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National Postal Museum

The National Postal Museum, located in , is the primary postal museum of the United States. It covers large portions of the postal history of the United States and other countries.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—5:30 PM
    December 25th: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution
  • Also known as: “NPM”, “Smithsonian National Postal Museum”, and “United States National Postal Museum”
  • Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, DC 20002

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Union Station.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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Washington , known locally as , is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Designed by Daniel Burnham and opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's second-busiest station and North America's 13th-busiest railroad station. is situated 570 feet east of National Postal Museum.

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The , often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. is situated 3,000 feet south of National Postal Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include NoMa and Capitol Hill.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , located in Ward 6 of the city. The neighborhood encompasses the region north of Massachusetts Avenue located north and east of Union Station.

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is a venerable neighborhood just east of the Capitol building, best known as the main residence in the city for the legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government, and for the staffers who run the place.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

National Postal Museum

Latitude
38.89806° or 38° 53′ 53″ north
Longitude
-77.00809° or 77° 0′ 29″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Levels
6
Height
71 feet (22 metres)
Operator
Smithsonian Institute
Open location code
87C4VXXR+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 67100670
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4139758
Wiki­data ID
Q144900
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“National Postal Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المتحف البريدي الوطني”
  • Armenian: “Ազգային փոստային թանգարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Milli Poçt muzeyi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Milli Poçt Muzeyi”
  • Chinese: “史密森尼國家郵政博物館”
  • Chinese: “史密森尼國家郵政館”
  • Chinese: “國家郵政博物館”
  • Chinese: “美国邮政博物馆”
  • Chinese: “美國國家郵政博物館”
  • Chinese: “美國郵政博物館”
  • Danish: “National Postal Museum”
  • Dutch: “National Postal Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Poŝta Muzeo”
  • Esperanto: “NPM”
  • French: “National Postal Museum”
  • German: “National Postal Museum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון הדואר הלאומי”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Pos Nasional”
  • Italian: “Museo postale nazionale”
  • Italian: “National Postal Museum”
  • Japanese: “スミソニアン国立郵便博物館”
  • Japanese: “国立郵便博物館 (アメリカ合衆国)”
  • Japanese: “国立郵便博物館”
  • Korean: “국립우편박물관”
  • Persian: “موزه ملی پستی”
  • Russian: “Национальный почтовый музей”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalni poštni muzej”
  • Slovenian: “National Postal Museum”
  • Spanish: “Museo Postal Nacional (Washington)”
  • Spanish: “Museo Postal Nacional”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Posta Müzesi (ABD)”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Posta Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний поштовий музей США”
  • Urdu: “نیشنل پوسٹل میوزیم”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیشنل پوسٹل میوزیم”

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