including telegram boys and a postman on delivery.

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Podcast

Podcast

Our podcasts are free to download to your mobile device

Download our talks series, which explores different aspects of philately and the British postal service.

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